TMONDHAY, JUNEE 28, 2021 GL BAL TIMwww.thEeglobaltimS es.in INSIDE It’s outdated! A carrot affair, P4 The Rise And Fall Of The Technological Elements We Used To Swear By Aanya Narula, AIS Vas 1, X A 95 per cent of the browser market, broadly questionable name in the internet land - for about 2 decades. scape, Internet Explorer was our good old he innovative prowess of mankind The fall: Recently, Microsoft announced friend. And today as we advance into the has brought about ground-breaking to cut off its support for the Internet Ex - virtual realm, we pull the exit doors on the strides, with these in turn becoming plorer 11 across all of its applications one that helped us foray into the vast History this week, P7 Ta catalyst in the technologically-driven starting August 2021. Following the mas - world of web, in the first place. world we inhabit today. To be precise, the sive user base and popularity that the bygone decade itself saw the rise of many web browser once enjoyed, it even - technological services and applications that tually became slow and filled with gave rise to amazing advancements, Do you think Google’s changing the course of what we do cloud partnership with and how we do it. However, Reliance Jio will boost with such accelerating blazing for its times, it instantly became India’s 5G plans? technological ad - a fitting computer application, attracting vancements, a plethora of people who were still ex - a) Yes come the ac - ploring the web as a new medium for b) No celerated rate creativity. Supporting many popular c) Can’t say of obsoles - games, animations, YouTube and cence, yet other video streaming websites, To vote, log on to again reminding Flash became omnipresent, seeing www.theglobaltimes.in us of the fast-paced nature of this con - installation in 98% of all computers. stant called change. Case in point: Mi - The fall: As the world saw the advent POLL RESULT crosoft’s recent announcement on bidding of smartphones, Flash could hardly for GT issue June 21, 2021 farewell to Internet Explorer 11 in August adapt with the advancements, meaning 2021. Thus, we remind you of certain ex - that it couldn’t find compatibility with With new variants of corona amples of these once-upon-a-time mar - most devices. To make things worse, virus emerging rapidly, do you agree with America's vels of technology that we have either Apple co-founder Steve Jobs announced decision to allow those parted with, or are soon going to bid our the discontinuation of Flash in iOS de - vaccinated to go mask-free? farewells to in the most bitter-sweet way! vices, condemning it as a security threat. 60 Soon Adobe, too, released a statement No Yes Can’t Internet Explorer asking its users to uninstall Flash from say The rise: Internet Explorer debuted in bugs, threatening the security of the de - their devices for several reasons including 40 % % 8 1995 as part of Windows 95, when the vice. With the birth of Mozilla Firefox in Adobe Flash player decelerated performance, extensive bat - 0 % 2 3 4 world was witnessing a craze for the 2004 and then Google Chrome in 2008, The rise: After its launch in 1996, Adobe tery drainage on installed devices, and its 20 2 World Wide Web. Although it took a little along with Android and iOS operating Flash, also called Shockwave Flash, riv - closed platform nature, all leading to its time to overtake Netscape, the then-popu - systems, Internet Explorer failed to sur - eted millions with its versatile multimedia demise on December 31, 2020. 0 lar browser with 90% market share, the vive in the face of rising competition. features. A computer software with a Software comes, software goes, but Results as on June 26, 2021 second version of Explorer, released in Even after umpteen attempts to revive the strong base on web then, Flash was a go- Abode Flash player, which generously al - 1996, became an instant hit. Subsequent dying browser in various versions and to choice for a large number of website lowed creative thinkers to manifest their Coming Next versions brought a sweeping transforma - forms, its developers found it best to pull builders who were looking for a blend of imagination through technology, will con - tion and Explorer achieved a virtual mo - the plug on Internet Explorer. dynamism and brilliance, something that tinue to live on in our minds. G T The world underwater nopoly. By 2002, Internet Explorer owned Once a staple in the web market, an un - the web standards of the day lacked. Trail - Continued on page 6… EMeemt Abhbinayr Deao, Icndiean Filtmh Directo r c& Shcreeanwnriterg e proud recipient of over 70 awards includ - cations with a crew of just three people and came ing Cannes Lions International Awards, up with three ads at one-third the allotted budget! Spikes Asia Awards, Abby Awards, Abhi - The films won all major international awards and Anay Deo is an adverting whizz-kid turned film for ‘Hallmark’, they became the best films ever director-producer. Known for his radical made. While equipment is a must, it is the idea and directorial work like Force 2, Ankhen the intent which really matters. 