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సల్మాన్ ప్రస్థానం: ప్రేమ పావురానికి 30 ఏళ్లు..! - Salman Khan
సల్మాన్ ఖాన్ చిత్రపరిశ్రమలో అడుగుపెట్టి నేటికి 30 ఏళ్లు పూర్తయింది. హీరోగా తన తొలి సినిమా 'మైనే ప్యార్ కియా..' 1989 డిసెంబరు 29న ప్రేక్షకుల ముందుకు వచ్చింది.
సల్మాన్ ఖాన్
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Published : Dec 29, 2019, 6:09 PM IST
బాలీవుడ్ కండలవీరుడు సల్మాన్ ఖాన్ భారత చిత్రసీమలో 30 ఏళ్లు పూర్తి చేసుకున్నాడు. కెరీర్లో ఎన్నో ఒడుదొడుకులు ఎదుర్కొన్న భాయ్.. మూడు దశాబ్దాల ప్రస్థానంలో బాలీవుడ్ సూపర్ స్టార్గా ఎదిగాడు. హీరోగా సల్మాన్ తొలి చిత్రం 'మైనే ప్యార్ కియా సినిమా' 1989 డిసెంబరు 29న విడుదలైంది.
అయితే అంతకుముందు 1988లో వచ్చిన 'బీవీ హో తో ఐసీ' సినిమాలో చిన్న పాత్రలో నటించాడు సల్మాన్. కానీ హీరోగా 'మైనే ప్యార్ కియా'తో ప్రేక్షకులను పలకరించాడు. ఈ సినిమా హిందీలోనే కాకుండా ప్రాంతీయ భాషల్లోనూ విడుదలై ఘన విజయాన్ని అందుకుంది. 'ప్రేమ పావురాలు' పేరుతో తెలుగు ప్రేక్షకుల ముందుకు వచ్చి మధుర కావ్యంగా మిగిలిపోయింది.
"నేను ఈ స్థాయికి రావడానికి కారణమైన అభిమానులకు, శ్రేయోభిలాషులకు కృతజ్ఞతలు. నటుడి జీవితంలో అతి ముఖ్యమైంది అతని ప్రస్థానం. నా మజిలీ అద్భుతంగా సాగింది." - సల్మాన్ ఖాన్, బాలీవుడ్ హీరో
సల్మాన్ ఖాన్ సినీ ప్రస్థానం రెండు దశలుగా సాగిందని చెప్పొచ్చు. కెరీర్ ఆరంభంలో ప్రేమ కథా చిత్రాలకే ప్రాధాన్యమిచ్చిన భాయ్.. అనంతరం కుటుంబ, థ్రిల్లర్ ప్రధానంగా సాగిన సినిమాలు చేశాడు. సూరజ్ బరజాత్య దర్శకత్వంలో వచ్చిన సాజన్, హమ్ ఆప్ కే హే కౌన్, ఖామోషి: ద మ్యూజికల్, ప్యార్ కియాతో డర్నా క్యా లాంటి సినిమాలు ఈ కోవకు చెందినవే.
అనంతరం కుటుంబ, కామెడీ జోనర్లో సినిమాలు చేశాడు సల్మాన్. ఆందాజ్ అప్నా అప్నా, ముజ్సే షాదీ కరోగీ, మైనే ప్యార్ క్యో కియా?, పార్ట్నర్, నో ఎంట్రీ సినిమాలతో మెప్పించాడు
2009లో వచ్చిన 'వాంటెండ్' చిత్రంతో కథల ఎంపికలో సల్మాన్ తన శైలిని మార్చుకున్నాడు. ఆ సినిమా ఇచ్చిన సక్సెస్తో దబాంగ్, బాడీగార్డ్, కిక్, ఎక్ థా టైగర్, టైగర్ జిందా హై లాంటి యాక్షన్ చిత్రాలతో అత్యధిక వసూళ్లు సాధించాడు. అంతేకాకుండా తన శైలికి తగిన ఫిర్ మిలేంగే, బజరంగీ భాయ్జాన్, ట్యూబ్లైట్, సుల్తాన్, భారత్ లాంటి చిత్రాలతో ఆకట్టుకున్నాడు.
