Pokémon Go now works with Apple Watch

Apple Watch users who are also avid Pokémon Go players can now look forward to adding their wearable to their monster hunting arsenal. Announced back at Apple's 'Hello Again' event in September, developer Niantic says that the Apple Watch version of Pokémon Go is finally available. 

This isn't a full game on the Apple Watch, rather a way to collect items from pokéstops and see nearby monsters with a simple tap without whipping out their phone. This caps off Niantic's blockbuster year with Pokémon Go, which remains 2016's biggest app success story.

Asus teases upcoming event at CES

Even without giving too much away, the teaser video for Asus’s event at next year’s Consumer Electronics Show. The YouTube video is entitled “Explore the Unknown” and it shows two children taking on some adventures until it focuses on a kid playing in his room as he tries to recreate the solar system. Near the end of the video we see an outline of one or two devices but it was shown rather briefly. The rumour mill is relatively quiet for new Asus devices so we’ll have to wait and see on January 4 what the Taiwanese company plans to release. Asus is hosting a livestream on that date at 11:30 am Pacific and you can watch it from this link.

Source: Droid Life

Alphabet’s Waymo in talks with Honda regarding self-driving car tech

After Google recently spun out its self-driving car division into Waymo, it looks like the new Alphabet company is trying to strike a big deal. Honda announced it is entering talks with Waymo on integrating autonomous vehicle tech into its cars. The discussion is still in its very early stages but Honda is proposing to give Waymo modified vehicles to help speed the process along. The new announcement isn’t meant to derail Honda’s own automated driving plans, which it intends to have self-driving cars on the road by 2020, but will be considered a “different technological approach.” If it does push through though, this would help legitimize Waymo further as a viable option for manufacturers who just plan to integrate an established self-driving platform over creating their own version.

Source: Engadget

‘Super Mario Run’ hits 40 million downloads in 4 days but not everything is peachy

Just like Princess Peach’s life, not everything is going well for Nintendo’s Super Mario Run release on iOS. While it has set a new download record of 40 million downloads in the first four days, it’s hit with a number of issues and criticisms. According to Reuters, users have been complaining over the US$9.99 price to unlock majority of the game so even if gross sales of Super Mario Run is at US$21 million, it has pushed the company’s share prices to a one-month low.

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