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Quick Charge Podcast: May 5, 2021

May 6, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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GamingNews

Zynga’s Q1 2021 bookings of $720M are up 69% from a year ago

May 6, 2021
Did you miss GamesBeat Summit 2021? Watch on-demand here!  Zynga beat analysts’ expectations today, reporting stellar bookings and revenues in the first quarter that ended March 31 thanks to the strong performance of its existing games and Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells. Zynga also continued its acquisition spree, moving out of its usual food chain to agree to pay $250 million for…
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GamingNews

EA acquires Super Mega Baseball dev Metalhead

May 6, 2021
Did you miss GamesBeat Summit 2021? Watch on-demand here!  Electronic Arts announced today that it has acquired Metalhead Software, the studio behind the Super Mega Baseball series. “EA Sports and Metalhead are teaming up to grow the Super Mega Baseball franchise as…
MobileNews

Twitter for iOS rolling out offensive tweet warning feature to all users

May 6, 2021
After one year of testing, Twitter is finally launching its offensive tweet warning feature for all users to encourage people to pause and reconsider a potentially harmful or offensive reply before they hit send. This feature is enabled for all accounts that have English in their language settings and is rolling for iOS and Android users starting now. “We began testing prompts last year that…
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MobileNews

Chromebooks dominate the global PC market to 275% growth, with HP leading the charge

May 6, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in huge growth for PCs and tablets as a whole, but it was Google’s Chromebook initiative that really proved to be a hit during the pandemic. According to a new report from Canalys, though, things were even better than we thought, with Chromebooks seeing 275% growth entering 2021. Looking at Q1 2020 versus Q1 2021, the numbers are clear — Chromebook growth is…
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