Tero Kuittinen
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Morro Bay, CA, United States
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Wait just a goddamn minute before you bury Pokemon Go
So, I was going to do one of those "Pokemon Go RIP" pieces everyone is cranking out this week. But I spent three minutes thinking about it and decided not to. → Read More
Pokemon Go has done the impossible for mobile apps
Pokemon GO has rolled out in more than 30 countries and it is now two weeks since its US launch. The data around the usage patterns is becoming ever more mindboggling. New numbers AppAnnie has shared with BGR defy belief. → Read More
Pokemon Go has done the impossible for mobile apps
Pokemon GO has rolled out in more than 30 countries and it is now two weeks since its US launch. The data around the usage patterns is becoming ever more mindboggling. New numbers AppAnnie has shared with BGR defy belief. → Read More
LINE is another Zynga
LINE became the biggest tech company to enter the US stock market this year as its shares soared 30% above issue price in early New York trading. Buying these shares is something you should not do. Yes, messaging is a hot space and no, there aren't many messaging apps companies you can invest in. → Read More
New Pokemon Go statistics will blow your mind
There is little doubt by now that Pokemon Go is becoming the most successful mobile app of all time, at least as far as launch-week performance is concerned. Niantic just launched the game in Germany... and it hit No. 1 on the iPhone revenue chart in just three hours. → Read More
Why Pokemon Go is an even bigger game-changer than you think
Nintendo finally allowed a mobile game version of one of its biggest money-spinners to be made. And you have been hearing about it a lot over the past 48 hours. Possibly too much. → Read More
Death of Peach: An eerie echo of Meerkat’s collapse
Peach is dead, four days after its launch. This seems as obvious as the death of Meerkat one month after its debut. One cool aspect of the modern app market is that the hype cycle can now peak in less than 24 hours. → Read More
Apple’s attempt to stop Spotify has been a spectacular failure
Perhaps the biggest revenue success story in the U.S. app market this year has been the stunning rise of Spotify in the iPhone revenue charts. This is all the more remarkable considering that Spoti... → Read More
Triumph of the cord cutters: HBO Now is already making a fortune
Precisely one month after HBO Now debuted on iOS devices, we are getting a sense of how many consumers are paying for the mobile service. Based on App Annie statistics, the early traction looks terrific. HBO Now this week hit the No. 1 spot on the U.S. → Read More
Jay-Z says Tidal criticism is part of an organized ‘smear campaign’ by big companies
Jay Z this weekend tweeted an ominous and serious accusation: "There are many big companies that are spending millions on a smear campaign. We are not anti-anyone, we are pro-artist & fan. #TidalFacts. → Read More
The numbers don’t lie: Jay-Z’s Tidal music service is already a spectacular flop
When Tidal made its big media push at the end of March, the core message was clear: While other streaming music services like Spotify and Pandora pay a pittance to artists, Tidal offers musicians a better deal. → Read More
Move over, Clash of Clans: America’s new most lucrative app is a real shocker
Something very surprising happened today -- a social casino game became the No. 1Â app on the U.S. iPad revenue chart. To put this in context, you may need as much as a $15 million monthly revenue run rate to hit the top of the American iPad chart. → Read More
Netflix is the bellwether for cord cutting’s future – and today it looks unstoppable
A few minutes after reporting its quarterly report, Netflix share prices spiked by 12%, despite having already climbed by 40% so far this year. The key surprise here is the subscriber growth: The company added 4. → Read More
Meerkat is dying - and it's taking U.S. tech journalism with it
About three days after it received a lavish new funding round, Meerkat died an ugly and embarrassing death. It is hard to decide whether the Great Meerkat Debacle that has unfolded over the past week is a tragedy or a comedy — probably a bit of both. The mobile streaming app that had whipped U. → Read More
Smartwatch game wars start right now - but can a 10-second game really work?
A new Finnish mobile game company called Everywear has made a radical decision: It will only develop games for wearable devices. This leap seems gutsy, almost foolhardy... but the people backing the company are bound to give skeptics a pause. → Read More
Nintendo embraces the one thing that can save it from oblivion: The iPhone
How perfectly dreadful. Nintendo, that last defender of console-only auteurism, is now succumbing to that basest of commercial instincts and is launching potentially hugely lucrative mobile apps. This could lead to something quite disturbing: Massive profit growth. → Read More
Massive new tech bubble? Mark Cuban has no idea what he's talking about
Mark Cuban has been blogging again. This happens with alarming frequency, but there is something special about today's bloviation -- serious news sites like MarketWatch turned Cuban's comments into a lead news item. DON'T MISS:Â Galaxy S6 vs. → Read More
Netflix already killed your video store and it's coming after broadcast TV next
For years, the decline in broadcast audiences has been sort of a mild, persistent headache for TV executives. U.S. viewership of "linear television" has been dipping at a speed of few percentage po... → Read More
Terror grips NYC: Impending blizzard nightmare turns Manhattan into a ghost town
By noon, midtown Manhattan has turned into a ghost town. Times Square, the heart of Broadway, is nearly deserted and seems like a set for a chilly zombie movie. → Read More
CES is a great showcase for products that are about to die
I'll be heading for CES again tomorrow, but mainly to meet people. As a device showcase, CES has demonstrated an uncanny ability to highlight trends that will never be. Perhaps the most legendary example was the year 2006, one year before the iPhone arrived. → Read More