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The Pokemon Company earned a record $1.1 billion in 2020 thanks to pandemic spending surges in Pokemon Go and console titles.

Audio apps have been adopted by a range of users, including stock traders, content creators and musicians, as the medium is convenient and flexible to interact with others globally.

Sarah Cavey, a real estate agent in Denver, was thrilled last fall when Colorado introduced an app to warn people of possible coronavirus exposures. Based on software from Apple and Google, the state’s smar­tphone app uses Bluetooth signals to detect users who come into close contact. If a user later tests positi­ve, the person can anonym­ously notify other app users whom the person may have crossed paths with in restaurants, on trains or elsewhere. Cavey immediately downloaded the app. ...

This Week in Business is our weekly recap column, a collection of stats and quotes from recent stories presented with a dash of opinion and intended to shed light on console sales, new trends, and more. Check back every Friday for a new entry. EA filed its annual report with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week, giving us our yearly peek at the obscene amount of money the company makes from loot boxes. We are closing in on one out of every three dollars EA brings in coming from gamb...

Source: Factset Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that her agency lacks sufficient resources to oversee an economic recovery that still has “a long road ahead” and called on Congress to provide her with more funds.Credit...Erin Scott for The New York Times Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen warned on Thursday that her agency lacked sufficient resources to oversee an economic recovery that still has “a long road ahead” and called on Congress to provide her with more funds to oversee a...

Nintendo is reportedly going to release a new version of its Switch console, known as the Switch Pro, as soon as the fall. It could cost considerably more than the $299 it charges now.

There was a time during the first month that Pokémon GO launched where anyone and everyone was jumping into catching ‘em all, to the extent there

WhatsApp: A case study in consumer trust Tangled policy messaging bred mistrust among users Download Share WhatsApp’s reputation as a secure messaging platform came crashing down earlier this year, when a new data-sharing policy not only drew the ire of its users, but broke their trust as well. In January 2021, WhatsApp users received a push notification requiring them to accept new privacy terms in order to continue using the app. The terms introduced data sharing between WhatsApp and Faceb...

The virus-tracing effort raises questions about the power of Big Tech to set global standards for public health tools.

State of Mobile Gaming 2021 report finds India makes up 12% of all app downloads