By MADELINE BUXTON Of all the things that are making major news headlines around the world right now, from Brexit to Black Lives Matter to the upcoming presidential election, it's hard to imagine that a mobile app fits in. But Pokémon Go has completely taken over, creating an intense...
By Madeline Buxton First, Pokémon Go toppled Twitter. Now, the addictive Pokémon-catching app has overtaken Candy Crush to become the biggest mobile game in U.S. history, according to data from SurveyMonkey. With almost 21 million active players each day, Pokémon Go could even become bigger than Snapchat and Google...
By Alicia Young By now you’ve likely heard about the new phenomenon sweeping the nation: Pokémon Go. Its release last week spurred a downloading spree like no other, with parents, young adults and children alike downloading the game. But what exactly is it? The app calls to...
By Tanaya Macheel The hit smartphone game Pokemon Go is not a mobile wallet or a loyalty app, but it is arguably far more successful at driving traffic to retailers' stores than many of the apps designed for that purpose. Much like Uber taught the payments industry that...
By Chuck Martin Augmented reality, which has been kicking around for years, owes a lot to Pokémon Go. A few years ago, I met with Layar tops execs at their headquarters in Amsterdam. Layar, one of the early AR pioneers, had launched AR back in 2009 for apartment...
By Christina Mulligan While you are trying to catch ‘em all, Pokémon Go is catching all your data. According to security researchers, the increasingly popular mobile application is posing a huge security risk to users. The problem is that in order to play, you need to sign in through...
By Roger Cheng I first encounter the problem after spotting and catching a Bulbasaur a block away from my office. Instead of a screen confirming the digital monster is mine, I get a white Poke ball-like icon in the top left-hand corner that spins and spins and...
By Fionna Agomuoh It’s difficult to tell what Apple’s plans are, both immediate and distant. Rumors about the iPhone 7remain uncertain, while speculation indicates a massive overhaul of its smartphone beyond 2016. The company, once minimalistic in its proprietary hardware and operating systems, is now expanding rapidly. To...
By Brooke Crothers In the face of stiff competition from Android, Apple continued its push to make the Siri digital assistant useful to a large chunk of its users at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) this week. But will it be enough? Siri, Apple’s intelligent voice-activated digital...
Up until now, Siri's capabilities have been restricted to pre-installed applications that come straight with the iPhone. Whether it was reading or creating a message, making a call, or searching the web, the Apple AI was could not touch on the applications downloaded by its...
