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YouTube Rewind 2019 charts put 'Minecraft,' PewDiePie at the top

December 5, 2019

YouTube’s annual Rewind look back is here, and while this year’s video isn’t live yet — let’s hope the service avoids another most-disliked debacle — it has revealed some statistics. Mostly, YouTube’s charts show that being embroiled in controversy hasn’t pushed top creators down very far. PewDiePie, aka Felix Kjellberg is still the number one most…

Honor V30 sells 100,000 units in first sale

December 5, 2019

Honor introduced the V30 and V30 Pro devices last week and today the first flash sale took place. The company was gathering registrations for pre-orders and now that it had some stock the first 100,000 units went out in a matter of seconds. According to the company, all it…

Nintendo Switch Online is adding 'Star Fox 2' and Super Punch Out!!'

December 5, 2019

Nintendo brought the first batch of SNES games to its Switch Online subscribers back in September, and now it’s ready to add some more, despite intentionally irregular scheduling. Star Fox 2 is one of the additions, which marks the only time it’s ever been…

Nintendo doesn’t add Super Mario RPG to Switch Online’s SNES games

December 5, 2019

Nintendo has updated the roster of retro games available as part of the Nintendo Switch Online service with six games that are not Super Mario RPG. But this is the first sign that the publisher plans to add more Super Nintendo games to the service over time. Nintendo revealed the additions in an announcement trailer on YouTube. All six games will go live on Switch for anyone who subscribes to the…

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 and 765 will support Android Identity Credential API

December 5, 2019

Today at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit, the company announced that its latest two chipsets will support a virtual drivers license or identification document via Androids Identity Credential API. Were very excited to announce that Snapdragon will be the first…

Craigslist only took 11 years to make its own iOS app

December 4, 2019

Considering the App Store has been around for 11 years and Craigslist for 13 years before that, it’s astonishing the bastion of online classified ads hasn’t bothered to create an official, first-party iOS app until now. It just hit the App Store and, like…

Qualcomm president says ‘priority number one’ is working with Apple to develop a 5G iPhone

December 4, 2019

After agreeing to end a messy legal battle earlier this year, Qualcomm and Apple are now working closely on bringing 5G capabilities to the iPhone. Speaking at the company’s Snapdragon Tech Summit today, Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon emphasized that the relationship with Apple is currently “priority number one.” As reports…

Twitch introduces new dashboard so more people can create livestreams

December 4, 2019

Twitch is announcing a new set of features and tools for its Creator Dashboard. That’s a big deal, since the livestreaming platform has more than 3 million creators, or people who livestream. And the easy way to boost that number is to make better tools that make it easier…

Microsoft may be building a disc-less next-gen Xbox after all

December 4, 2019

Just when it seemed Microsoft’s plans for Project Scarlett, its next-generation Xbox console, were getting simpler, there’s a new wrinkle to the narrative. According to Kotaku‘s Jason Schreier, Microsoft is “working” on a more affordable…

Sensor Tower — Call of Duty: Mobile hits $87 million and 172 million downloads in 2 months

December 4, 2019

Call of Duty: Mobile has reaped nearly $87 million in global player spending and more than 172 million downloads in its first two months, according to Sensor Tower Store Intelligence estimates. While there have been a few Call of Duty mobile games in the past, none have ever gotten this kind of traction out of the gate. The Tencent-developed title reached a record-breaking 100 million in just…