ఇటీవల విడుదలై దబాంగ్-3.. సల్మాన్ కెరీర్లో వరుసగా వంద కోట్ల క్లబ్లో చేరిన 15వ సినిమాగా ఘనత సాధించింది. ఈ శుక్రవారం 55వ పడిలోకి అడుగుపెట్టిన సల్మాన్.. ప్రస్తుతం రాధే, కిక్-2, దక్షిణ కొరియా చిత్రం 'వెటరన్' రీమేక్ల్లో నటిస్తున్నాడు.
ఇదీ చదవండి: అమితాబ్కు దాదాసాహెబ్ ఫాల్కే పురస్కార ప్రదానం
బాలీవుడ్ కండలవీరుడు సల్మాన్ ఖాన్ భారత చిత్రసీమలో 30 ఏళ్లు పూర్తి చేసుకున్నాడు. కెరీర్లో ఎన్నో ఒడుదొడుకులు ఎదుర్కొన్న భాయ్.. మూడు దశాబ్దాల ప్రస్థానంలో బాలీవుడ్ సూపర్ స్టార్గా ఎదిగాడు. హీరోగా సల్మాన్ తొలి చిత్రం 'మైనే ప్యార్ కియా సినిమా' 1989 డిసెంబరు 29న విడుదలైంది.
అయితే అంతకుముందు 1988లో వచ్చిన 'బీవీ హో తో ఐసీ' సినిమాలో చిన్న పాత్రలో నటించాడు సల్మాన్. కానీ హీరోగా 'మైనే ప్యార్ కియా'తో ప్రేక్షకులను పలకరించాడు. ఈ సినిమా హిందీలోనే కాకుండా ప్రాంతీయ భాషల్లోనూ విడుదలై ఘన విజయాన్ని అందుకుంది. 'ప్రేమ పావురాలు' పేరుతో తెలుగు ప్రేక్షకుల ముందుకు వచ్చి మధుర కావ్యంగా మిగిలిపోయింది.
"నేను ఈ స్థాయికి రావడానికి కారణమైన అభిమానులకు, శ్రేయోభిలాషులకు కృతజ్ఞతలు. నటుడి జీవితంలో అతి ముఖ్యమైంది అతని ప్రస్థానం. నా మజిలీ అద్భుతంగా సాగింది." - సల్మాన్ ఖాన్, బాలీవుడ్ హీరో
సల్మాన్ ఖాన్ సినీ ప్రస్థానం రెండు దశలుగా సాగిందని చెప్పొచ్చు. కెరీర్ ఆరంభంలో ప్రేమ కథా చిత్రాలకే ప్రాధాన్యమిచ్చిన భాయ్.. అనంతరం కుటుంబ, థ్రిల్లర్ ప్రధానంగా సాగిన సినిమాలు చేశాడు. సూరజ్ బరజాత్య దర్శకత్వంలో వచ్చిన సాజన్, హమ్ ఆప్ కే హే కౌన్, ఖామోషి: ద మ్యూజికల్, ప్యార్ కియాతో డర్నా క్యా లాంటి సినిమాలు ఈ కోవకు చెందినవే.
అనంతరం కుటుంబ, కామెడీ జోనర్లో సినిమాలు చేశాడు సల్మాన్. ఆందాజ్ అప్నా అప్నా, ముజ్సే షాదీ కరోగీ, మైనే ప్యార్ క్యో కియా?, పార్ట్నర్, నో ఎంట్రీ సినిమాలతో మెప్పించాడు
2009లో వచ్చిన 'వాంటెండ్' చిత్రంతో కథల ఎంపికలో సల్మాన్ తన శైలిని మార్చుకున్నాడు. ఆ సినిమా ఇచ్చిన సక్సెస్తో దబాంగ్, బాడీగార్డ్, కిక్, ఎక్ థా టైగర్, టైగర్ జిందా హై లాంటి యాక్షన్ చిత్రాలతో అత్యధిక వసూళ్లు సాధించాడు. అంతేకాకుండా తన శైలికి తగిన ఫిర్ మిలేంగే, బజరంగీ భాయ్జాన్, ట్యూబ్లైట్, సుల్తాన్, భారత్ లాంటి చిత్రాలతో ఆకట్టుకున్నాడు.
