Monday, 1 August 2016

HTC Vive now £70 more pricey in the UK, thanks to Brexit

htc_vive_at_mwc The impacts of the U.K.’s Brexit vote to leave the European Union will undoubtedly be playing out for years and years to come. But here’s one short term effect: the HTC Vive VR headset is now £70 more expensive — rising from its original pricing of £689 to £759 (+ P&P) from today. Read More

Third-party Pokémon Go tracking services get shut down

A woman holds up her cell phone as she plays the Pokemon Go game in Lafayette Park in front of the White House in Washington, DC, July 12, 2016.
Pokémon Go mania is sweeping the US as players armed with smartphones hunt streets, parks, rivers and elsewhere to capture monsters and gather supplies in the hit game. The free application based on a Nintendo title that debuted 20 years ago has been adapted to the mobile internet Age by Niantic Labs, a company spun out of Google last year after breaking ground with an "Ingress" game that merged mapping capabilities with play. As of July 11, 2016 Pokémon Go had been downloaded millions of times, jumping topping rankings at official online shops for applications tailored for smartphones powered by Apple or Google-backed Android software.

(Photo: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) Pokévision, and other popular third-party tracking apps that helped Pokémon Go players discover which Pokémon were nearby and see their location on a map, have been shut down. The move follows comments from Niantic’s CEO John Hanke last week, where he referred to to the use of such sites as cheating, and hinted that the company was poised to take action against them. In an… Read More

Hashtag ban

The United States Olympic Committee have been accused of bullying companies who want to talk about #Rio2016

Slumdog multi-millionaire

How Ambarish Mitra, the boss of mobile phone app Blippar, went from living in an Indian slum to running a technology business worth $1.5bn.

The Great Wall: Is Matt Damon 'whitewashing' or good business?

Social media is both excited and confused by Matt Damon's starring role in the upcoming US-Chinese joint production - a monster adventure epic called The Great Wall.

Manchester taxi firm will drive you around the city to catch Pokemon

A Manchester taxi firm introduces dedicated Pokemon rides that take passengers to known Pokemon hotspots around the city.

Pokemon Go 'transformed teenager's life'

A mobile phone game that has caught the attention of the world also appears to have caused a breakthrough with autism sufferers, as the Victoria Derbyshire programme finds out.