On July 7, one day after its release, Pokémon Go had more Android installations than Tinder in US, and by July 8 it was on 5.16% of US Android devices
Unless you're been living under a rock or hiding in some tall grass you've probably heard of Pokémon GO, the app that has taken America by storm.
Nintendo's stock rises over 24% in Tokyo trading, extending last week's gains after the release of Pokémon Go
Shares of Japan's Nintendo Co soared more than 20 percent in early Tokyo trading on Monday, extending last week's gains, on hopes that the popularity of its new Pokemon GO smartphone game will boost i...
Although Pokémon Go's sudden success is driven by nostalgia, Pokémon's mechanics are uniquely suited for augmented reality
Basically everyone is Pokémon Go-ing according to Twitter, and I'm sure basic resources like power and water will soon start to shut down because key staff are out chasing Pikachu.
Experts ponder possible effects of Bitcoin “halving”, which cut miner rewards by 50% on Saturday, on Bitcoin price and the mining industry
It's an event that brings equal parts predictability and uncertainty. — For close to a year, bitcoin miners and investors have been preparing …
White House says ISIS Twitter traffic dropped 45% after two years of sustained alternative messaging by the US and its partners
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Islamic State group's Twitter traffic has plunged 45 percent in the past two years, the Obama administration says, as the U.S. and its allies …
BT, Vodafone, and other European telcos publish “5G Manifesto” seeking lighter net neutrality regulation to encourage next generation network investment
BT, Vodafone, and chums all flex muscles, press for lighter regulation. — BRUSSELS—A coalition of nearly 20 telcos including BT …
Twitter partners with CBS, CBSN, to livestream Republican and Democratic Conventions
Twitter has been perhaps the most talked about platform this election cycle. (Thanks, Donald Trump.) Now, in hopes of capturing even more of the political conversation, the company is announcing …
Seeking to replace microSD with a faster successor, Samsung announces world's first removable UFS memory cards, but no devices support them yet
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Alibaba buys Chinese Android app store Wandoujia, reportedly for $200M
Move aimed at gaining a firmer foothold in the domestic application distribution market — Chinese e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Tuesday that it will take over Beijing-bas...
Line prices IPO at the top of its range at $32.84 per share, to raise up to $1.3B at $6.9B valuation; trading starts July 14 in NY and July 15 in Tokyo
Yuji Nakamura , Takashi Amano , Pavel Alpeyev — Messaging app to fully exercise greenshoe to sell more stock
Judge finds “reasonable basis” for fraud in Uber's outsourced investigation of plaintiffs and lawyers who sued CEO Kalanick over surge pricing anti-trust issues
When a young labor lawyer named Andrew Schmidt first filed suit against Uber in December of last year, he couldn't have predicted it would make him a target. Tweets: @sarahcuda . Thanks: @cauchon Twee...
Microsoft updates Skype Bot platform with group support, adds support for new Slack and Facebook features to Bot Framework
Microsoft is updating its Microsoft Bot and Skype Bot platforms with new capabilities, as well as additional support for Facebook and Slack bot features.
Deleted Tweet archive PostGhost shut down after Twitter cease and desist
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Sony Xperia X Performance review: good build, decent camera and battery life, but lags behind the competition in almost every way, is pricey at $699
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Oracle denies the report that it halted the development of Java Enterprise Edition, promises to share details about Java EE 8 at JavaOne conference in September
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Alibaba and Chinese automaker SAIC announce the RX5, a $22.3K connected car that uses Alibaba's Yun operating system to connect into various internet services
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Germany's Brillen.de raises $49M from TCV to take its eyewear marketplace international
Brillen.de, a bootstrapped, family-run company in Germany that has built an online business selling its own eyewear by tapping into a network of independent and local opticians, has raised €45 million...
Home-cooking startup Josephine's struggle with murky laws and regulations raises questions about the future of the food-sharing economy
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Inside Google and Microsoft's efforts to catch Amazon in the cloud computing services space
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