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UTV Indiagames brings Worldcup Cricket Fever on iOS
MUMBAI: UTV Indiagames has announced the launch of ‘WorldCup Cricket Fever‘ on the iOS platform, making it the first game to have special responsive and intuitive touch controls for use on iPhone and iPad.
The game offers cinematic experience with TV broadcast style cameras and has a new control scheme allows batting and bowling with greater precision and diversity with full touch control.
UTV Indiagames CEO Vishal Gondal said, “UTV Indiagames has always churned out the best of cricket games in the country. WorldCup Cricket Fever is the first ever cricket game developed with motion capture animation. This technology will give the user a ‘real‘ experience of the sport with a wide variety in batting and bowling options.”
The game also has provision for more than 40 batting shots more than 30 types of bowling deliveries with precise ball types and depth. There are four types of bowlers which include ‘Fast Pace‘, ‘Medium Pace‘, ‘Off Spin‘ and ‘Leg Spin‘.
It has three game modes to choose from – quick match, power play and world cup championship. The game includes 14 teams, six stadiums (with day/night option) and three difficulty modes – which can all be customised.
The game will also be launched on the Android, Windows and Java platforms soon.
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With 57 per cent single new users, Ashley Madison rebrands as discreet dating platform
Platform says majority of new members now identify as single
INDIA: Ashley Madison is shedding the “married-dating” label that defined it for two decades, repositioning itself as a platform for discreet dating in what it calls the post-social media age.
The rebrand, unveiled in India on 27 February, 2026, marks a structural shift in business model and identity. Once synonymous with married dating, the company now describes itself as the “premier destination for discreet dating” under a new tagline: Where Desire Meets Discretion.
The pivot is data-driven. Internal figures show that 57 per cent of global sign-ups between 1 January and 31 December, 2025 identified as single: a notable departure from the platform’s married core. The company argues that its community has already evolved beyond its original positioning.
“In an age where our lives have been constantly put on public display, privacy has become the new luxury,” said Ashley Madison chief strategy officer Paul Keable. He framed the platform’s offering as “ethical discretion” for singles, separated, divorced and non-monogamous users seeking private connections.
The shift also taps into wider digital fatigue. A global survey conducted by YouGov for Ashley Madison, covering 13,071 adults across Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US, found mounting discomfort with hyper-public online lives.
Among dating app users, 30 per cent cited constant swiping and messaging as a source of fatigue, while 24 per cent pointed to pressure to curate public-facing profiles and early personal disclosure. Some 27 per cent said fears of screenshots or information being shared contributed to exhaustion; an equal share cited unwanted attention.
The retreat from oversharing appears broader. According to the survey, 46 per cent of adults actively try to keep most aspects of their life private online. Only 8 per cent feel comfortable sharing most aspects publicly, while 35 per cent say they are becoming more selective about what they disclose.
Ashley Madison is betting that this cultural recalibration towards controlled visibility can be monetised. By doubling down on privacy infrastructure and reframing itself around discretion rather than infidelity, the company is attempting to convert reputational baggage into a premium proposition.
