Wait just a goddamn minute before you bury Pokemon Go
So, I was going to do one of those “Pokemon Go RIP” pieces everyone is cranking out this week. But I spent three minutes thinking about …
Tero Kuittinen
After launching mobile game company SpringToys tragically early in 2000, Tero Kuittinen spent eight years doing equity research at firms including Alliance Capital and Opstock. He is currently an analyst and VP of North American sales at mobile diagnostics and expense management Alekstra, and has contributed to TheStreet.com, Forbes and Business 2.0 Magazine in addition to BGR.
Latest Articles by Tero Kuittinen
Pokemon Go has done the impossible for mobile apps
Pokemon GO has rolled out in more than 30 countries and it is now two weeks since its US launch. The data around the usage …
LINE is another Zynga
LINE became the biggest tech company to enter the US stock market this year as its shares soared 30% above issue price in early New …
New Pokemon Go statistics will blow your mind
There is little doubt by now that Pokemon Go is becoming the most successful mobile app of all time, at least as far as launch-week …
Why Pokemon Go is an even bigger game-changer than you think
Nintendo finally allowed a mobile game version of one of its biggest money-spinners to be made. And you have been hearing about it a lot …
Death of Peach: An eerie echo of Meerkat’s collapse
Peach is dead, four days after its launch. This seems as obvious as the death of Meerkat one month after its debut. One cool aspect of …
Apple’s attempt to stop Spotify has been a spectacular failure
Perhaps the biggest revenue success story in the U.S. app market this year has been the stunning rise of Spotify in the iPhone revenue charts. This is all …
Triumph of the cord cutters: HBO Now is already making a fortune
Precisely one month after HBO Now debuted on iOS devices, we are getting a sense of how many consumers are paying for the mobile service. Based …
Jay-Z says Tidal criticism is part of an organized ‘smear campaign’ by big companies
Jay Z this weekend tweeted an ominous and serious accusation: “There are many big companies that are spending millions on a smear campaign. We are not …
The numbers don’t lie: Jay-Z’s Tidal music service is already a spectacular flop
When Tidal made its big media push at the end of March, the core message was clear: while other streaming music services like Spotify and …
Move over, Clash of Clans: America’s new most lucrative app is a real shocker
Something very surprising happened today — a social casino game became the No. 1 app on the U.S. iPad revenue chart. To put this in context, …
Netflix is the bellwether for cord cutting’s future – and today it looks unstoppable
A few minutes after reporting its quarterly report, Netflix share prices spiked by 12%, despite having already climbed by 40% so far this year. The key …
Meerkat is dying – and it’s taking U.S. tech journalism with it
About three days after it received a lavish new funding round, Meerkat died an ugly and embarrassing death. It is hard to decide whether the …
Smartwatch game wars start right now – but can a 10-second game really work?
A new Finnish mobile game company called Everywear has made a radical decision: It will only develop games for wearable devices. This leap seems gutsy, almost foolhardy… …
Nintendo embraces the one thing that can save it from oblivion: The iPhone
How perfectly dreadful. Nintendo, that last defender of console-only auteurism, is now succumbing to that basest of commercial instincts and is launching potentially hugely lucrative …
Massive new tech bubble? Mark Cuban has no idea what he’s talking about
Mark Cuban has been blogging again. This happens with alarming frequency, but there is something special about today’s bloviation — serious news sites like MarketWatch …
Netflix already killed your video store and it’s coming after broadcast TV next
For years, the decline in broadcast audiences has been sort of a mild, persistent headache for TV executives. U.S. viewership of “linear television” has been …
Terror grips NYC: Impending blizzard nightmare turns Manhattan into a ghost town
By noon, midtown Manhattan has turned into a ghost town. Times Square, the heart of Broadway, is nearly deserted and seems like a set for a …
CES is a great showcase for products that are about to die
I’ll be heading for CES again tomorrow, but mainly to meet people. As a device showcase, CES has demonstrated an uncanny ability to highlight trends …
Netflix is starting to wound the movie industry where it hurts most
Streaming video services, mainly Netflix, have been undermining broadcast television and cable channels for years — but we are now getting some signs that movie …
A lamp that lasts 40 years will debut in May
For nearly a century, lightbulbs have been the poster child of planned obsolescence. Manufacturers have been accused of deliberately designing products that only last months or …
Theater chains made a lethal mistake in rejecting The Interview
Much has been made about movie theater chains’ decision to reject running The Interview on December 25th due to safety concerns. It is now becoming clear that these theaters …
Apple is killing off the tablet market that it single handedly created
Apple waited for three years to dive into the phablet market while allowing Samsung to rack up big sales with devices featuring jumbo screen sizes. …
2014’s biggest shocker: Vinyl records are making a huge comeback
There have been signs of revival in the vinyl record scene for quite some time. Back in early 2013, one of the most high-profile Kickstarter …
Pokemon is killing Nintendo
The end of November period brought just about the worst possible news for Nintendo: The latest Pokemon games sold a dazzling 1.5 million units in …
Is this mystery satellite Putin’s secret space weapon?
An oddball Russian satellite that launched to orbit last May is now raising suspicions. The so-called Object 2014-28E was put into orbit at the same …
Apple’s market cap hits $700 billion – but is this the end?
Apple’s market capitalization hit $700 billion during Tuesday morning’s trading session, which is a lot of moolah. It’s more than the value of the entire Russian …
One country’s desperate battle to erase Google, Netflix and Uber from existence
The French don’t play. Ever since Minitel bit dust, the continental power has been hopping mad about American domination of Internet services. And over the past …
First truly immersive video game hardware drains your blood when you get shot
Forget Oculus Rift. Of course, it took Canadians to develop a true break-through in video gaming immersion technology: Blood Sport hardware. From Justin Bieber to Rob …
Let us celebrate the world’s first web page
One of the biggest inventions of our time was made at a mind-numbingly boring Swiss headquarters of European Organization of Nuclear Research. 25 years ago, …
