Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Dragalia Lost, along with Mario Kart Tour and Super Mario Run also drew a lot of revenue.

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Nintendo’s mobile games have now generated more than $1 billion in revenue on iOS and Android.
That’s according to the latest data from Sensor Tower.
The biggest contributor by far was Fire Emblem Heroes, which has drawn $656M in revenue.

Sensor Tower data suggests that Nintendo’s mobile games on iOS and Android have combined to generate over $1 billion in lifetime player spending.

According to the report:

Nintendo’s mobile games have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime revenue from global player spending on the App Store and Google Play, Sensor Tower Store Intelligence data shows. Nintendo’s mobile repertoire, which comprises six games, has also amassed a combined 452 million downloads worldwide.

The majority—$656 million, or 61 percent—of Nintendo’s mobile revenue has come from strategy RPG Fire Emblem Heroes. The…

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Dragalia Lost, along with Mario Kart Tour and Super Mario Run also drew a lot of revenue.

What you need to know

Nintendo’s mobile games have now generated more than $1 billion in revenue on iOS and Android.
That’s according to the latest data from Sensor Tower.
The biggest contributor by far was Fire Emblem Heroes, which has drawn $656M in revenue.

Sensor Tower data suggests that Nintendo’s mobile games on iOS and Android have combined to generate over $1 billion in lifetime player spending.

According to the report:

Nintendo’s mobile games have generated more than $1 billion in lifetime revenue from global player spending on the App Store and Google Play, Sensor Tower Store Intelligence data shows. Nintendo’s mobile repertoire, which comprises six games, has also amassed a combined 452 million downloads worldwide.

The majority—$656 million, or 61 percent—of Nintendo’s mobile revenue has come from strategy RPG Fire Emblem Heroes. The…

AAPL has jumped to around $322 in pre-market trading, making it more valuable than Germany’s 30 largest companies combined…

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Apple’s share price has jumped significantly in pre-market trading.
Share prices are up to around $322, buoyed by Apple’s record-setting Q1 2020 results.
That means Apple’s market valuation is nearly $1.4trn, more than Germany’s entire DAX index.

Apple’s share price has jumped in pre-market trading, pushing Apple’s market cap value past that of Germany’s entire DAX index.

Yesterday, January 28, Apple revealed its Q1 2020 earnings, in which it brought in a record-breaking $91.8 billion, its biggest-ever quarter. Buoyed by the incredible results, and optimistic guidance for Apple’s next quarter, Apple’s share price has jumped significantly in pre-market trading.

AAPL closed at $317.60, climbing nearly $9 in advance of the earnings call yesterday, January 28. Now, following Apple’s Q1 2020 earnings announcement, shares have climbed ev…

Wearables, home, and accessories to be precise…

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Yesterday, Apple published record-breaking results for Q1 2020.
One standout metric was wearables, which passed Mac in revenue for the first time ever.
Wearables, accessories, and home brought in $10 billion, compared to $7.2 billion for Mac.

Yesterday, Apple announced it’s bumper Q1 2020 results, posting its highest-ever revenue for a single quarter, a casual $91.8 billion.

The results were staggering for a number of reasons, but one of the most interesting facets is that Apple’s wearables sector, specifically wearables, accessories and home, has passed Mac revenue for the first time ever.

It’s no secret that Apple’s days as a ”computing company” are behind it, Apple has really been a phone company for at least the last 10 years. However, the iPhone market has stalled somewhat recently, as device longevity increases and the market saturates. In recent months Apple has continued to shift its focus towards …

”Polar H9 takes the essentials from H10 to provide an accurate and reliable heart rate sensor at an affordable price.”

What you need to know

There’s a new heart rate monitor from Finnish company Polar.
The H9 offers high-quality accuracy but is targeted at entry-level users.
It’s based on the essentials of Polar’s H10 and features Bluetooth connectivity and compatibility with lots of different smartphone apps.

Finnish company Polar has announced its brand new heart rate monitor, the Polar H9!

In a press release, Polar said:

Polar, the leader in heart rate technology for more than 40 years introduces Polar H9, the brand’s newest heart rate sensor featuring the most trusted and accurate heart rate technology on the market. Joining the professional-grade Polar H10 monitor and Polar OH1+ optical heart rate sensor, Polar H9 provides a feature-rich package combined with great performance and an affordable price, perfect for entry-level users.

The Polar 9 slots into Polar’s line…

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Dropbox has been updated to support dark mode.
The iPhone and iPad update can be downloaded now.
The app now obeys your device’s Dark Mode setting.

Now you won’t be blinded every time you sync your photos.

Popular cloud storage app Dropbox has now updated its iPhone and iPad app to support dark mode. The feature was added in iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, and now Dropbox fully supports it as well.

The updated Dropbox app arrived on the App Store yesterday and is a free update to the already-free app. If you have automatic app updates installed, you probably already have it.

What’s new:

• Dark mode! You can now turn dark mode on in your phone’s display settings.

As the release notes point out, Dropbox will now obey your device’s dark mode setting. Now you won’t be running around in dark mode and then be blinded by Dropbox every time you go to find a file!

There doesn’t appear to be any other changes in this update – at least, nothing visible – bu…

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Apple held its annual earnings call yesterday.
CEO Tim Cook confirmed ”exceptional demand” for new iPhones.
iPhone 11 was the biggest seller of the quarter.

A winning combination of price and capability.

Apple held its quarterly earnings call yesterday and there were some very interesting numbers. Not least the fact that the company was able to post record figures. But in the middle of all that was another fact that caught my eye – iPhone 11 was the most popular iPhone each and every week during the quarter.

During the call CEO Tim Cook spoke about the huge impact iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max had on the quarterly results, as tends to be the norm when new iPhones arrive every September. And just iPhone XR sales last year, the most inexpensive new model won out.

On iPhone; revenue in the December quarter was 56 billion dollars. Again, that’s up 8% over a year ago, thanks to the exceptional demand for the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and…

Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Luca Maestri spoke with analysts during the company’s Q1 2020 earnings call. Here’s our ongoing live transcript of their remarks! If you want some quick analysis on Apple’s results, we recommend checking out the awesome charts from Six Colors.

Cook’s opening remarks

Tim Cook

Good afternoon and thanks to all of you for joining us. We’re thrilled to report Apple’s biggest quarter ever, which set new all-time records in both revenue and earnings. We generated revenue of 91.8 Billion dollars, which is above the high end of our guidance range, with revenue growth accelerating for the third consecutive quarter. Geographically, we set all-time records in the Americas, Europe and the rest of Asia Pacific and saw Greater China return to growth. Our record performance was fueled by iPhone, where December quarter revenue was up 8% year over year and by our fifth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth outside of iPhone, including a new all-time record for serv…