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New York marks 17th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
New York, Sep 11 (IANS) Thousands of members of the public, relatives of victims and officials gathered on Tuesday at the former site in Lower Manhattan of the World Trade Centre’s twin towers, which were destroyed by Al Qaeda suicide hijackers on September 11, 2001, to honour those who lost their lives in the worst terrorist attack in US history.
New York marked the 17th anniversary of the terrorist attack with an emotional ceremony in which families of the victims read the names of the almost 3,000 people who lost their lives in the attacks that day, Efe news agency reported.
Just minutes after the act began, at 8.46 a.m., those present observed a minute of silence in remembrance of the exact moment when the first airplane crashed into the Twin Towers.
A total of six such observances were scheduled throughout the act to also recall the crash of the second aircraft into the World Trade Centre, the one that hit the Pentagon in Washington, the one that crashed onto a field in Pennsylvania, and the collapse of the two New York towers.
Present at the memorial ceremony together with the victims’ families were numerous authorities including New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Also on hand among others were former New York Mayors Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg, and a very moved Nikki Haley, US ambassador to the United Nations.
The city, covered in a dense fog, kept its flags at half-mast on Tuesday and many church bells rang during the moments of silence recalling the attacks.
Though most of the family members who took part in the memorial only read the names of the victims or made a brief remembrance of their dear ones, one of the first to get on the podium took the occasion to ask that the tragedy no longer be used for political purposes.
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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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