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Nick to spellbound kids with Jadoo contest
MUMBAI: Nick India has designed a Jadoo contest for its show J Bole toh Jadoo. The contestants will have to participate to help Jadoo in his quest against evil.
The winner will enter the intergalactic and super-exciting world of J bole toh Jadoo to share the screen with Jadoo and his gang, informs a media release.
Using state-of-the-art compositing technology that combines 3D animation with CGI (computer-generated imagery) in a digital setting previously seen in worldwide blockbusters like Space Jam, the winner will find himself in situations he could only have dreamt of – zooming through space or cruising Tarkopar – all side-by-side with Jadoo.
The media release informs the manner in which a kid can participate in the Jadoo contest. The viewers have to watch J bole toh Jadoo from 5 March to 17 April.
The show beams every Saturday at 1 pm and Sunday at 12 noon, wherein each episode will put forward a question to viewers.
The show was launched on 14 November and is being co-produced and co-authored by Nick and Graphiti Multimedia Private Limited.
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Apple bites back: the $599 MacBook Neo is the cheapest Mac ever made
The tech giant unveils a budget laptop that packs a punch — and a lot of cheek
CALIFORNIA: Apple has never been shy about charging a premium. So when Cupertino rolls out a MacBook at $599 (approx. Rs 55,000) , it’s worth sitting up straight.
The MacBook Neo, unveiled Tuesday, is Apple’s most affordable laptop to date — undercutting its own MacBook Air and taking a sharp swipe at the budget PC market in one fell swoop. It starts at $499 for students, which, for a machine with Apple silicon inside, is frankly a steal.
At the heart of the Neo is the A18 Pro chip — the same muscle that powers the latest iPhones. Apple claims it is up to 50 per cent faster for everyday tasks than a rival PC running Intel’s Core Ultra 5, and three times quicker on on-device AI workloads. Fanless and featherweight at 2.7 pounds, it runs silently and promises up to 16 hours of battery life. Try doing that on a Chromebook.
The 13-inch liquid retina display clocks in at 2408-by-1506 resolution with 500 nits of brightness and support for billion colours — sharper and brighter, Apple says, than most rivals in this price band. It comes dressed in four colours: blush, indigo, silver, and a zesty new citrus, with matching keyboard shades to boot.
Connectivity is modest — two USB-C ports, a headphone jack, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 6 — but this is a budget machine, not a pro workstation. The 1080p FaceTime camera, dual mics with directional beamforming, and Spatial Audio speakers round out a package that punches well above its weight class.
Apple senior vice-president of hardware engineering John Ternus alled it “a laptop only Apple could create.” That’s the kind of line that makes rivals wince — because, annoyingly, he might be right.
The Neo runs macOS Tahoe, with Apple Intelligence baked in for AI writing tools, live translation, and the sort of on-device smarts that keep user data away from the cloud. It also boasts 60 per cent recycled content — the highest of any Apple product — for those who like their bargains with a side of conscience.
For $599, Apple isn’t just selling a laptop. It’s selling an argument — that good design and real performance needn’t cost the earth. The PC industry had better have a decent comeback ready.
