Tag: Pokemon GO
The consensus seems to be forming that the recent MWC in Barcelona was actually some weird virtual reality experience. Real reality seemed to have left the building. Even the hype was being hyped (presumably to keep investors investing until the hype becomes reality). Among the over-hyped hype, however, was one small note of sanity. Oddly, […]
SEOUL (Reuters) – Nintendo Co’s smash hit Pokemon Go was unleashed on South Korea on Tuesday, six months after it was released elsewhere in the world, a delay caused by security fears over Google Maps. The popularity of augmented-reality Pokemon Go around the world has generated crowds of people in parks and other public places […]
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Nintendo’s hit smartphone app, Pokemon Go, and other augmented reality games are unlikely to be rolled out in China any time soon, after the state censor said it would not license them until potential security risks had been evaluated. Although not yet available in China, the world’s biggest smartphone and online […]
News highlights for 7 December Ericsson staff cuts ahead of schedule STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Struggling telecom equipment maker Ericsson said on Thursday sweeping staff cuts in its Nordic home market were running ahead of plan, resulting in higher restructuring costs this year than previously forecast. Read more… Turner expands partnership with Snapchat, will create more […]
News highlights for August 24 Drones to deliver pizza in New Zealand in world first WELLINGTON/SYDNEY (Reuters) – A New Zealand pizza chain aims to become the world’s first company to offer a commercial drone delivery service, a milestone in the once-unthinkable quest to save time and money with an air-borne supply chain dispensing with […]
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Asian fans of smartphone game Pokemon Go are hunting out the best telecom providers and network gear to overcome the hurdle posed by patchy network signals in their race to capture virtual cartoon characters. From Indonesia to Hong Kong and Cambodia, the wild popularity of Nintendo’s augmented reality app is also driving […]
It’s no secret that most of what you do on the internet is already being tracked by your search engine, your apps, your devices, your car and even security agencies if you come up on their radar for any reason. All that data is processed and either used or sold to third parties that want […]
The phenomenon that is Pokemon GO took most people completely by surprise. It demonstrated the power of Augmented Reality (AR) – and then some. It did what parents having been trying to do for 20 years – get their children back outside, it proved that AR is here – and compelling. And, apart from journalists […]
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Avid players of smash-hit mobile phone game Pokemon GO in Indonesia, home to the world’s largest Muslim population, are not letting religious decrees or security warnings get in the way of their mission to catch their next cartoon creature. Nintendo’s augmented reality app, in which players walk around real-life places to hunt […]
News highlights from Wednesday, July 20 McDonald’s Japan shares soar after news that it will collaborate on Pokemon Go Shares of Japan’s McDonald’s Holdings Co jumped to their highest level since 2001 in early trade after the company said it would collaborate on the Pokemon GO game “soon”. Electronics retailers see jump in mobile charger sales on […]
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