Podcast appearances and mentions of John Hanke

Coup de tonnerre dans l'industrie du jeu vidéo : Niantic Labs, le studio derrière Pokémon Go, a annoncé la vente de sa division jeux à Scopely, une entreprise appartenant à Savvy Games Group, lui-même détenu par le fonds d'investissement public saoudien (PIF). Montant de la transaction : 3,5 milliards de dollars.Avec cette acquisition, le royaume saoudien s'offre l'un des jeux mobiles les plus rentables du marché. Depuis son lancement en 2016, Pokémon Go n'a cessé d'attirer les foules, comptabilisant encore aujourd'hui 30 millions de joueurs actifs par mois. Une prise de choix pour le PIF, qui poursuit son offensive sur l'industrie du gaming, après des investissements massifs dans Nintendo, Take-Two Interactive et Electronic Arts.Pour Niantic, cette cession marque un tournant stratégique. Le studio, qui n'a jamais réussi à réitérer le succès de Pokémon Go, a connu des années difficiles, ponctuées de licenciements et d'échecs commerciaux, comme la fermeture de Harry Potter: Wizards Unite en 2022. Désormais, l'entreprise se recentre sur les technologies géospatiales et l'intelligence artificielle. Une nouvelle structure, Niantic Spatial, dirigée par son fondateur John Hanke, verra le jour avec un financement de 250 millions de dollars. L'accord ne se limite pas à Pokémon Go. D'autres titres phares comme Monster Hunter Now et Pikmin Bloom rejoindront également le catalogue de Scopely, tout comme les équipes de développement qui les ont créés. Une acquisition qui vient renforcer l'arsenal de Scopely, déjà propriétaire du très lucratif Monopoly Go, qui a généré plus de 3 milliards de dollars de revenus en un an.Au-delà de l'aspect économique, ce rachat illustre l'ambition de l'Arabie Saoudite de diversifier son économie en investissant massivement dans les secteurs du sport et du divertissement. Après avoir misé sur le football, le tennis et la Formule 1, Riyad injecte désormais près de 38 milliards de dollars dans le jeu vidéo. Mais que vont devenir Pokémon Go et sa communauté ? Pas de changement à l'horizon, assure Ed Wu, responsable du jeu chez Niantic : « Nous voulons rendre l'expérience encore meilleure. » De quoi rassurer les dresseurs du monde entier… en attendant de voir si cette nouvelle ère saura tenir ses promesses. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

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On this special episode of Grit, we look back at some of the coolest stories and best advice our guests have shared in 2024. Chapters:(00:49) - David Risher on his Amazon easter egg & moving on (07:02) - Jason Kilar on bouncing between relevance & irrelevance (15:13) - Eoghan McCabe on "re-founding" the company he started (22:59) - Mark Fields on battling with Trump & running to the fire (29:41) - John Hanke on intensity and balance (38:00) - Rony Abovitz on whether losing he's bitter about losing Magic Leap to COVID (47:42) - Mark McLaughlin on sacrificing personal time (57:39) - Taylor Francis on building culture Listen to all of these episodes:#201 CEO Lyft, David Risher: The Ride#214 Former CEO Hulu & WarnerMedia Jason Kilar: No Labels#191 CEO & Co-Founder Intercom, Eoghan McCabe: Second Beginning#209 Former President & CEO Ford, Mark Fields: All Cylinders#203 CEO Niantic, John Hanke: Buried Ships#212 Founder Magic Leap & SynthBee Rony Abovitz: Underdog#202 Chairman of Qualcomm, Mark McLaughlin: The Right Pitch#189 Co-Founder Watershed, Taylor Francis: Worthy MissionsConnect with JoubinTwitterLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.com Learn more about Kleiner PerkinsThis episode was edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod.fm

Guest: John Hanke, CEO of NianticWhen Pokémon Go launched, Niantic CEO John Hanke was enjoying a tranquil walk through a bamboo forest near Kyoto with his son. When he got back, it was all hands on deck: Building on a platform Niantic had developed for its previous game, Ingress, Pokémon Go was a runaway success story, earning $100 million dollars in revenue in its first week, and $1 billion in its first seven months. “I had a huge amount of anxiety that this is just too good to be true,” John recalls. “When are the wheels going to come off? What's going to go wrong?”In this episode, John and Joubin discuss San Francisco's history, Noam Bardin, Google Street View, David Lawee, AR glasses, Field Trip and Ingress, Tsunekazu Ishihara, gaming outside, Gilman Louie, Frank Slootman, mellowing out, Thomas Kurian, Jay Chaudhry, commute burnout, daily yoga, Xerox PARC, Mark Zuckerberg, Apple Vision Pro, the history of gaming, and talking to computers.Chapters:(02:17) - Waze and Google Maps (05:39) - John's childhood heroes (07:38) - Pokémon Go's first week (10:13) - Maps as a platform (13:56) - Spinning Niantic off of Google (17:36) - Hyperscaling (19:05) - Finding Niantic's mission (22:45) - Startups and families (24:15) - Adrenaline and gas (30:17) - Drive without desperation (34:42) - Negotiating with the Pokémon Company (38:25) - Zero to a million (41:28) - Relief and responsibility (43:44) - Sustaining engagement (47:18) - Enjoying the ride more (50:57) - Rules for balance (55:42) - Augmented reality and wearables (01:01:38) - Social games (01:04:14) - LLMs and the voice UI (01:06:52) - Who Niantic is hiring Links:Connect with JohnTwitterLinkedInConnect with JoubinTwitterLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.com Learn more about Kleiner PerkinsThis episode was edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod.fm