ఇటీవల విడుదలై దబాంగ్-3.. సల్మాన్ కెరీర్లో వరుసగా వంద కోట్ల క్లబ్లో చేరిన 15వ సినిమాగా ఘనత సాధించింది. ఈ శుక్రవారం 55వ పడిలోకి అడుగుపెట్టిన సల్మాన్.. ప్రస్తుతం రాధే, కిక్-2, దక్షిణ కొరియా చిత్రం 'వెటరన్' రీమేక్ల్లో నటిస్తున్నాడు.
ఇదీ చదవండి: అమితాబ్కు దాదాసాహెబ్ ఫాల్కే పురస్కార ప్రదానం
WORLD TECH REVIEW 2019
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS/GRAVITY INDUSTRIES/ZSL/XNOR.AI/TIME RIDE/MAUAR/AP PHOTOS/LIBERATE HONG KONG GAME TEAM
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LENGTH: 8:57
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Las Vegas, US - 6 January 2019
1. Various of "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign
2. Tilt down of CES Unveiled event
3. Tilt of man putting on "'Urgonight' EEG measurer that pairs with an app. The company claims it can teach people to relax and go to sleep, from French company Urgotech
4. Close of man putting smartphone in a Seraphin digital detox book, made by New York-based company Seraphin
5. Close of smartphone in a Seraphin digital detox book
6. Various of smart wooden bar from Japanese company Mui Lab
7. SOUNDBITE (English), Nicole Scott, Editor of Mobile Geeks technology website:
"It's not very sexy to say unplug, but there's a lot of companies trying to figure out the best way for you to have a relationship with your tech."
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Las Vegas, US - 7 January 2019
8. Various of Royole FlexPai foldable smartphone
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Liu, Founder of Royole:
"It looks like a traditional smartphone, but the difference is you can unfold it and back to a pad."
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Seattle, US - 15 January 2018
10. Tilt down to customer entering Amazon Go
11. Mid of customers using smartphones to check in before shopping
12. Wide of customers shopping inside Amazon Go
13. Mid of Amazon Go customer walking out of store after shopping
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Barcelona, Spain - 23 February 2019
14. Various of Huawei Mate X foldable 5G smartphone
15. Various of Huawei representative holding smartphone
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Barcelona, Spain - 25 February 2019
16. Mid of 5G connected robot from CloudMinds serving coffee
17. Mid of sign, reading (English): "Cloud Robot is The Killer Application for 5G!"
18. Mid of 5G connected spider robot in Ericsson booth
19. Various of man drawing with the help of augmented reality glasses, connected to 5G
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrew Parker, Program Marketing Director, GSMA:
"We are looking at billions of new devices being connected to the network. And that's going to take networks that can handle vast numbers of connections."
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Tel Aviv, Israel - 13 March 2019
21. Close of "zombie lights" at crossing
22. Pull out of people walking across crossing
23. Tracking shot of woman using her smartphone, walking across crossing
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Dana Kemper, Tel Aviv Resident:
"I don't know about the name zombie lights, but I think it's probably (because) we all become some kind of zombies, that we're looking at our phones all the time."
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Katwijk, Netherlands - 16 March 2019
25. Tracking shot of DroneClash final battle, between Belgian team Slunse, ball cage drones, and the German team Dipol, a net attached and classic drones
26. Close of Dipol pilot with FPV goggles during final battle
27. Tracking shot of final battle
28. Mid of Dipol team realizing they lost the battle, Slunse team celebrating victory in background
29. Close of Slunse's queen ball drone flying
30. SOUNDBITE (English) Victor "Carbon V" Van Der Elst, Drone Pilot, Slunse (Belgium):
"First we weren't in the finals, then we got into the finals, and now somehow, we won it."
