It’s been a banner year for The Pokémon Company: Pokémon GO was a global phenomenon and the latest full-on Pokégame for the 3DS sold very well indeed. One would expect the company to be doing well financially — perhaps even doubling or tripling last year’s profits. Well, apparently it quinvigintupled them, which is to say multiplied by 25 times. (I had to look it up.) Read More from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8176981 https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/31/revenue-i-choose-you-the-pokemon-companys-profits-jump-by-2500-percent/?ncid=rss http://www.gadgetscompared.com http://ikonografico.tumblr.com/post/161300435686 via http://www.gadgetscompared.com
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Here are the must-read stats about what’s happening with internet adoption, smartphones, ads, e-commerce, entertainment, gaming, enterprise healthcare, China, India and startups. We’ve picked the most important slides from legendary Kleiner Perkins partner Mary Meeker’s massive 355-page 2017 Internet Trends report, deciphered the complex data and explained why… Read More from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8176981 https://techcrunch.com/gallery/internet-trends-2017/?ncid=rss http://www.gadgetscompared.com http://ikonografico.tumblr.com/post/161295461606 via http://www.gadgetscompared.com But it’s weird not because it wasn’t designed in-house, and instead was handled by partner TCL; it’s weird because it’s strangely successful at pulling off an odd balancing act of combining modern functionality with the same kind of retro appeal Fujifilm has managed to infuse throughout their mirrorless camera lineup, with nostalgia for the earliest days of the… Read More from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8176981 https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/31/with-the-keyone-blackberry-threads-the-needle-on-retro-smartphone-appeal/?ncid=rss http://www.gadgetscompared.com http://ikonografico.tumblr.com/post/161291257211 via http://www.gadgetscompared.com Android Pay launched in Canada on Wednesday, with support for a number of major banks at launch, and additional banks to be added soon. The Android Pay debut in Canada was teased at Google’s I/O developer conference keynote earlier this month, and reported as imminent last week by MobileSyrup. The launch today includes support for Visa and MasterCard credit and debit, as well as… Read More from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8176981 https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/31/android-pay-expands-to-canada/?ncid=rss http://www.gadgetscompared.com http://ikonografico.tumblr.com/post/161287408336 via http://www.gadgetscompared.com Nickelodeon revamps Noggin its Netflix for Kids with dozens of interactive play-along videos5/31/2017 Nickelodeon’s Noggin is today taking a step to differentiate Noggin from being just another “Netflix for kids” type of subscription video service. Alongside its existing lineup of TV shows and sing-alongs, Nick is introducing a series of what it calls “play along” videos. These new videos, which are also curriculum-based, are designed to be interactive in… Read More from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8176981 https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/31/nickelodeon-revamps-noggin-its-netflix-for-kids-with-dozens-of-interactive-play-along-videos/?ncid=rss http://www.gadgetscompared.com http://ikonografico.tumblr.com/post/161287407946 via http://www.gadgetscompared.com This is the best way to get up to speed on everything going on in tech. Kleiner Perkins venture partner Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends report is essentially the state of the union for the technology industry. The widely anticipated slide deck compiles the most informative research on what’s getting funded, how Internet adoption is progressing, which interfaces are resonating,… Read More from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8176981 https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/31/mary-meeker-internet-trends-2017/?ncid=rss http://www.gadgetscompared.com http://ikonografico.tumblr.com/post/161287407506 via http://www.gadgetscompared.com Pokémon GO-maker Niantic says it has driven 500 million visitors to sponsored locations like McDonald’s Japan where gamers can score a special virtual good. But it never said how much those sponsors paid per visitor delivered by the game. Read More from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8176981 https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/31/pokemon-go-sponsorship-price/?ncid=rss http://www.gadgetscompared.com http://ikonografico.tumblr.com/post/161287407196 via http://www.gadgetscompared.com You probably still get plenty of snail mail at your home — wedding invitations, bills, ads for new credit cards. But despite all the efforts to kill that snail mail and get it sent directly to an inbox, there really doesn’t yet seem to be a replacement to that experience of getting home and stepping over those letters from businesses. That’s a business Lob wants to lock up. Read More from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8176981 https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/31/lob-tries-to-maximize-snail-mail-efficiency-with-another-20m/?ncid=rss http://www.gadgetscompared.com http://ikonografico.tumblr.com/post/161287406651 via http://www.gadgetscompared.com The joke in the smartphone space in years past was how screens just kept getting bigger — stretching palms and making you look ridiculous when held up to the head to talk. Read More from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8176981 https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/31/phables-are-the-phuture/?ncid=rss http://www.gadgetscompared.com http://ikonografico.tumblr.com/post/161277266486 via http://www.gadgetscompared.com Twitter is testing a new interface for its mobile applications on iOS and Android, which involves rounded profile images, buttons and other features. It’s unclear what advantage going “round” would bring. Read More from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8176981 https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/30/twitter-tests-rounded-buttons-and-thumbnails-because-thats-the-problem/?ncid=rss http://www.gadgetscompared.com http://ikonografico.tumblr.com/post/161266911041 via http://www.gadgetscompared.com |
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