California rivals for state Senate seat plan to battle in epic Pokémon Go duel
Debates are so 19th century. There must be a better way to determine who is a worthy candidate for public office, and it looks...
Pokémon Go is a solid starting point but still has a long way to, well, go
The Niantic-developed augmented reality game is already awash in great news for Nintendo: The Japanese publisher’s stock has risen 25 percent, it’s bringing in money, (and setting records along the way), and roughly 7.5 million people have already downloaded it in the U.S. alone, all within a week of the game’s launch.
Wish Pokémon Go would go away? New PokeGone Chrome extension blocks Pokémon content for you
Unless you have been living under a self-imposed media blackout for the past week, you no doubt know that something called Pokémon Go has...
Pokémon Go proves investors were clueless about augmented reality
In case you haven’t been on earth over the last week, you might have missed the recent Pokémon Go launch. With little buildup, this...
You can play Pokémon Go on a Chromebook
Pokémon Go, the mobile app that’s reignited the cult of Pokémon for millions of berserk, smartphone-wielding fans, works on Chromebooks. But only certain Chromebooks — those that already...
Gartner: Global PC shipments fell 5.2% in Q2 2016, seventh quarter of decline in a row
The PC market continues to slowly but surely decline. Both Gartner and IDC have found PC shipments were down globally, again. Gartner estimates worldwide...
Anki introduces tool that allows developers to hack its Cozmo A.I. robot
A couple of weeks after pulling back the curtains on its smart toy called Cozmo, today Anki announced that it will also be releasing...
Warner Brothers settles FTC charges over promotional payments to livestreamers like PewDiePie
In a push to market its The Lord of the Rings-based Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor,” Warner Brothers failed to adequately disclose that it had paid...
Russian games market reached nearly $1 billion in 2015
Russia’s online and mobile games market amounted to 51.9 billion rubles in 2015, or $830 million at the average exchange rate, up 2 percent from the...
Launching FTW: Google, EA and Pocket Gems tell you how to quadruple your installs and launch your game right (VB Live)
In the first of our series, “Games Growth and Monetization,” mobile strategy powerhouses from EA, Pocket Gems and Google reveal the surprising strategies that...