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I am very proactive on Facebook: Pariva Pranati
Mumbai: Actress Pariva Pranati says that she is very much addicted to the phone and proactive on social media including Facebook.
The 31-year-old, who plays the character of Amrita in “Hamari Sister Didi”, says she’s quite a phone addict.
Even if there is a two-minute break during the shoot, the first thing she does is to take her phone and start texting.
“Well yes, I am a phone addict and the reason is that I’m not only talking to my family and friends, but it’s because of Facebook. I am very proactive on it,” Pariva said in a statement.
Pariva is also an animal lover.
“Everyone knows that I’m an animal friendly person. I make sure to keep myself updated on the various rescue missions on the animals…this is because if I get the opportunity to do something for animals, I try not to leave a single stone unturned,” she added.
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Ssharad Malhotraa wants Kolkata trip on b’day
Actor Ssharad Malhotraa, who plays the title role in “Maharana Pratap”, is not getting time to celebrate his birthday due to hectic shooting schedules. He wants to be in Kolkata on his special day.
Ssharad will turn 32 Friday.
Asked about his birthday plans, Ssharad said: “I am doing a daily soap ‘Maharana Pratap’. I hardly get offs. If I get off, I’ll go to Kolkata. If I’m in Mumbai, I will celebrate it with my close friends and will go out for dinner.”
Ssharad recalled that best birthday celebration was with a friend, who surprised him at midnight with a cake.
“It was a few years ago when my best friend surprised me with cake and chocolates at my doorstep at the strike of 12 a.m. She was out of town. But she came and surprised me at my place,” he said in a statement.
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Rahul Bhat finds producing TV shows better
Actor Rahul Bhat, who made his small screen debut with the popular TV series “Heena” in 1998, says he likes to produce TV shows but is not interested in acting in it.
After “Heena”, Rahul went on to produce shows like “Tum Dena Saath Mera”, “Chhu Kar Mere Mann Ko” and “Meri Doli Tere Angana”, but never thought of acting in them even once.
Asked why he didn’t act in TV shows for all these years, he said: “I was not interested in TV. I did ‘Heena’ when I was 18 and it ran for five years. ‘Heena’ had the highest TRPs back then.”
“After that, the progression to films was natural for me. I’d rather produce television and make some money than do some stupid films.”
Despite the success “Heena”, Rahul disappeared from the small screen for 10 years. He went on to try his luck in films but was not offered roles which he liked.
“I’d never thought I’ll take such a long break. My film ‘Nayee Padosan’ did fairly well, but after that I was offered films which didn’t appeal to me. The time was wrong, cinematically speaking.
“I was not ready to do silly movies with mediocre directors, nor did I want to work in TV serials. So, I thought I’ll wait for the right time till good roles, big offers come my way … now my time has come. It came a bit late, but it did.”
Rahul was recently seen in Anurag Kashyap’s “Ugly”.
International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
The primary data samples analysed by Casino Days reveal that mobile connections dominate the market in South Asia and are responsible for a whopping 96.6% of gaming sessions, while computers and tablets have negligible shares of 2.9% and 0.5% respectively.
The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.
“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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