Niantic and Nintendo are probably celebrating right now because since the last update and its commercial release, Pokemon GO has received some new features especially on the version running on a Nexus 6/6P. The game also asks permission to do things like control vibration and prevent the phone from sleeping.
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But as The Wall Street Journal points out, the app collects significantly more information from other sources. Similar in nature to Niantic’s approach with its fellow location-based game Ingress, Hanke told The New York Times that brokering a deal with retail establishments represents an “intriguing moneymaking possibility” that could potentially safeguard Pokemon Go’s longevity. You have to go to different places to acquire rarer Pokemon.
“We continue to increase our server capacity to accommodate more players every day in preparation to release Pokémon GO to additional countries”.
Nintendo’s new Pokemon GO game is certainly going gangbusters, dominating headlines and charting at the top of app stores, but Apple is the big victor, reportedly making triple the revenue of the Japanese icon from its own game.
Analysts have long criticised the company for lagging its rivals like Sony and being late to the game in catering to the growing smartphone market. With the help of Pokemon Go Plus, you need to always open your phone to catch the Pokemon. Since the game has come out APKMirror’s traffic has gone up nearly 600%. In the United States the game has been downloaded nearly 7.5 million times.
And according to GameStop.com, the U.S. Dept. of Transportation has also warned drivers away from PWD, Pokemoning While driving.
If the information said “Pokemon Go has full access to your Google account” experts suggest you click the “remove” button to revoke that access.
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Lures are aimed to attract more Pokemon to the area, but seem to draw more players just as well since they can be used by an unlimited amount of people. I think it’s very interesting that all these people probably didn’t know they were going to come to the mall today.
