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I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned anything about Niantic being an "independent" spinoff from Google/Alphabet. Interesting to think about what personal in

by DKnoll3 10y ago

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned anything about Niantic being an "independent" spinoff from Google/Alphabet. Interesting to think about what personal information they're gaining from this, as well as mapping information.

jwcooper 10y ago
Nintendo (along with Google and the Pokemon Company, which Nintendo also partially owns) invested $30 million into Niantic 9 months ago [1]. [1] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-16/nintendo-gains-on-investment-pokemon-go-game-developer-niantic http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-16/nintendo-g...