2, Black Mail, he has also won In - dian Television Academy Award for On the shift from advertising to film making his much-acclaimed Indian TV se - From the beginning of my career, changing the for - ries 24. He talks about his childhood, mat was never a big issue. My perspective is that his craft and much more during a we - you have only one life. If you have a skill-set, there Abhinay Deo shares an anecdote binar on ‘Contemporary Challenges In should be no place for fear. I hear young people Film Making’ organised by A mity talk about anxiety, fear, depression, failure, but fail - University Mumbai. Here are a few heard or movies that I watched from childhood re - ure teaches more than success does. Making a ca - excerpts… ally influenced me to become a filmmaker. reer in any industry is not easy. Learn to take up challenges head on! On early influences On choosing different mediums I belong to a family of film actors. My Almost two decades ago, when I was asked to On the philosophy of change parents, Ramesh Deo and Seema Deo, make a short film on Mumbai’s food during a Kala I rejected 42 scripts after Delhi Belly because I are well known in Hindi and Marathi cin - Ghoda festival, I chose to make an animation film, could not relate to them. When Anil Kapoor asked ema. I started off by admiring my parents. a format I was not familiar with at all. In fact, be - me to direct 24, I did not even think twice even if They are hardworking, talented and simple fore starting my career in advertising, I had studied it was to be on television. The aim was to pioneer folks. Also, from a very young age, I used to to be an architect. When I started doing films, the a new concept in storytelling and pave the way for watch cinema by stalwarts ranging from aim was to choose unique and relatable scripts. On OTT platforms. With time you need to change and Bimal Roy, Satyajit Ray and Hrishikesh television, we again set a new trend with the series rules too need to change. Mukherjee to Subhash Desai and Man - 24 with a new format and execution. mohan Desai. Anand by Hrishikesh On advise for young ones Mukherjee and Star Wars by George On what matters more- idea or equipment? Don’t let anything hold you back, stay true to who Lucas - these were the biggest influ - In 1996, when I was with Ogilvy & Mather, one of you are. Learn to adapt to be able to open new ences on me as a storyteller. Stories our clients ‘Hallmark’ wanted an ad campaign but doors and windows and create new things. Be from the Mahabharata and Ra - had a very meagre budget. While all the creative grounded but fearless. Know your craft and hone mayana have also stayed people had given up, I thought this could be my your skill to the utmost perfection possible. with me till now. Absorb - opportunity to think out of the box. I borrowed a ing all the stories that I simple handycam from my MD, shot at three lo - Read more about the webinar on page 3… G T Abhinay Deo, Indian film director I n d Cardamom has been in use for more than i a n THE GLOBAL TIMES | MONDAY, JUNE 28, 2021 4000 years, and it comes in two types- s p i c Amomumsubulatum (black in colour) and e 2 s World Mirror News and Views Elettariacardamomum (green). Doordarshan: a new vision Expanding India’s Global Footprint Induja Tyagi , GT Network tioning internationally have their centres located in the UK or the US. As a result, n this epoch of constant and rapid international headlines are often influ - vicissitudes, there is one thing that enced by the point of view of these na - has managed to stand the test of tions per se, with only a little focus on Itime. While today’s generation finds it - what the rest of the world has to say in ice for voicing self glued to the myriad of OTT plat - the matter. With Doordarshan going in - India’s perspective on the global front. forms offered to them in a click, back in ternational, foreign countries would be Over the years, the viewership for Do - the 80s, our yesteryear counterparts informed about India’s rich cultural and ordarshan has fallen and this new en - would exclaim at the sight of a simple traditional bounty, as well as the eco - deavour will revive the same by logo ‘DD eye’ aka Doordarshan, the nomic and technological strides that our introducing interesting and because it hegemony and lacking multiplicity only resort to digital recreation of the nation is making from time to time.