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2016-07-31 Economy

Chinese group buys Israeli gaming company Playtika for $4.4 billion

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-07-31 12:42|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 $4.4B from $170M! Musta been reading about ~~cattle futures~~ gaming in the WSJ

Posted by Frank G 2016-07-31 13:00|| 2016-07-31 13:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Playtika players use virtual currency that cannot be exchanged for real money but can spend money by purchasing items in the games.

Easy instant first step to gaming+gambling+iPhone tracking/text monitoring+'touch consumers' marketing and sales. What's the population? Even with only 10% penetration cheap at $4B.

Posted by Skidmark 2016-07-31 16:23|| 2016-07-31 16:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Saw an interesting youtube about how Pokemon go could be used to get images inside buildings where Google Earth can't go.

Posted by phil_b 2016-07-31 18:31|| 2016-07-31 18:31|| Front Page Top

#4 The default for Pokemon GO (which collects all sorts in interesting info) is to give it full access to your Google Docs account...
Unless you opt-OUT.

Posted by CrazyFool 2016-07-31 19:43|| 2016-07-31 19:43|| Front Page Top

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