Lured Up Podcast 273 Record Date - 7/1/2023 Publish Date - 7/4/2023   Another fun filled week in the world of Pokémon GO! And by fun filled we mean ups and downs and a roller coaster ride of emotions! Plenty of news to cover as well as some pretty heavy stuff coming straight from the top at Niantic.   Dark Flames has wrapped up and we had a pretty fun time with the event. Solid spawns, Research, and Raids kept us busy and engaged. The branching Research kept us on our toes and we hope that this trend continues as it makes the game and events feel more personal. This weekend was also GO Battle Day: Clay and we hope your fingertips aren't too sore from tapping!   The Community Ambassador Program has officially been relaunched and we are eager to see how Niantic will be handling things internally. A new eligibility list makes the program more accessible than ever and along with the global release of Campfire, we are hoping that that we will see an explosion of IRL activity.   Our Poke The Bear this week was about the very short lived increased interaction distance. The creators took a beating for sharing incorrect information, and were put directly in the line of fire as that info came direct from Niantic.    The interaction news was just the beginning as a note from John Hanke detailed the layoff of 230 employees and the closure of their LA studio. With talks of revenue and focus in the memo, Twitter saw this as the perfect opportunity to go on the attack and rub salt into a very open wound.   Dark Flames - https://bit.ly/LU272DarkFlames Hidden Gems - https://bit.ly/LU269HiddenGems Campfire - https://bit.ly/LU273Campfire Community Ambassador Program - https://bit.ly/LU273Ambassador GO Battle Day - https://bit.ly/LU273GOBattleDay July Content Update - https://bit.ly/LU273July  Poke The Bear - https://bit.ly/LU273InteractionRadius Niantic Support - https://bit.ly/LU273NianticSupport Niantic Layoffs - https://bit.ly/LU273Layoffs    Use Code FULLHEAL at https://tgacards.com/ for 10% OFF your total order!   Support the show by bookmarking and shopping at TCGPlayer.com using this link - https://bit.ly/TCGPlayerAffiliate    Pokémon Professor Network Merch Store - https://bit.ly/PPNMerchStore    LuredUp@PokemonProfessor.com     Voicemail, Text, and Picture Line - 732-835-8639    https://linktr.ee/PokemonProfessorNetwork    Hosts Ken Pescatore Adam Tuttle   Writer and Producer Ken Pescatore   Executive Producer  Paul Bhatt   Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons   ▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾ http://instagram.com/GameChops http://twitter.com/GameChops http://soundcloud.com/GameChops http://facebook.com/GameChops http://youtube.com/GameChops http://www.gamechops.com   Intro Music Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix)  Tetracase GameChops - Ultraball http://gamechops.com/ultraball/ https://soundcloud.com/tetracase  https://soundcloud.com/MegaFlare0   Break Music National Park Mikel & GameChops GameChops - Poké & Chill http://smarturl.it/pokechill https://twitter.com/mikel_beats   Outro Music Vast Poni Canyon CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix) GameChops - Ultraball http://gamechops.com/ultraball/  http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats https://soundcloud.com/glitchxcity Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2021 Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc. Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.   #pokemon #pokemongo #podcast  

What's good trainers, welcome back! Or even Hi to our new listeners from our recent tours around different podcasts! On today's episode, someone's habit of never favoriting anything once again comes back to bite him (bet you'll never guess who), John Hanke owes Roldy 20 Wooloo XL candy, and we get excited about the next Rocket Rotation. Also, Roldy goes over tips and tricks for the Bronzor Cup (spoiler alert: don't play it), and we do our Go Battle Day recap, well one of us anyway. That's it for today trainers, thanks for tuning in! Don't forget to rate, subscribe, and let us know what you'd like to hear, or if you're interested in being a sponsor of the week via Twitter!!Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, and many more!Also duh, follow us on Twitter and add us on Pokémon GO!The Wailordz - @thewailordzRichard - @itslikecrackyo - 3773 3450 3263Roldy - @R2theOLDY - 8568 6703 2582Til next time trainers!

You'll have to listen to find out. But we do talk about some of the great Wayspots people have posted on Twitter as a part of the Twitter challenges, and 1 coffee shop with a Concerning photo from Agent “Ace” - whoms campfire Profile is leads us to believe that it's John Hanke who added a LIVE animal to a Wayspot photo! Don't forget to reach out @wayspotters on Twitter!   Coal of the week  Check out our Twitter: https://twitter.com/wayspotters/  Our Twitter Community: https://twitter.com/i/communities/1506775842692939780  Niantic Wayfarer Twitter: https://twitter.com/ NianticWayfarer   Our Website: http://wayspotters.com/    Support Us: https://www.patreon.com/PokemonProfessor    Wayfarer Discord: https://discord.gg/niawayfarer    Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/pokemonprofessornetwork    Intro Music - Game Over - Danijel Zambo     Music Vine Break Music - Hard Trap Samples, Heavy Trap Drum Loops ... - Loopmasters   Outro Music -  Itty Bitty 8 Bit - song by Kevin MacLeod - Spotify – Web Player    Vocal recording Copyright of Pokémon Professor 2022.    Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2022 Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc.    Wayspottters is not affiliated with Niantic Inc. or The Pokémon Company --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wayspotters/message

On this episode of StadiumCast, Holesome & JR are literally pogging out at the upcoming Play! Pokémon World Championships, the future of the structure, and our favorites for the Pokémon Meta and Competitors. Controversy is afoot and we must decide whether GO Battle League is a serious competitive league or be cancelled on Twitter by the Leaderboard Climbers. We take a Deep Deep Dive into the World Championship and Open Great League Meta and then board the Train into the speculation station to beg and plead our lord and savior John Hanke for buffs and nerfs galore post worlds.Play! Pokémon is here  for Pokémon GO!The Field is STACKEDThe Prizes are HUGEGO Battle League: Why so Serious?!Controversy is Afoot!Deep Dive into the Worlds MetaLet's Talk about the big Walrus in the room…Medi Medi Punchy, it will come, it will see, it will counterBetter here, better there, Sableye will be everywhereIt's not Halloween just yet, but scary Tree is already in costumeNo one will be shocked to see Galarian Stunfisk, because it resists electric Trainer!Everything else in the Meta is Trash, quite literally, Mr. Trashcan is still Zapping and Steeling wins awaySpeculation StationBuffs & Nerfs & Movesets OH MY!!Intro/Outro Music - Orbits by Toni Leys @tonileys on Twitter || Credit: https://diversity.moeTransitions & Sound Effects by Epidemic Sound || https://www.epidemicsound.comJoin our Discord || https://discord.gg/gostadiumHosts - JRHonda121  & Holesome_Show Art by KitsuneKurisu & Rambling Rabbit

Ho Ho Ho trainers! This week's episode covers the December Community Day, holiday event, lackluster January events and on-going pvp failures! We play holiday versions of "Would You Rather?" and "One Gotta Go." We drink till Roldy starts slurring! Come join us for a jolly old time and don't forget John Hanke! He's invited too! Don't forget to rate, subscribe, and let us know what you'd like to hear, or if you're interested in being a sponsor of the week via Twitter!!Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, and many more!Don't forget to check out Roldy's YouTube channel for some fun PvP content https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCZmICr6kvIajkrb_9792IQAlso duh, follow us on Twitter and add us on Pokémon GO!Richard - @itslikecrackyo - 3773 3450 3263Roldy - @R2theOLDY - 8568 6703 2582

