Perhaps one key to Vivekananda’s popularity was that he at once fulfilled and debunked Indian stereotypes, enabling Americans to romanticize him and his country without abandoning too many of their own values. For his lectures, the young swami decked himself out in scarlet or orange robes and a yellow turban. Yet he spoke fluent, articulate English, ate meat and ice cream, and used snuff, which he hawked copiously on the floor....

Simsim is a platform that helps local businesses Simsim is a platform that helps local businesses The TikTok craze has extended overseas, as simsim has proven to be similar to TikTok. There is one twist, however: simsim focuses on commerce. Creators create video reviews of products sold at local businesses. In the videos, they include links to purchase the products that the businesses sell. YouTube buying simsim is a move to help small businesses in India YouTube buying simsim is a move to help small businesses in India...

Podcasting is a popular form of media, and multiple companies are gearing up to support it. Spotify is relatively new to the table, but it really developed a large podcasting platform. LinkedIn recently launched its podcasting platform as well. This just shows that there’s serious money to be made in the podcasting market. YouTube will now focus on podcasts YouTube will now focus on podcasts When there’s money to be made, you can bet that big companies are going to want to be involved....

The Nothing Phone (1) got disassembled in a YouTube video The Nothing Phone (1) got disassembled in a YouTube video Dave2D is the YouTuber in question, and he made a 4-minute video (embedded below) regarding this. He was interested in something that looks like a switch on the back, underneath the see-through glass. It turns out that’s not a switch, it only looks like it. That being said, he heated up the backplate, and managed to separate it from the rest of the phone....

The company announced the new features in a blog post (via TechRadar) while also bringing new additions to Zoom Events. As most Zoom users know, virtual backgrounds can be changed from meeting to meeting. However, this also opens up the possibility of the user inadvertently using a sensitive/private virtual background while on a work call. To rectify this, Zoom said it will now allow admins to set a default virtual background which automatically resets at the start of each call or meeting....