Pokémon

Niantic announced today that it will hold a Pokémon GO Eggstravaganza over Easter weekend and Spring break. Starting today at 1:00 P.M. PDT a greater variety of select Pokémon will be available in the wild. Trainers will also earn more Candy for every Egg they hatch and level up even faster with double XP. In addition to all the extra bonuses, Lucky Eggs will be 50% off in-game shops allowing players to potentially earn up to four times as much XP throughout the event.

After launching in Japan, Pokémon Duel is finally available on the US App Store and other regions. Unfortunately the game's servers are currently under maintenance and it wont be available to play until later today. Just to be clear, Pokémon Duel is available to download through this link, but you won't be able to access the game until at least 4:00pm.

Update: Pokémon Duel is up and running in the US.

Seems like everywhere one goes nowadays there is someone hunting down Pokémon with their iPhone. Yelp has decided to get in on the action, and now Yelpers can utilize a search filter designed to help find local businesses close to PokéStops. The company announced the new feature on its official blog.

Update: Pokémon Go has been updated to version 1.0.1 with security fixes.

• Trainers do not to have to enter their username and password repeatedly after a force logout.
• Added stability to Pokémon Trainer Club account log-in process.
• Resolved issues causing crashes.
• Fixed Google account scope.

The internet blew up on Monday after it was discovered that some Pokémon GO players had unknowingly granted the game's developer Niantic full access to their Google accounts. Signing up for the game using your Google profile grants Nintanic permission to view and modify all the information stored in your account, including your Gmail and Google Drive documents. Users can only sign up to Pokémon GO through Google or with an existing Pokémon Trainer account, which means Niantic has access to a lot of Google profiles.

After launching on Google Play, Niantic's augmented reality game Pokémon GO has been slowly rolling out around the world for iOS starting with New Zealand and Australia. IOS games "soft launching" in New Zealand is nothing new. Developers tend to release their games to the New Zealand App Store as a test before launching worldwide.