John Hanke is the CEO of Niantic, a company that makes the wildly popular Pokemon Go mobile game in partnership with Nintendo and the Pokémon company. Pokemon Go, and its predecessor Ingress, are now the largest and most successful augmented reality games in the industry, which means John has long been at the forefront of what we've all started calling the metaverse—digital worlds that interact with the real world. Lots of companies are chasing metaverse hype but John's been at it for a while, and I wanted to talk about the reality instead of the hype. We also coin the phrase “marketplace of realities.” It's a ride. Links: What's left of Magic Leap? Microsoft is supplying 120,000 HoloLens-based headsets to the US Army Snap's first AR Spectacles are an ambitious, impractical start Facebook just revealed its new name: Meta There will never be another Pokémon Go Pokémon Go is still incredibly relevant Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is shutting down next year Springboard: the secret history of the first real smartphone is out now The best thing to do in VR is work out NFT's, explained Pokémon Go creator Niantic is working on AR glasses with Qualcomm Transcript: https://www.theverge.com/e/22596531 Credits: Decoder is a production of The Verge, and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Today's episode was produced by Creighton DeSimone, and Jackie McDermott with research by Liz Lian and it was edited by Callie Wright. The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Our Sr Audio Director is Andru Marino and our Executive Producer is Eleanor Donovan.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of the BizDev Podcast, Gary takes over as host and has on guests Juan and Siua. The three of them start of the conversation this week with discussing John Hanke's perspective on the Metaverse and everyday usage of AR and VR technology. From there, Gary asks Juan and Siua what its like to interact in an office space versus remote work from the perspective of an employee rather than a CEO. This leads into the discussion of the Slog from the perspective of a developer and what its like to manage those expectations. Finally they wrap up the discussion on Free Guy, Red Notice, and some exciting news about the BizDev Podcast!Here are the links to all mentioned articles in this episode:The Verge - John Hanke 'AR Is Where the Real Metaverse Is Going to Happen'___________________________________Submit Your Questions to:hello@thebigpixel.netOur HostsGary Voigt - Creative Director at Big PixelJuan Villela - Senior Developer at Big PixelSiosiua Militoni - Project Manager at Big PixelThe PodcastDavid Baxter has been designing, building, and advising startups and businesses for over ten years. His passion, knowledge, and brutal honesty have helped dozens of companies get their start.In Biz/Dev, David and award winning Creative Director Gary Voigt talk about current events and how they affect the world of startups, entrepreneurship, software development, and culture.Contact Ushello@thebigpixel.net919-275-0646www.thebigpixel.netFB | IG | LI : @bigpixelNCBig Pixel1772 Heritage Center Dr.Suite 201Wake Forest, NC 27587Music by: BLXRR

Britain has passed a law requiring new houses and buildings to install electric vehicle charging points from next year, BBC reports. This will see up to 145,000 charging points installed across the country each year. New supermarkets, workplaces and buildings undergoing major renovations will also come under the new law. The UK is switching to EVs, with petrol and diesel car sales banned from 2030. Niantic, the maker of the popular augmented reality game Pokémon GO, has raised $300 million from Coatue at a valuation of $9 billion, the company said in a blogpost on Monday. The company that initially spun out of Google, will use the funds to invest in current games and new apps, expand its Lightship developer platform, and build out its version of what it calls the real-world metaverse. “We're building a future where the real world is overlaid with digital creations, entertainment and information, making it more magical, fun and informative,” said John Hanke, Niantic's Founder and CEO. Jina.ai, an open-source startup in Berlin, that uses neural search to help its users find information in their unstructured data (including videos and images), has raised $30 million in Series A funding led by Canaan Partners, TechCrunch reports. New investor Mango Capital, as well as existing investors GGV Capital, SAP.iO and Yunqi Partners also participated in this round. DuckDuckGo, the maker of the privacy-focused browser and app of the same name, is beta testing an app-tracking blocker for Android phones, the company said in a blogpost. People can join the private waitlist by downloading the app or updating to the latest version, navigating to app tracking protection in the privacy section under settings, and clicking on the ‘join the private wait list' option. Once active, the app-tracking blocker will detect when your Android apps are about to send data to third-party tracking companies found in DuckDuckGo's app tracker dataset, and block those requests. El Salvador, which recently became the first country to make Bitcoin legal tender, plans to build a Bitcoin city at the base of a volcano, with the cryptocurrency used to fund the project, its president has announced, BBC reports. The city will be circular to represent the shape of a coin and will be built near the Conchagua volcano to take advantage of its geothermal energy to power Bitcoin mining, according to the report. (03:28) Interview: Ashwathnarayan CN, Karnataka's minister for science and tech, higher education, information tech, biotech, and skill development The government of the state of Karnataka is making efforts to expand the tech ecosystem concentrated in Bengaluru, beyond the state's capital city, which has become India's tech capital. In today's interview, Ashwathnarayan CN, the state's minister for science and tech, higher education, information tech, biotech, and skill development, articulates some of the ways the government is making progress on this front.

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Lured Up Podcast 190 Record Date - 8/10/2021 Publish Date - 8/13/2021   There are still some funky feelings going on as we wait for our September 1st update. As we grind through Ultra Unlock Part 2, we are enjoying the gameplay, but there still seems to be a dark cloud over the game.    While we would want that Niantic would be all hands on deck to focus on Pokémon GO, it doesn't seem like the current community turmoil is the red alert situation that we had hoped for. Two blog posts in particular, remind us that the Niantic Machine plows on. With the acquisition of Scaniverse and an interesting blog from John Hanke, we have a lot to chew on this week!   Support the show by shopping at TCGPlayer.com using this link - https://bit.ly/TCGPlayerAffiliate    Pokémon Professor Network Merch Store - https://bit.ly/PPNMerchStore  Secret League Pin - http://bit.ly/SecretLeaguePin  Google Calendar - https://bit.ly/LuredUpGoogleCalendar  Willow's Almanac - https://bit.ly/LU127WillowsAlmanac    info@luredup.com    Inappropriate Voicemail, Text, and Picture Line - 732-835-8639  http://pokemonprofessor.com  https://www.luredup.com http://bit.ly/PokeProfNetPatreon  http://bit.ly/PokeProfNetFacebook  http://bit.ly/PokeProfNetTwitter  http://bit.ly/PokeProfNetYouTube  http://bit.ly/PokeProfNetInstagram  http://bit.ly/LuredUpTumblr  http://bit.ly/LuredUpApplePodcasts   http://bit.ly/LuredUpSpotify  http://bit.ly/LuredUpStitcher  http://bit.ly/LuredUpGooglePodcasts  http://bit.ly/LuredUpIHeartRadio  https://bit.ly/LUPodchaser    Hosts Ken Pescatore Adam Tuttle   Writer and Producer Ken Pescatore   Executive Producer  Paul Bhatt   Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons   ▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾ http://instagram.com/GameChops http://twitter.com/GameChops http://soundcloud.com/GameChops http://facebook.com/GameChops http://youtube.com/GameChops http://www.gamechops.com   Intro Music Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix)  Tetracase GameChops - Ultraball http://gamechops.com/ultraball/ https://soundcloud.com/tetracase  https://soundcloud.com/MegaFlare0   Break Music National Park Mikel & GameChops GameChops - Poké & Chill http://smarturl.it/pokechill https://twitter.com/mikel_beats   Outro Music Vast Poni Canyon CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix) GameChops - Ultraball http://gamechops.com/ultraball/  http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats https://soundcloud.com/glitchxcity Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2021 Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc.Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.   #pokemon #pokemongo #podcast

It's been five years since Pokémon Go launched, sending kids and adults alike out into the streets, capturing Pokémon through their smartphones. It was one of the first massively successful augmented reality games, generating maps populated with the fantastical creatures based on actual maps. It tracks where players are in the real world to determine which Pokémon they can see. Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams speaks with John Hanke, the CEO of Niantic, the company behind Pokémon Go, about the future of augmented reality. 

