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  • Newzoo forecasts 2020 global games industry will reach $159 billion

    Games and esports analytics firm Newzoo released its highly cited annual report on the size and state of the video gaming industry yesterday. The firm is predicting 2020 global game industry revenue from consumers of $159.3 billion, a 9.3% increase year-over-year. Newzoo predicts the market will surpass $200 billion by More

    Newzoo forecasts 2020 global games industry will reach $159 billion
  • China’s GPS competitor is now fully launched

    For decades, the United States has had a monopoly on positioning, navigation, and timing technology with its Global Positioning System (GPS), a constellation of satellites operated by the military that today provides the backbone for location on billion of devices worldwide.As those technologies have become not just key to military More

    Chinas GPS competitor is now fully launched
  • iOS 14’s App Clips will save you from always needing

    The App Store ecosystem today is home to nearly 2 million apps. That means finding new apps to download is now more challenging than ever. This, in turn, leads app developers to funnel more money into App Store Search ads, traditional SEO and digital advertising in an effort to acquire More

    iOS 14s App Clips will save you from always needing an app for that
  • Square acquires European peer-to-peer payment app Verse

    Square acquired Verse, a Spanish peer-to-peer payment app that works across Europe. Terms of the deals are undisclosed. According to Crunchbase, Verse had raised $37.6 million from Spark Capital, eVentures and Greycroft Partners and others.Square has attracted a ton of user with Cash App, its peer-to-peer payment app that More

    Square acquires European peer-to-peer payment app Verse
  • Flipboard rolls out Storyboards as a new way to highlight

    Flipboard is giving news publishers and other curators on the platform a new way to highlight content through a format called Storyboards.Until now, Flipboard has largely focused on its Smart Magazines, which are ongoing collections that mix human and algorithmic curation, allowing readers to dive deeply into and keep up-to-date More

    Flipboard rolls out Storyboards as a new way to highlight content