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Nanchang, China - 2 April 2019
31. Various of man riding VR rollercoaster ride, moving on robotic arm
32. Close of screen, showing virtual rollercoaster ride
33. Various of people driving VR bumper cars
34. Wide of VR complex exterior
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Los Angeles, US - 9 June 2019
35. Pull out of Xbox E3 Briefing event opening
36. Tilt down from Project Scarlett promo onscreen to Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox
UPSOUND (English): "This is Project Scarlett, the most powerful and highest performing console we've ever designed."
37. Various of visitors playing Xbox video games
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London, UK - 13 June 2019
38. Wide of three jet suit racers taking off at the Royal Victoria Docks waterway
VNR - Gravity Industries
London, UK - 13 June 2019
39. POV of Richard Browning, Founder of Gravity Industries, taking to the skies
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London, UK - 13 June 2019
40. Wide of three racers, wearing jet suits, flying over water
41. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Browning, Founder of Gravity Industries:
"If you imagine a bunch of guys and girls for different sporting backgrounds, assembling in water locations like this all over the world - I think that could be a spectacular sport."
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Los Angeles, US - 18 June 2019
42. Close of smartphone, showing "Harry Potter: Wizards Unite" mobile game
43. Wide of The Wizards World of Harry Potter, Universal Studios Hollywood
44. Zoom in of woman playing "Harry Potter: Wizards Unite" mobile game
45. Various of gamers playing "Harry Potter: Wizards Unite" mobile game
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London, UK - 25 June 2019
46. Tilt down of exhibit containing "Pete", a maidenhair fern, in Rainforest Life at ZSL London Zoo
47. Close of plant
48. Close of Pete's camera
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49. Various STILLS taken by Pete's camera
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London, UK - 25 June 2019
50. SOUNDBITE (English) Alasdair Davies, Conservation Technologist, ZSL London Zoo:
"The rainforest could monitor its own productivity, its own processes and that's fascinating to me that plants can look after plants."
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Wimbledon, UK - 3 July 2019
51. Wide of tennis court, tennis match
52. Camera operator
53. Audience watching match
54. Various of workers inside IBM office
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Tel Aviv, Israel - 6 August 2019
55. Zoom in of laser beam, showing mosquito's location
56. Close of laser beam, showing mosquito's location
57. Mid of prototype device detecting mosquito using laser beam
58. Close of laser showing mosquito's location
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Cologne, Germany - 20 August 2019
59. Various of Gamescom visitors playing video game on Google Stadia game streaming platform
60. Wide of Google booth at Gamescom video game event, visitors
61. Close of Stadia logo
62. SOUNDBITE (English) Destin Legarie, Senior Features Producer, IGN:
"You have to get this in stores or into people's hands so they can show their friends, and that's going to be a tough market to crack."
TIME RIDE VNR
63. Virtual reality tour of East Berlin before fall of the Berlin Wall
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Berlin, Germany - 22 August 2019
64. Various of people in "bus exhibition" using virtual reality headsets
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Berlin, Germany - 5 September 2019
65. Tilt down of product demonstration area at Samsung IFA booth
66. Close of Galaxy Fold 5G logo
67. Various of visitors handling new Samsung Galaxy Fold smartphone
68. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Notton, Portfolio Director, Samsung Europe:
"When consumers get that in their hands to be experiencing it for themselves, they'll soon forget about anything they've heard before."
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Cupertino, California, United States - 10 September 2019
69. Wide overhead shot of product demo room after new product unveiling
70. Close of new iPhone 11
71. Close of Apple employee demonstrating iPhone 11's new camera capabilities
72. Close of three cameras on new iPhone 11 Pro
73. SOUNDBITE (English) Tim Bajarin, Principal Analyst, Creative Strategies:
"Those new cameras are the best of breed in any smart phone today."
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London, UK - 17 September 2019
74. Various of esports students playing video game at Staffordshire University's Digital Institute London
75. SOUNDBITE (English) Matt Huxley, Lecturer for Esports, Staffordshire University:
"If you were to go and study to be a director of football, you're not playing football, but you're learning the business behind it."