It's been five years since Pokémon Go launched, sending kids and adults alike out into the streets, capturing Pokémon through their smartphones. It was one of the first massively successful augmented reality games, generating maps populated with the fantastical creatures based on actual maps. It tracks where players are in the real world to determine which Pokémon they can see. Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams speaks with John Hanke, the CEO of Niantic, the company behind Pokémon Go, about the future of augmented reality. 

It's been five years since Pokémon Go launched, sending kids and adults alike out into the streets, capturing Pokémon through their smartphones. It was one of the first massively successful augmented reality games, generating maps populated with the fantastical creatures based on actual maps. It tracks where players are in the real world to determine which Pokémon they can see. Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams speaks with John Hanke, the CEO of Niantic, the company behind Pokémon Go, about the future of augmented reality. 

It's been five years since Pokémon Go launched, sending kids and adults alike out into the streets, capturing Pokémon through their smartphones. It was one of the first massively successful augmented reality games, generating maps populated with the fantastical creatures based on actual maps. It tracks where players are in the real world to determine which Pokémon they can see. Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams speaks with John Hanke, the CEO of Niantic, the company behind Pokémon Go, about the future of augmented reality. 

What's good trainers! Welcome back to another installment of The Wailordz Podcast! Today, it's just the two of us (will we make it if we try?). On today's episode we recap on last weeks a very crazy XP grind thanks to a Very Slow Discovery, one of us reaching an EPIC achievement, the upcoming Regisolstice (Gen 9 Fairy Regi, calling it now!) event, our pleas to John Hanke,  and our usual PvP fumbles and stumbles. Plus, did we meet our goals for last week? And did we set even more unrealistic goals for next week? All this and more on today's episode. Thanks for tuning in! Don't forget to rate, subscribe, and let us know what you'd like to hear, or if you're interested in being a sponsor of the week via Twitter!!Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, and many more!Don't forget to check out Roldy's YouTube channel for some fun PvP content https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCZmICr6kvIajkrb_9792IQAlso duh, follow us on Twitter and add us on Pokémon GO!Richard - @itslikecrackyo - 3773 3450 3263Roldy - @R2theOLDY - 8568 6703 2582Til next time trainers!

Lured Up Podcast 134 Recording Date - 6/4/2020 Publish Date - 6/5/2020   This has been a pretty heavy week in the world, so in turn we have a bit of a heavier episode. We discuss George Floyd and how the world and specifically Niantic have responded. Thanks to TheDHK and other Naintics, John Hanke wrote a heartfelt letter to his employees that clearly outlines Niantic’s plans to usher change. It is a letter that has inspired us and we hope that it also inspires you.   In the game department, we recap and prep the events and happenings including the Throwback Challenge and the release of Reshiram. We both had a chance to play during Raid Hour, but a good IV Reshiram is still hiding from us!   PokeMiners brings us an APK teardown of 0.177.0 which has some exciting nuggets including gift stickers, a charge move interface improvement, and a ton of code about AR and PokéStop Scanning. We are still waiting for Remote Raid Invites, but we can sense that it is close!   We close the show with Poke The Bear, regarding brands using their platform to speak out on social topics. While the support was overwhelmingly positive and in favor of it, we still stirred up some great dialogue. We can all learn from each other, so speaking openly is absolutely the catalyst for change.   We love all of you. Thank you so much for your support. Let’s spread love, peace and healing.   Niantic Statement - https://bit.ly/LU134Niantic Zekrom and June Events - https://bit.ly/LU134Zekrom APK Mine 0.177.0 - https://bit.ly/LU134APK Poke The Bear - https://bit.ly/LU134PokeTheBear    How to get support and get educated on Black Lives Matter  https://blacklivesmatter.com/what-we-believe/ https://secretlosangeles.com/black-lives-matter-movement-action/ https://www.timeout.com/things-to-do/how-to-support-black-lives-matter https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-for-black-lives-matter.html https://www.nj.com/news/2020/06/here-is-how-you-can-support-the-black-lives-matter-movement.html https://twitter.com/Nickelodeon/status/1267561600464162821    Support the show by shopping at TCGPlayer.com using this link - https://bit.ly/TCGPlayerAffiliate  Pokémon Professor Network Merch Store - https://bit.ly/PPNMerchStore  Secret League Pin - http://bit.ly/SecretLeaguePin  Google Calendar - https://bit.ly/LuredUpGoogleCalendar  Willow’s Almanac - https://bit.ly/LU127WillowsAlmanac    info@luredup.com    Inappropriate Voicemail, Text, and Picture Line - 732-835-8639  http://pokemonprofessor.com  https://www.luredup.com http://bit.ly/PokeProfNetPatreon  http://bit.ly/PokeProfNetFacebook  http://bit.ly/PokeProfNetTwitter  http://bit.ly/PokeProfNetYouTube  http://bit.ly/PokeProfNetInstagram  http://bit.ly/LuredUpTumblr  http://bit.ly/LuredUpApplePodcasts   http://bit.ly/LuredUpSpotify  http://bit.ly/LuredUpStitcher  http://bit.ly/LuredUpGooglePodcasts  http://bit.ly/LuredUpIHeartRadio  https://bit.ly/LUPodchaser    Hosts Ken Pescatore Adam Tuttle   Writer and Producer Ken Pescatore   Executive Producer  Paul Bhatt   Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons   ▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾ http://instagram.com/GameChops http://twitter.com/GameChops http://soundcloud.com/GameChops http://facebook.com/GameChops http://youtube.com/GameChops http://www.gamechops.com   Intro Music Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix)  Tetracase GameChops - Ultraball http://gamechops.com/ultraball/ https://soundcloud.com/tetracase  https://soundcloud.com/MegaFlare0   Break Music National Park Mikel and GameChops GameChops - Poké and Chill http://smarturl.it/pokechill https://twitter.com/mikel_beats   Outro Music Vast Poni Canyon CG5 and GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix) GameChops - Ultraball http://gamechops.com/ultraball/  http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats https://soundcloud.com/glitchxcity Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2019Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc.Lured Up and Pokémon Professor are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.   #pokemon #pokemongo #podcast

If you haven’t accepted the fact that you are not immune from exploitation and a data breach, then perhaps OurMine, the anonymous Saudi Arabian hacking group can help shed some light. OurMine, known for its 2016 series of notable breaches, including Twitter accounts belonging to Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales, Pokemon Go creator John Hanke, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai, and even Mark Zuckerberg, is back again, this time targeting half the NFL, International Olympic Committee, and FC Barcelona.

