Google led an investment of $ 145 million in InMobi‘s social media startups Glance and Roposo, which are division’s InMobi’s mobile app marketing business. The deal is a boost for India’s tech market, where multiple unicorns (such as InMobi itself), or startups valued at a billion dollars or more, have …
Read More »PlayStation leads in TV ad impressions, but Square Enix is close behind
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Gaming industry TV ad impressions saw an 87.71% increase from mid-August to mid-September, compared to the previous 30-day period. From August 16 through September 15, 12 gaming brands aired 49 spots over 6,500 times, resulting in 1.5 …
Read More »Italian airport leads Europe in adopting AR thermal scanning helmets
Ever since COVID-19 began wreaking havoc in China, multiple Chinese and American companies have been rushing to popularize wearable thermal scanners that can quickly detect a key symptom — elevated body temperature — in public places. Now the busiest airport in Italy, Rome’s Aeroporti di Roma-Fiumicino, says it’s the first …
Read More »Nintendo Switch leads February 2020 hardware sales
Video game sales continued to decline in the United States in February, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. And an absence of exciting new game releases helped hold back consoles sales as well. But while people are spending less money on gaming systems, Nintendo Switch hardware sales still surpassed …
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