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Munich, Germany - 19 September 2019
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LEADIN:
Foldable phones, the growth of esports and cashier-less stores - tech grew even further into our lives in 2019.
But, in some cases, perhaps too far - in Israel, authorities installed "zombie traffic lights" to keep smartphone-addicted pedestrians safe.
STORYLINE:
Digital detoxing, sleep assistants and a more relaxed attitude to technology were some of the big trends at January's CES in Las Vegas.
Several companies were showing products what they claimed would help users fall asleep and others that would limit smartphone usage.
"It's not very sexy to say unplug, but there's a lot of companies trying to figure out the best way for you to have a relationship with your tech," said Nicole Scott from Mobile Geeks technology website.
Elsewhere, a foldable smartphone, the FlexPai, was being shown at CES in Las Vegas.
"It looks like a traditional smartphone, but the difference is you can unfold it and back to a pad," explained Bill Liu, founder of Royole.
The Royole phone led the way for many more bendable devices to be released in 2019.
Get ready to say good riddance to the checkout line.
A year after Amazon opened its first cashier-less store, startups and retailers were racing to get similar technology in other stores throughout the world, letting shoppers buy groceries without waiting in line.
Chinese communications company Huawei launched its foldable 5G smartphone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The Huawei Mate X has a dual external screen that folds out to become an eight-inch tablet.
At this year's MWC, 5G connectivity could be found in everything, from robots, to games and drone taxis.
But as the 5G network was rolled out across many countries worldwide, there were concerns about security and heated debate about which companies could be trusted to build and operate the communications network.
"We are looking at billions of new devices being connected to the network. And that's going to take networks that can handle vast numbers of connections," said Andrew Parker, program marketing director at the GSMA.
Tel Aviv got new lights in March, but they wouldn't light up the sky, they lit up the ground.
Local authorities hoped they would enlighten the minds of pedestrians, too busy with their mobile devices to pay attention to nearby traffic.
So-called "zombie pedestrians", often glued to their smartphones, are known to walk into other people, lamp posts and, most dangerously, vehicles.
"I don't know about the name zombie lights, but I think it's probably (because) we all become some kind of zombies, that we're looking at our phones all the time," said Tel Aviv resident Dana Kemper.
Drones were doing battle in a boxing-style bout, held in the Dutch coastal town of Katwijk.
But organisers said there was a serious side too - helping researchers develop effective defences against rogue drones.
"First we weren't in the finals, then we got into the finals, and now somehow, we won it," said Victor "Carbon V" Van Der Elst from winning team Slunse.
In April, far from glitzy tech hubs, one Chinese city was betting big on virtual reality.
A VR theme park in central China's Nanchang offered 42 rides and exhibits, from VR bumper cars to VR shoot 'em ups.
Microsoft Xbox said its next console, codenamed "Project Scarlett", would launch in late 2020, with "Halo Infinite" as its first title.
The new console, announced at E3 in Los Angeles, will have 8K capability and ultra-low latency input, promising a new level of immersion.
In what could have been a scene from a superhero movie, three men wearing special jet suits took to London's skies in June.
The inventor of the special flight-enabling suit wanted to create a new sport, whereby participants race in the air over bodies of water all over the world.
"If you imagine a bunch of guys and girls for different sporting backgrounds, assembling in water locations like this all over the world - I think that could be a spectacular sport," said Richard Browning, founder of Gravity Industries.
Niantic, creators of popular mobile game "Pokemon Go", said their eagerly anticipated Harry Potter-themed follow up would launch in June.
"Harry Potter: Wizards Unite" is a real-world, augmented reality mobile game inspired by J.K. Rowling's wizarding world.
In June, conservationists at London Zoo said they had helped a plant "take its own selfie" photographs.
When the maidenhair fern photosynthesizes, it produces sugars that enter the soil and are then broken down by bacteria, this generates energy. That energy was then harnessed by four microbial fuel cells.