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Sierra Katow from Las Comic Standing joins us to deep dive on John Hanke, an American entrepreneur and business executive. He is the founder and current CEO of Niantic, Inc., a software development company spun out of Google that designed Ingress, Pokémon Go and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. But his story goes deeper once government contracts and the CIA get involved. 

We are excited to welcome Chris from the GO Cast Podcast on to the show! Chris was a fantastic guest and his positive and optimistic outlook about the game was a fantastic compliment to our shenanigans. We talk about our experiences with the Hoenn Celebration, the trainwreck of Feebas Limited Research, and John Hanke’s revealing interview on CNBC. In our unpopular opinion segment, we discuss the differences between multi accounting and simply logging in for a friend as highlighted in a video from Zoe Two Dots. We laugh and love the fact that Alolan Exeggutor is at the top of Dragon Type PvP rankings before building out a Shiftry solo Battle Party - WHOOP WHOOP! GO Cast Chris - https://twitter.com/CPuens  GO Cast - https://twitter.com/gocastpodcast  https://www.gocastpodcast.com/  Hoenn Celebration - https://goo.gl/X8f2gR Feebas Limited Research - https://goo.gl/JHHteJ Grass Knot Breloom - https://goo.gl/NGsq4z John Hanke CNBC Interview - https://goo.gl/t3cwE7 Multi Accounting (45 Second Mark) - https://goo.gl/4Ygm9J Dragon Types in PvP - https://goo.gl/em94AC The egg pool is too big - https://goo.gl/QPtPHX EX Raid Invite Exploit - https://goo.gl/QTtJYq Go Ranger Check In - https://goranger.app/ Shiftry Solo Raid Guide and Battle Party - https://goo.gl/NmLDF4   info@luredup.com Inappropriate Voicemail, Text, and Picture Line - 732-835-8639 https://www.luredup.com https://www.patreon.com/GottaWatchEmAll https://www.facebook.com/gottawatchemall/ https://twitter.com/GottaWatchEmAll https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKF_I5camyHMg-4Hi-7QqdA https://www.instagram.com/gottawatchemall/ http://gottawatchemallpodcast.tumblr.com/ https://plus.google.com/u/1/b/115738176821732158959/115738176821732158959/posts http://gottawatchemall.libsyn.com/podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-zero/id1120887936?i=1000370004356&mt=2 http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/gotta-watchem-all?refid=stpr https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/I5hdkinbvlhxvuuz5w3gez6p3ey Ken – https://twitter.com/ProudGamerTweet Adam - https://twitter.com/phoenixback4fir Melissa - https://twitter.com/supersweetMiss Intro Song - "Civic Duty" by Chipocrite Outro Song - "Little Computer People" by Chipocrite http://www.chipocrite.com/ iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/bn/artist/chipocrite/id412533781 Facebook - https://twitter.com/chipocrite Twitter - https://twitter.com/chipocrite Silph Arena Song - “Step In The Arena” by Gang Starr Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark & © of Nintendo 1996-2018Pokémon GO is Trademark & © of Niantic, Inc.Lured Up is not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo. #pokemon #pokemongo #niantic

In typical Niantic fashion, they drop a bombshell on us just a day or two after recording. They finally name Meltan and we learn that he is the Mythical Pokemon that will bridge the gap between Pokemon GO and Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee. More on that in next week's episode! This week we discuss our Chikorita Community Day, the crazy amount of Mewtwo everywhere, and Deoxys as our next EX Raid boss!  Chikorita Community Day - https://goo.gl/bX9iTP Leaked image of Beldum Community Day - https://goo.gl/rADqnF Kecleon Leak - https://goo.gl/yfbqAi Week 2 of Ultra Bonus - https://goo.gl/WKGd4g Mewtwo is a T5 Boss - https://goo.gl/eeBFLL Deoxys is our new EX Raid Boss - https://goo.gl/BT5ydL PokeStop Submissions are live - https://goo.gl/Xcof8P GoRanger Check in - https://goranger.app/ John Hanke's Blog Post - https://goo.gl/wPRi5z info@luredup.com https://www.luredup.com https://www.patreon.com/GottaWatchEmAll https://www.facebook.com/gottawatchemall/ https://twitter.com/GottaWatchEmAll https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKF_I5camyHMg-4Hi-7QqdA https://www.instagram.com/gottawatchemall/ http://gottawatchemallpodcast.tumblr.com/ https://plus.google.com/u/1/b/115738176821732158959/115738176821732158959/posts http://gottawatchemall.libsyn.com/podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-zero/id1120887936?i=1000370004356&mt=2 http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/gotta-watchem-all?refid=stpr https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/I5hdkinbvlhxvuuz5w3gez6p3ey Ken – https://twitter.com/ProudGamerTweet Adam - https://twitter.com/phoenixback4fir Melissa - https://twitter.com/supersweetMiss Intro Song - "Civic Duty" by Chipocrite Outro Song - "Little Computer People" by Chipocrite http://www.chipocrite.com/ iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/bn/artist/chipocrite/id412533781 Facebook - https://twitter.com/chipocrite Twitter - https://twitter.com/chipocrite

We have a packed show this week, including an interview with Doctor PoGO! We hear his experience chatting with John Hanke, and get an inside look at what it takes to be a TL40 x4! We also break down the GO Fest Ticket Sale, an APK Teardown of 0.103.2, what an AR world map could mean for the game and wrap up with a Latias Battle Party!  Also, Ken thought he was banned and had the worst day of his entire life. ENJOY! GO Fest 2018 - https://goo.gl/3zL5zW GO Fest can not fail - https://goo.gl/iDMe3a 0.103.2 APK Tear Down - https://goo.gl/iu82r2    3D AR World Map - https://goo.gl/QiDNf4 Interview Dr. PoGO - https://twitter.com/PokemonDoctorYT Lugia has made a return - https://goo.gl/y44Nms LATIAS Battle Party - https://goo.gl/3aGkhb Email us - info@luredup.com https://www.gottawatchemall.com https://www.facebook.com/gottawatchemall/ https://twitter.com/GottaWatchEmAll https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKF_I5camyHMg-4Hi-7QqdA https://www.instagram.com/gottawatchemall/ http://gottawatchemallpodcast.tumblr.com/ https://plus.google.com/u/1/b/115738176821732158959/115738176821732158959/posts  http://gottawatchemall.libsyn.com/podcast   https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-zero/id1120887936?i=1000370004356&mt=2 http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/gotta-watchem-all?refid=stpr https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/I5hdkinbvlhxvuuz5w3gez6p3ey Ken – https://twitter.com/ProudGamerTweet Adam - https://twitter.com/phoenixback4fir Melissa - https://twitter.com/supersweetMiss Intro Song - "Civic Duty" by Chipocrite Outro Song - "Little Computer People" by Chipocrite http://www.chipocrite.com/ iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/bn/artist/chipocrite/id412533781 Facebook - https://twitter.com/chipocrite Twitter - https://twitter.com/chipocrite

