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A comparatively weak season for iPhone hardware is being offset somewhat by strong App Store sales, as Apple today that its app and game stores set new holiday records. The company had  of the year’s most popular selections and its own top picks in the middle of the holiday shopping season. Between 2018’s Christmas Eve […]

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We now know what and Hamilton Chu are feasting on for their — $30 million from NetEase and a deal from Marvel. Oh, and they will no longer be dining in Mrs. Brode’s garage. The startup that the two ex-Blizzard Entertainment founded in 2018 announced today that it’s secured a $30 million minority investment from […]

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We now know what and Hamilton Chu are feasting on for their — $30 million from NetEase and a deal from Marvel. Oh, and they will no longer be dining in Mrs. Brode’s garage. The startup that the two ex-Blizzard Entertainment founded in 2018 announced today that it’s secured a $30 million minority investment from […]

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made almost $800 million in global revenue in 2018, according to market analysis firm . That is up 35 percent compared to 2017. Pokémon Go debuted in June 2016, and it became an immediate hit. The location-based mobile game’s popularity fell off a bit after that blistering start, but developer Niantic has been able to build a […]

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made almost $800 million in global revenue in 2018, according to market analysis firm . That is up 35 percent compared to 2017. Pokémon Go debuted in June 2016, and it became an immediate hit. The location-based mobile game’s popularity fell off a bit after that blistering start, but developer Niantic has been able to build a […]

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Apple stock was down over 9 percent overnight and continued the downward trend in trading this morning. In fact, the company’s stock price is down a total of 38 percent since October. This, after the company halted trading yesterday afternoon to provide lower guidance for upcoming earnings. As the iPhone upgrade market softened, it was having […]

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This year’s CES is already shaping up to be another big show for smart home devices, with the Amazon Alexa/Google Assistant show down in the center ring. GE bought into the Alexa ecosystem fairly early on and got on-board with Google Assistant more recently. At the Pixel 3 event back in October, the company announced […]

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Netflix is giving viewers a look behind the scenes at the making of its first interactive story aimed at adults, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. In a featurette published today, the streaming service highlights the efforts that went into making this “choose-your-own-adventure”-style film, which tells the story of a young programmer who begins to question reality while […]

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LG announcing all — or, at least, most — of its launches ahead of CES has become something of a time honored tradition. That’s one way to get noticed. This first week of the year tends to be among the slowest, and the same can’t be said for next, when we’ll be in the belly […]

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While Facebook continues to repair its image with consumers disenchanted with the social network’s role in disseminating misleading or false information and mishandling their personal data, it’s ironically been finding some traction for its enterprise-focused service, Workplace. Today, the company announced that it has added another huge company to its books today: Nestle, the coffee, chocolate […]

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