Now playing: Watch this: Top 5 Pokemon Go tips everyone should know 2:31 The phenomenon known as Pokemon has made its way onto iOS and Android, but this time, it’s different. What is Pokemon Go? Pokemon Go is nothing like the Game Boy game you remember — it’s a free mobile game that lets you …
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Six Pokemon per gym, guaranteed. GIF by Sean Hollister/CNET It’s been nearly a full year since Pokemon Go swept the world — and yet, the game hasn’t changed a whole lot since it first hit app stores in July 2016. Aside from adding a second batch of Pokemon, a few critical fixes and a handful of balance and user interface tweaks, …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple is throwing some shade detailing on Pokemon Go. With its new ARKit, Apple is going all in with augmented reality. The platform for iPhone and iPad apps aims to push AR forward with more realistic looking digital objects projected onto the real …
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Since the game began, people have been claiming they have caught the elusive Ditto in Pokemon Go, but it wasn’t true. Players didn’t gain the ability to catch Ditto until mid-November 2016. Since then, many have found at least on one to add to their Pokedex. If you’re one of the players that hasn’t gotten your hands on the purple …
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Was your nose buried in a mobile device Christmas weekend? If so, you weren’t alone. Phone and tablet owners spent half a billion dollars on mobile apps over the holiday, according to mobile research firm Sensor Tower. Spending on mobile apps for iOS and Android devices were up 52 percent from $330 million to $500 million worldwide from December 24 …
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If you’ve caught a million Pidgeys and Rattatas looking for Ditto, good news. The Pokemon Go 0.49.1 update for Android and the 1.19.1 update for iOS devices brought a new time-saving feature that allows you to transfer multiple Pokemon to Professor Willow. You can get rid of all those useless Pokemon and rake in the candy with just a few …
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Clocking in at more than 162 million views, Candace Payne, better known as the Chewbacca Mom, could be the happiest person on Facebook in 2016. Payne’s excitement over a voice-changing Wookiee mask was the most viewed live video on Facebook this year. It beat out BuzzFeed’s countdown to the 2020 presidential election, CNN’s and NBC’s election results and this oddly …
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The “Person of the Year” is boiling on social media. This morning, Facebook and Twitter feel like the family dinner that turns to chaos the moment someone brings up politics. Time Magazine has selected Donald Trump as 2016’s Person of the Year. US presidents have been a fixture of the feature since it began, but that hasn’t stopped Trump’s opponents …
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Now playing: Watch this: Pokemon Go to partner with Sprint, introduce new monsters 1:13 You’ll soon be able to battle in Sprint-sponsored gyms. Sprint Sprint is giving Pokemon trainers a reason to come into its stores. The nation’s fourth-largest wireless carrier is partnering with Niantic, the developer behind the smash hit Pokemon Go, to turn more than 10,500 Sprint, Boost …
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The World Series finished like a champ on social media. With a blown lead, an extra inning, a rain delay and a giddy, champagne-fueled Bill Murray, the Chicago Cubs had plenty to offer Facebook and Twitter as they eked out a long-awaited hardball victory. Social Cues is our guide to what people are talking about across social media. Here is …
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