We are VERY excited to welcome very special guest, Khylerr to the show! Adam came across Khylerr on YouTube and immediately fell in love with his content! We were excited to reach out and here is is! Make sure you check out his channel at the link below and don't forget to Subscribe! We also roundup the news including Earth Day rewards, a research rotation, John Hanke tells some guy on a plane everything we already know but it is still super exciting! Adam recaps his wild 15 minute GO experience and we wrap up with a Battle Party based on our Favorite Pokemon from Gen 1-3! Khylerr YouTube - https://goo.gl/KVyfFN Khyler Twitter - https://goo.gl/Zkf8pM Blaziken My Dude - https://goo.gl/CeN3ER Research Rotation - https://goo.gl/XaoShp 0.101.0 APK Tear Down (GO Hub) - https://goo.gl/ztQHsQ Smack Down - https://goo.gl/R3A2wY John Hanke talks on a plane - https://goo.gl/mRyt6W Limbo Portals in Ingress are being added - https://goo.gl/ATBRWt Pikachu Outbreak  - https://goo.gl/2QGvX4 Complete the GO Hub EX Raid survey! - https://goo.gl/FAVbqy Email us - info@luredup.com https://www.gottawatchemall.com https://www.facebook.com/gottawatchemall/ https://twitter.com/GottaWatchEmAll https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKF_I5camyHMg-4Hi-7QqdA https://www.instagram.com/gottawatchemall/ http://gottawatchemallpodcast.tumblr.com/ https://plus.google.com/u/1/b/115738176821732158959/115738176821732158959/posts  https://gottawatchemall.slack.com (Patreon Only)  http://gottawatchemall.libsyn.com/podcast   https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-zero/id1120887936?i=1000370004356&mt=2 http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/gotta-watchem-all?refid=stpr https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/I5hdkinbvlhxvuuz5w3gez6p3ey Ken – https://twitter.com/ProudGamerTweet Adam - https://twitter.com/phoenixback4fir Melissa - https://twitter.com/supersweetMiss Intro Song - "Civic Duty" by Chipocrite Outro Song - "Little Computer People" by Chipocrite http://www.chipocrite.com/ iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/bn/artist/chipocrite/id412533781 Facebook - https://twitter.com/chipocrite Twitter - https://twitter.com/chipocrite    

Im VRODO-Podcast #68 geht es um den Besuchereffekt in virtuellen Welten wie in Doom VFR, die am besten finanzierten VR- und AR-Unternehmen und um eine ungewöhnliche Werbeaktion seitens Sony. Doom VFR: Ist Mittendrin wirklich immer besser? Die VR-Brille verspricht Spielern die ultimative Immersion: Endlich können sie mitten im Spiel sein, anstatt nur vor dem Monitor zu sitzen. Das klingt doch nach einem erfüllten Kindheitstraum. Nicht unbedingt: wenn man selbst im Sinne eines Puppenspielers in die Perspektive der Spielfigur wechselt, wird die Spielewelt zwar unmittelbarer, sie kann aber auch an Glaubhaftigkeit verlieren, da die Projektionsfläche wegfällt. Das ist ein bisschen so, als würde man bei einem Filmdreh hinter die Kulissen schauen. Der Effekt kann besonders bei Spielen auftreten, in denen man einen Charakter verkörpert, der schon bekannt ist oder der übermenschliche Fähigkeiten besitzt. VR-Erfahrungen, in denen man einfach nur man selbst sein kann – mit normalen menschlichen Fähigkeiten - kennen dieses Wirkungsproblem eher nicht. 200 Millionen US-Dollar für Niantic und Risikokapital in VR und AR Die Pokémon-Go-Entwickler Niantic bekommen 200 Millionen US-Dollar von Investoren, um … ja, für was eigentlich? Niantic-Gründer John Hanke kommentierte, das Geld soll in die Weiterentwicklung des Unternehmens fließen. Wir spekulieren, weshalb Niantic eines der wichtigsten AR-Unternehmen werden könnte und schauen uns die am besten finanzierten VR- und AR-Unternehmen an. 200 Millionen US-Dollar für Niantic: https://vrodo.de/200-millionen-us-dollar-fuer-pokemon-go-studio-kommt-eine-ar-brille/ Ungewöhnliche Werbeaktion: Sony verleiht Playstation VR Wie vermarktet man Virtual Reality? Nicht mit Werbespots auf einem herkömmlichen Monitor, so viel ist klar. In den USA hat sich Sony vor dem Weihnachtsgeschäft daher eine ungewöhnliche Aktion überlegt: Bis zu 1.400 PS-Plus-Mitglieder dürfen sich die VR-Brille für 14 Tage leihen und bei Nichtgefallen ohne Kosten zurücksenden. Ist das eine sinnvolle Vertriebsmethode für VR? Werbeaktion von Sony: https://vrodo.de/playstation-vr-ungewoehnliche-werbeaktion-sony-verleiht-psvr/

We have decided to bring our Pokémon GO Podcast, Lured up to a weekly format!  In addition to our standard Pokémon format show, keep a look out for Lured Up every week! On this episode Ken, Melissa, and Adam discuss the latest update data mine, John Hanke confirming Gen 3, the Halloween Event, and our experiences playing the game over the last week!   John Hanke Taiwanese interview - https://goo.gl/DQbhe5 Update 0.79.2 Data Mine -  https://goo.gl/v1DJZ6 Pokémon GO AR photo contest - https://goo.gl/jWwMtB December Ho-Oh release debunked - https://goo.gl/BvtGQG Trainer Tips - This Could Be Pokemon GO’s Next Big Update - https://goo.gl/Y8yQqN Connect with us! Email - LuredUp@Gmail.com  Email - GottaWatchemAllPodcast@Gmail.com   https://www.gottawatchemall.com https://www.facebook.com/gottawatchemall/ https://twitter.com/GottaWatchEmAll https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKF_I5camyHMg-4Hi-7QqdA https://www.instagram.com/gottawatchemall/ http://gottawatchemallpodcast.tumblr.com/   https://plus.google.com/u/1/b/115738176821732158959/115738176821732158959/posts  https://gottawatchemall.slack.com (Patreon Only)  http://gottawatchemall.libsyn.com/podcast   https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-zero/id1120887936?i=1000370004356&mt=2 http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/gotta-watchem-all?refid=stpr https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/I5hdkinbvlhxvuuz5w3gez6p3ey Ken – https://twitter.com/ProudGamerTweet Adam - https://twitter.com/phoenixback4fir Logo by Seth Hay - http://www.sethhay.com Intro Song “Malie City” by Grimecraft feat. Baroqueen - http://grimecraft.com/ iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/grimecraft/id691726555 Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/grimecraft Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Grimecraft/   Twitter - https://twitter.com/GRIMECRAFT Outro Song "Little Computer People" by Chipocrite - http://www.chipocrite.com/ iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/bn/artist/chipocrite/id412533781 Facebook - https://twitter.com/chipocrite Twitter - https://twitter.com/chipocrite

