Japan’s Nintendo sold 18.95 million Switch units in the nine months to the end of December, the company said on Thursday, taking total sales past 100 million units and exceeding lifetime sales of the Wii console. Although the figure undershot the 24.1 million units sold in the corresponding period a year earlier, the milestone highlights
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South Korea’s telecommunications regulator wants better compliance plans from Apple and Alphabet’s Google before finalising rules for a law banning app store operators from forcing software developers to use their payments systems, officials said on Thursday. South Korea passed the law, an amendment to the Telecommunication Business Act, last year. The rules, due to be
Did you miss a session from GamesBeat’s latest event? Head over to the GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit & GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 2 On Demand page here. As part of its latest earnings report, Activision Blizzard revealed that some kind of new Warcraft content is coming to mobile later this year. Microsoft is
Sony Bravia A75K Smart TV with 4K OLED display has been unveiled. The smart TV comes with multiple video-related technologies and features such as Cognitive Processor XR, XR OLED Contrast Pro, XR Triluminos Pro, Auto Low Latency Mode, Acoustic Surface Audio, support for virtual assistants, and a smart remote. The Sony Bravia A75K will be
Twitter is reportedly working on a “Twitter Articles” feature that could allow users to post tweets with longer text. According to details shared by a reverse engineering expert on Twitter, the company may allow users to write posts beyond the existing 280-character limit on the platform. Currently, users can tweet longer text pieces using threads,
Motorola has been slowly adding budget 5G smartphones to its G series over the past year. We recently tested the Moto G51 and were happy with its performance. Motorola has now launched the Moto G71 5G, which is the first smartphone to sport the new Snapdragon 695 SoC in India, and also boasts of a
Alphabet announced earnings that beat analyst estimates and declared a 20-for-1 stock split in the form of a one-time special stock dividend. Bloomberg Intelligence’s Mandeep Singh has more on “Bloomberg Markets: The Close.”
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Sony is set to launch more than 10 live service games by 2026, the company announced during its latest earnings report on Wednesday. The company revealed that it sold 3.9 million PlayStation 5 units in the third quarter of 2021, bringing the total number of current-gen consoles sold by Sony up to 17.3 million, which
Realme Buds Air 3 true wireless stereo (TWS) earphones India launch will take place later this month, as per a report. The earphones are said to be launched in two colour options. The rumoured TWS earphones will be the successor to the Realme Buds Air 2. Meanwhile, another report has tipped the specifications, price, and
Did you miss a session from GamesBeat’s latest event? Head over to the GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit & GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 2 On Demand page here. IronSource is launching its App Analytics platform to enable app and game developers to maximize their revenue, user retention, and growth. With the beta version of
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 series is expected to launch next week at a Galaxy unpacked event alongside the company’s flagship Galaxy S22 series smartphones. The upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 series is likely to be comprised of three models — Galaxy Tab S8, Galaxy Tab S8+, and Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra. And ahead of the
Noise ColorFit Icon Buzz has been launched in India as the latest model in the brand’s ColorFit range of smartwatches. The new smartwatch comes with Bluetooth calling support that allows users to make and attend voice calls directly from their wrist, without taking out the connected phone from their pocket. The Noise ColorFit Icon Buzz
Sony upgraded its full-year net profit forecast on Wednesday, buoyed by the success of its latest Spider-Man movie and strong results in the gaming sector despite the global chip shortage. It comes as the Japanese tech giant battles for gaming supremacy with US rival Microsoft after its blockbuster acquisition of Activision. Sony already logged a
Producer Bhushan Kumar of T-Series on Thursday announced the foray of the studio into over-the-top (OTT) platform. The company, founded by the late Gulshan Kumar, has backed movies like Aashiqui, Baby, Hindi Medium, Kabir Singh, Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior, Sherni, and Atrangi Re, among others. Bhushan Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director of T-Series, said they
Did you miss a session from GamesBeat’s latest event? Head over to the GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit & GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 2 On Demand page here. Tilting Point announced today it is acquiring a majority stake in Korean mobile game developer AN Games. With this acquisition, Tilting Point will help grow the
WhatsApp Desktop has reportedly added a feature to let users ask the Meta-owned instant messaging app to generate a report of their account information and settings. Called Request Account Info, the dedicated option has so far been available to mobile users on both Android and iOS. It allows users to submit a request to WhatsApp
MSI’s new range of gaming laptops are now available for purchase in India. These laptops come equipped with up to 12th Gen Intel H-series processors, and up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPUs. The laptops, some of which were launched last month at CES 2022, feature Meta-ready logos (referring to the metaverse). They come