The development could be crucial in fighting accelerating extinction, which looms over one million species of plants and animals, according to a U.N. report.
"The rainforest could monitor its own productivity, its own processes and that's fascinating to me that plants can look after plants," said Alasdair Davies, conservation technologist at ZSL London Zoo.
Tech efforts to make artificial intelligence fairer extended to Wimbledon's courts in July.
The famed British tennis event added technology enhancements to this year's tournament aimed at eliminating bias from automatically generated video highlights.
Swatting mosquitoes got a bit easier in August.
An Israeli company developed a compact laser system that detected and tracked the pests and alerted homeowners to their presence.
Gamers got their hands-on Google's much-anticipated Stadia cloud-streaming service at Cologne's Gamescom, although some remained unconvinced.
"You have to get this in stores or into people's hands so they can show their friends, and that's going to be a tough market to crack," said Destin Legarie, senior features producer at IGN.
East Berlin came alive again, almost 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Visitors to a new Time Ride exhibition, located near Checkpoint Charlie in the German capital, could take a virtual tour of East Berlin before the fall of the wall.
Samsung said it would start selling its highly anticipated folding smartphone in September.
The original launch date of the Galaxy Fold was delayed by months because of embarrassing problems with the screen.
"When consumers get that in their hands to be experiencing it for themselves, they'll soon forget about anything they've heard before," said Mark Notton from Samsung Europe.
In September, Apple unveiled new iPhones that were largely unchanged from previous models and accompanied by an unexpected price cut for the cheapest model.
New iPhone cameras were intended to appeal to the growing number of people who use phones to take pictures of themselves, friends, family and the places they go.
A number of U.S. and British universities were starting degree programmes in esports, in the latest sign of the industry boom in competitive multiplayer video gaming.
The new degrees weren't about playing games, but rather business courses, teaching marketing and management skills with an esports angle.
"If you were to go and study to be a director of football, you're not playing football, but you're learning the business behind it," said lecturer Matt Huxley.
Tech experts said they were unsure whether Huawei's new Mate 30 series of smartphones would be a success without popular Google apps, such as Chrome or YouTube.
Huawei, the world's second-biggest smartphone maker, was fighting to save its business after the Trump administration blocked access to U.S. components and technology in May on national security grounds.
A London bar was using facial recognition technology to stop drinkers jumping the queue when waiting to be served in October.
The aim was to ensure everyone got their drink on a first come, first served basis, but privacy campaigners warned it "trivialised a dangerous surveillance technology".
A scheme to help elderly and disabled people cross the road safely was proving a success in Singapore.
New smart crossings allowed pedestrians up to 13 seconds extra to get across the road.
Google unveiled a new Pixel smartphone and other hardware devices, all aimed at getting people even more reliant on its artificial-intelligence services.
The Pixel 4 phone promised to respond to AI queries even faster than before.
An augmented reality app was letting people see the Berlin Wall, 30 years after it was torn down.
The app showed how the Berlin Wall changed over time, from a relatively low structure to the towering concrete barrier that divided east and west.
World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee released an ambitious rule book for governing online conduct.
It's a bill of rights and obligations for the internet - designed to counteract the growing prevalence of misinformation, mass surveillance and government censorship.
With elections in the UK and United States fast approaching when Berners-Lee spoke to the Associated Press in November, he said he believed targeted political advertising should not be on social media platforms.
"It would be great if there were no targeted political advertising during the election season in the UK, for example, and the election season in the US," he said.
A team of pro-democracy supporters in Hong Kong created a virtual reality game offering a first-person immersive experience as a frontline protester.
"Liberate Hong Kong" had already been downloaded thousands of times and its developers hoped it would help address criticism of the protesters.
Competitive video gaming, or Esports as it's known, debuted as a medal event at the 30th edition of the Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines.
Competitors said the event could be a springboard to gaming appearing at other international events, perhaps even the Olympic Games one day.
"It's just amazing how far esports has come to even make through to the SEA games and eventually ASEAN games, and maybe even one day in the Olympics," said Thomas Maria Kopankiewic from the Singapore esports team.
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