Today Yan and I are back and we discussed John Hanke's interview about Gen III and Pokemon Go's outlook for new battling structure through 2018 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxJyopRYya0dBgJHRmdhXdA/videos pokemongofm.xyz trylootcrate.com/pokemongofm code: Ja50n getbarkbox.com/pokemongofm patreon.com/pokemongofm

In Ausgabe #35 des VRODOCAST sprechen wir über gefährliche VR-Sucht, das Potenzial von Web-VR, Lichtfelder und neue Erfindungen, die notwendig sind, um die Branche voranzubringen. VR als Bedrohung für die Gesellschaft Ausgerechnet der Entwickler des erfolgreichsten Augmented-Reality-Spiels aller Zeiten fürchtet das Suchtpotenzial der Virtual Reality. John Hanke, Chef vom Entwicklerstudio Niantic, das den AR-Megahit Pokémon Go programmiert hat, wünscht sich für die Zukunft mehr AR und weniger VR. Es sei deutlich gesünder, für ein Augmented-Reality-Spielchen vor die Tür zu gehen als sich daheim mit der VR-Brille einzusperren. VR könne ein "Problem für die Gesellschaft" werden. Liegt Hamke richtig oder ist es nur Panikmache? Will er nur seine AR-Agenda pushen? Mehr dazu: https://vrodo.de/pokemon-go-erfinder-virtual-reality-koennte-gesellschaftliches-problem-werden/ Web-VR ist VR für jedermann Google stellte in diesen Tagen eine neue Web-VR-Initiative vor, bei der Entwickler auf einer Online-Plattform Programmiercode für VR-Apps veröffentlichen und miteinander teilen können. Es gibt schon eine ganze Reihe an meist experimentellen VR-Anwendungen, die im Browser laufen. Bei einem mobilen Gerät in Kombination mit einer einfachen Smartphone-Brille senkt das die Einstiegsbarriere für VR enorm. Seite im Chrome-Browser aufrufen, Smartphone in Brille einlegen - fertig ist das VR-Erlebnis. Bringt Web-VR die Virtual Reality dem Mainstream bei? Mehr dazu: https://vrodo.de/virtual-reality-google-stellt-neue-web-vr-initiative-und-erste-apps-vor/ Lytros neue Lichtfeldwand Das auf neue Kameratechnologien spezialisierte Unternehmen Lytro stellte vor einiger Zeit den neuen Prototyp einer Lichtfeldkamera vor. Es ist eine riesige Wand bestehend aus 95 Objektiven. So spektakulär der Anblick des Geräts ist, er macht auch deutlich, dass in einigen Bereichen noch grundlegende Erfindungen notwendig sind, um das volle Potenzial von VR zu entfalten. Insbesondere bei Aufnahme-, Linsen- und Displaytechnologien braucht es offenbar noch den ein oder anderen Paradigmenwechsel und Heureka-Moment, bevor eine lineare Fortentwicklung wieder Sinn ergibt. Dennoch dürften die aktuellen Experimente ein notwendiger Schritt sein. Mehr dazu: https://vrodo.de/lytro-60-millionen-us-dollar-von-investoren-neue-lichtfeldkamera/

Niantic CEO John Hanke talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Ina Fried about the company's hit mobile game Pokémon Go and what happens now that the initial hype around it has "stabilized." Future updates to the game will include new types of Pokémon, trading with other players and possibly battling with your friends. Hanke also reflects on his first company Keyhole, which was bought by Google and became Google Earth, and why augmented reality is a more important technology than virtual reality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Sellers is a pioneering social game designer turned academic. Long before World of Warcraft was a world-wide hit, Mike & his merry crew of innovators - including John Hanke, the driving force behind Pokemon Go - created Meridian 59, the first graphical MMO - or massively multiplayer online game. Since then Mike has worked on many games for companies like Electronic Arts and Kabam - and is now a professor of game design at Indiana University. Like many of our Getting2Alpha guests, Mike has a deep & longstanding fascination with human psychology and social systems - and a LOT of experience wrestling with the challenges of bringing new ideas to life. Mike is one of my favorite people in gaming - he’s a deeply insightful and innovative thinker, with as astonishing breadth of knowledge. In this interview, you'll learn what Mike thinks about early MMOs, super-powered mental models, and the pervasive future of Augmented Reality gaming.

Pokemon Go is an amazing story of successful trends. John Hanke, the creator of the game has already driven over $2B in revenue.  The game only took about 4 months to develop.  What an amazing overnight success.  Well, not really.  The truth is, tJohn Hanke started his career 20 years ago and piece by piece helped to develop technology that resulted in Pokemon Go. Where are you in your journey to achieve your dreams?  Are you expecting an overnight success, or do you recognize how many years you're putting into your overnight success story?

