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Shaan to celebrate Father’s Day in Croatia
Mumbai: On the occasion of Father’s Day (June 21), singer Shaan will be travelling to Croatia with his family to take some time off from his hectic shooting schedule of singing reality show “The Voice India”.
The 42-year-old, who was touring the US last month, is anxiously waiting for the surprise his sons Soham and Shubh will give to him there and is looking forward to spending the holiday with his wife Radhika Mukherjee.
“It’s a wonderful occasion for all fathers to sit back and feel pampered by their children and I’m going to make the most of it. I miss my dad a lot and wish I could do the same for him, but I lost him pretty early in life,” Shaan said in a statement.
“Nonetheless, I, as a father, am feeling very thrilled that both my boys now are of that age where they are going to arrange some wonderful surprise for me with a little help from their mother.
“I have taken an off from the busy schedule of ‘The Voice India’ and on June 21, me and my family are going to be on this beautiful island. I am very excited and look forward to celebrating the day with my family.” he added.
On the Indian version of the internationally acclaimed reality show “The Voice”, Shaan appears as a coach along with Himesh Reshammiya, Sunidhi Chauhan and Mika Singh.
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Shooting not a headache for Shilpa Shinde
Actress Shilpa Shinde, who plays diligent homemaker Angoori in TV show “Bhabhiji Ghar Pe Hai?” is quite similar to her onscreen avatar in real life. She suffered a terrible migraine attack in between shoots, but decided to continue working.
Shilpa shrugged away the pain and didn’t take any time off the shoot in order to complete her schedule.
“I do get these migraine attacks once in a while and they can be quite debilitating. But, there’s a schedule to finish so one can’t afford to rest it out. In a way, the shoots are also a good distraction because once I’m in front of the camera, I try not to pay heed to the headache,” Shilpa said in a statement.
Shilpa has previously appeared in shows like “Sanjeevani – A Medical Boon”, “Meher”, “Bhabhi” “Hatim” and “Lapataganj”.
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Jeetendra ‘impressed’ with ‘Nach Baliye 7′ contestants
TV tsarina Ekta Kapoor, who is the producer of dance reality show “Nach Baliye 7”, paid a surprise visit to the set when she walked in hand in hand with her father Jeetendra. The veteran actor said he is “impressed” by seeing the dedication of all the contestants.
The duo will be seen on the pre-finale episode of the Star Plus show where they will shake a leg to Jeetendra’s famous song “Taaki o taaki”.
This is the first time the two of them will be seen together in a reality TV show.
“’Nach Baliye’ is a great show and I have been following it this year. I want to tell all ‘jodis’ – you all are winners in your own ways. The kind of dedication that the contestants have shown on the stage is commendable. I’m truly impressed by each one of them,” Jeetendra said in a statement.
The participating couples on the show include Amruta Khanvilkar-Himmanshoo A. Malhotra, Nandish Sandhu-Rashmi Desai, Upen Patel-Karishma Tanna, Rohit Nag-Aishwarya Sakhuja, Sana Saeed-Dipesh Patel and Mayuresh Wadkar-Ajisha Shah.
The episode featuring Jeetendra and Ekta will be aired in the second week of July.
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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