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Channel [V] presents ‘Draw The Gorillaz’
MUMBAI: Channel [V], in association with EMI Music, is organizing a contest Draw The Gorillaz. The contest kicked off 23 May.
The UK’s Gorillaz are a cartoon band that battles baddies when not making music. The Gorillaz are Noodle (guitar), 2-D (vocals), Murdoc Nicalls (bass), and Russel Hobbs (drums). Signed to Parlophone Records at their very first gig in 1998, their debut album Gorillaz (2001) has sold 6 million copies worldwide.
Gorillaz is the brainchild of Blur frontman Damon Albarn, one of Brit-pop and cartoonist J.C. Hewlett, whose most popular comic is the cult favorite Tank Girl.
A music album Demon Days was released too on 23 May. It is co-produced by Gorillaz/Damon Albarn and the Grey Album mastermind Danger Mouse. Demon Days was recorded at the band’s own Kong Studios.
According to a release issued by Channel [V], contestants can log onto www.vindia.com and post their creations of the Gorillaz in any scene imaginable in JPG format to gorillaz@vindia.com.For example, Gorillaz playing cricket or Gorillaz protesting against a loony politician.
The release adds that one lucky winner will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get his/her artwork featured in the Gorillaz forthcoming album, apart from bagging other exciting goodies.
Music enthusiasts can also log onto vindia.com to access cool downloads like games, icons and wallpapers.
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Kaspersky and KidZania want Indian children to fight hackers before they hit their teens
Kaspersky and KidZania open a cyber investigation centre in Mumbai to teach children how to outsmart hackers
MUMBAI: India’s children are growing up online faster than anyone can protect them. Kaspersky, the global cybersecurity firm, is betting that the best way to fix that is to make six-year-olds feel like detectives.
The company has opened a Cyber Investigation Centre inside KidZania Mumbai at R City Mall, Ghatkopar, in what it is calling a first-of-its-kind cybersecurity role-play experience for children. Kids suit up in Kaspersky uniforms, sit down at dedicated workstations loaded with security software, and spend 20 minutes cracking simulated cases of phishing, identity theft and cyberbullying. Up to six children can play investigator at a time. Those who crack the case walk away with a personalised Kaspersky Cyber Investigator card — and a healthy suspicion of dodgy links.
The timing is not accidental. In India, 82.2 per cent of children have access to a mobile device by the age of 14. They use it to stream, game, chat and study. Most of them have never heard the word “phishing.”
“The earlier we equip children with the awareness and skills to navigate the digital world safely, the stronger our collective digital future becomes,” said Jaydeep Singh, general manager for India at Kaspersky. Tarandeep Singh Sekhon, chief business officer of KidZania India, put it more plainly: “Every parent today is thinking about how to prepare their child for a digital-first future.”
The partnership comes with commercial sweeteners. Visitors buying KidZania tickets get a complimentary two-month Kaspersky trial subscription. Annual pass holders get a full year’s subscription thrown in. Discount vouchers go out at the exit gates.
The launch ceremony leaned into KidZania’s theatrical DNA — a diya lighting, a dance performance, a key handover, a parade through the miniature city, and a ribbon-cutting at the new centre.
Cybercriminals, it turns out, do not discriminate by age. Kaspersky and KidZania are hoping that neither will the next generation of people trying to stop them.
