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I’m excited to have a child one day: Shailene Woodley
Los Angeles, Sep 23 (IANS) Actress Shailene Woodley says she is excited to have a child one day and will empower them to be an individual, but will not give them a false reality about the world.
Talking about being a mother, the actress said in a statement: “I’m excited to have a child one day, but I want to be very cautious and aware – you need to give your child power, empower them to be an individual, but at the same time, not give them a false reality of what the real world is like.”
She said her mother is a parent coach.
“She coaches parents. She doesn’t disclose many stories, just for confidentiality reasons, but from what I’ve witnessed, and some of the stories that she has told, there’s a real phenomena of giving your child so much power that she has parents coming to her and saying: ‘My kid won’t go to sleep, I don’t know what to do’.
“And my mom’s just like, have you told your kid that it’s time to go to sleep? And they’re like, I can’t do that, because then my kid would hit me or my kid would yell at me. And my mom’s like, your kid’s five, you are in control,” Woodley added.
The actress, known for films like “Divergent”, “The Fault in Our Stars”, “Insurgent” and TV show “Big Little Lies” — aired in India on Star World and Star World HD, added: “There’s a difference between being a controlling, dominant parent who is unkind, and being someone who expresses boundaries and restrictive natures so that when this child is nurtured into adulthood, they don’t enter the world and realise that they don’t have feet to walk on.”
She thinks “social media is catering to that problem, and I think the internet and technology and reality shows are catering to that too – we’re just feeding false narratives about society”.
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Casino Days Reveal Internal Data on Most Popular Smartphones
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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