Click Here Or On Above Image To Reach Our ExpertsSecurity Expert Says, "Pokémon Go Is A Major Security Risk!!!"The "augmented reality" smartphone game was released eight days ago. Now a zillion adults share their obsession alongside kids who are too young to remember the original anime game from the ‘90s. People have been busted trampling through cemeteries chasing the colorful pocket monsters. The Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. had to declare itself a Pokémon-free zone.The mobile game just outpaced Tinder and Twitter as the most-downloaded app since July 6, 2016, its first day of availability in the United States.Guess who's not playing Pokémon Go: cyber security experts.In order to play, the app needs to know your location through your device's GPS and access the camera."Pokémon Go is a huge security risk," warns Monty Henry, owner of DPL-Surveillance-Equipment.com LLC physical and cybersecurity expert.PRO-DTECH II FREQUENCY DETECTOR(Buy/Rent/Layaway)Here's a screenshot of the permissions screen that appears upon downloading Pokémon Go on an Android device, as posted by Twitter user @oscaron: Only iPhone users were informed they had to grant the app "full account access" on Google. The only other way to sign up is through the game's website at pokemongo.com, which has been overwhelmed with users and is currently limiting the number of new users that can sign up at once.CELLPHONE DETECTOR (PROFESSIONAL)(Buy/Rent/Layaway)What Does "Full Account Access" Mean?Reeve, who was among the first experts to sound this warning, claimed on his blog that downloading Pokémon Go would enable it to "read all your email, send email as you, access all your Google Drive documents (including deleting them), access any private photos you may store in Google Photos, and a whole lot more."PRO-DTECH III FREQUENCY DETECTOR(Buy/Rent/Layaway)"I really wish I could play, it looks like great fun, but there's no way it's worth the risk," Reeve wrote.PRO-DTECH III FREQUENCY DETECTOR(Buy/Rent/Layaway)Niantic, which developed the game for Nintendo's Pokémon  brand, issued a statement July 11 that they had "recently discovered that the Pokémon GO account creation process on iOS erroneously requests full access permission for the user's Google account." They assured that though the mistake allowed them the ability to dive deep into personal data, the app only accesses a user's ID and email address.PRO-DTECH III FREQUENCY DETECTOR(Buy/Rent/Layaway)"No other Google account information is or has been accessed or collected," the statement read. Niantic said that they were working with Google to fix the permissions issue.iOS users now see this screen that includes the update, "Fixed Google account scope." WIRELESS/WIRED HIDDENCAMERA FINDER III(Buy/Rent/Layaway)Does That Fix The Security Concerns?We consulted David Kennedy, a a cyber security expert and founder of Ohio-based Binary Defense Systems (his official title: Chief Hacking Officer).PRO-DTECH IV FREQUENCY DETECTOR(Buy/Rent/Layaway)His company monitors his clients' systems and tries to break in to reveal where their security is weak. (Niantic is not a client.)We asked whether the fix by the app's developer means that Pokémon Go "trainers" (players, in the game's parlance) are in the clear.Wireless Camera Finder(Buy/Rent/Layaway)Kennedy said that the updated app will restrict what information it collects to the minimum required for it to function, which still includes location data, email address and camera access.Be sure, though, that other outside forces will be looking to exploit any cracks in Pokémon 's armor, Kennedy said, because mobile applications are prone to attack.MAGNETIC, ELECTRIC, RADIO ANDMICROWAVE DETECTOR(Buy/Rent/Layaway)"Let's say I hacked into that application; I would now have access to everyone who installed it, their gmail accounts and everything else," he said. "So it's a big security and privacy issue from that perspective."Even with the promised tweaks, Kennedy won't download it.COUNTERSURVEILLANCE PROBE / MONITOR(Buy/Rent/Layaway)Other ConcernsThere are other unsettling features of Pokémon Go that, while not unique to the game, might make privacy lovers think twice.Niantic's privacy policy is a 20-page document that no kid in reality, virtual or otherwise, is likely to read. Within the policy, Niantic describes how it may share user's information with third parties who "may not have agreed to abide by the terms of this Privacy Policy."Those third parties could be unspecified  "private parties," according to the terms of service.They might sell or transfer personally identifiable information about users in the event of a "merger, sale of assets, acquisition, dissolution, reorganization, bankruptcy, change of control or other similar event."Kennedy says the third-party issue raises concerns. "With Google, it's a well-established service. Facebook is a well-established service, with terms and conditions you can read. These third-party applications could be selling your name, your address, your phone number, your contact list, what you're browsing — directly tied to your name."PRO-DTECH FREQUENCY DETECTOR(Buy/Rent/Layaway)A Word On Conspiracy TheoriesThen there's the matter of the app's developer's origins, which are a conspiracy theorist's all-you-can-eat buffet.Niantic's founder, John Hanke, created the startup that became Google Maps and Google Earth. Now he's cast as the man behind the curtain, using unwitting gamers to spy on each other for the CIA -- or so the nether regions of the ‘net would have you believe.Here's what Hanke said that set off musings about Pokémon Go being part of a more sinister plot (he was describing how Pokémon Go and it's predecessor, Ingress, work): "By exploiting the capabilities of smartphones and location technology and through building a unique massively scalable server and global location dataset, we have helped users all around the world have fun, socialize, and get more fit as they play and explore."As if the words "global location dataset" and "massively scalable server" didn't sound ominous enough, there's Hanke's prior business dealings. Hanke's mapping startup, called Keyhole, was funded by In-Q-Tel, a techie incubator which "identifies, adapts, and delivers innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the Central Intelligence Agency and broader U.S. Intelligence Community," according to its website.  Such realizations spawned this Gawker headline "Pokémon Go is a Government Surveillance Psyop Conspiracy." A Reddit thread titled "Pokémon GO could be a photo-based intelligence gathering operation," emerged the day after Pokémon Go was released.All of that aside, Kathleen Stansberry, a Cleveland State University assistant professor with expertise in social media and strategic communications, told PolitiFact Ohio that it's easy to see the utilities the technology could provide to police."Google has a history of cooperating with law enforcement," Stansberry said, "and I would imagine Pokémon Go would as well." Another section of the app's privacy policy says it may "disclose any information about you (or your authorized child) that is in our possession or control to government or law enforcement officials or private parties."Despite the risks these issues raise, Stansberry plays Pokémon Go with her son."By closing that particular loophole (for Google account access), Pokémon Go will be much more on par with other location-based apps," Kennedy said. "I think this is something we're going to see increasingly, as virtual reality and augmented reality apps become more popular, and I think these privacy issues are going to become of greater concern."Privacy is a fallacy, she said."There's a big gap between what we believe is private, and what information is really out there about us," Stansberry said. "Did you use your debit card at Target? They're tracking your purchases so they know how to better target you for ads.  CVS does the same thing. Let's say every month you buy a pregnancy test and then, suddenly you stop buying pregnancy tests. Now you get a coupon for diapers."RF SIGNAL DETECTOR ( FREQUENCY COUNTER)(Buy/Rent/Layaway)Your questions and comments are greatly appreciated.Monty Henry, Owner (function () { var articleId = fyre.conv.load.makeArticleId(null); fyre.conv.load({}, [{ el: 'livefyre-comments', network: "livefyre.com", siteId: "345939", articleId: articleId, signed: false, collectionMeta: { articleId: articleId, url: fyre.conv.load.makeCollectionUrl(), } }], function() {}); }()); Additional Resources: * Prevention and Detection of Electronic Harassment and Surveillance* Electrical Hyper-Sensitivity: The-Truth!!* How Do I Know If I've Been Bugged? * Targeted Individuals* Operating The Brain By Remote Control* What is BitCoin and How Does It Work?* The Creature From Jekyll Island: This Blog And Video Playlist Explains Why The U.S. Financial System is Corrupt and How It Came To Be That Way* Number of Americans Renouncing Citizenship Surges To Escape Oppressive Tax Rules* Dropping Off The Grid: A Growing Movement In America: Part I