Pokémon Go players have spent $5 billion on the AR game in the five years since it launched, according to a report from Sensor Tower. Analytics firm Sensor Tower, which provides data on mobile apps and publishers through its platforms, said Tuesday that Pokémon Go has already made $641.6 million in the first half of …
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Social video app TikTok experienced some performance issues on Tuesday, with DownDetector showing a spike in outages starting around 1 p.m. PT. Most users reported having issues watching videos, while others weren’t able to log in or upload content. The app also experienced problems when it came to liking videos and seeing comments. The issue was apparently resolved around 6 …
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It’s no secret I think E Ink is one of the most underused gadget features. It’s one that feels especially useful right now, because after spending the past year glued to screens more than ever, our frazzled eyeballs need a break. One way to get that break (besides reading an actual dead-tree book) is to read on an E Ink …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Every summer, the majority of Apple users gauge their excitement about the progress of the Apple ecosystem based on the hardware the company occasionally unveils at its WWDC event — though there was none in 2021 — and the new software features that …
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Ex-President Donald Trump’s former spokesperson Jason Miller is heading up Gettr, a new Twitter-like social media platform that launched Thursday, says a report by Politico. The platform calls itself a “non-bias social network for people all over the world” and has apps in the Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store. It has a look similar to Twitter’s and the same features as …
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Popular investing app Robinhood on Thursday publicly filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for its initial public offering. In its S-1 filing with the SEC, the company revealed that it has about 18 million funded accounts on its platform. Robinhood was also profitable last year, generating net income of $7.45 million on net revenue of $959 million in …
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Instagram will begin testing new video features over the coming months to make the social media platform compete more directly with TikTok and YouTube. Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri announced the dramatic changes on Wednesday. “We’re no longer a photo-sharing app,” Mosseri said in the video announcement. Video-sharing apps are rapidly expanding, and Mosseri says Instagram aims “to lean into …
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For the first time, TikTok has published numbers about the removal of accounts possibly belonging to children under 13. The social media site said Wednesday that it removed more than 7 million accounts from full access to TikTok in the first quarter of 2021 for that reason. According to TikTok, that’s less than 1% of all its accounts. The information …
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T-Mobile has long offered a “Test Drive” promotion, allowing people on rival wireless providers to get a device to experience its network. As spotted by Light Reading and The T-Mo Report, the company has quietly taken a new step that could make it significantly easier to try out and switch carriers, allowing anyone with an iPhone XS or later on a …
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AT&T has agreed to make Google Messages its default texting application for all Android customers in the US, Google said Wednesday. The move follows T-Mobile adding Google Messages as its default Android messaging platform back in March. Verizon hasn’t yet followed suit. Google Messages comes with features similar to those in Apple’s iMessage, using Rich Communication Services, or RCS, technology to …
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