Technology

  Bloomberg The initial excitement surrounding Nintendo Co.’s debut mobile game, Super Mario Run, appears to wearing off. The title, released on Dec. 15 for Apple Inc. devices, was no longer the highest-grossing iOS app in any country as of Dec. 24, according to the latest data available from researcher App Annie. A week earlier, it was the most profitable …

  Emirates Business LG Electronics (LG) will unveil four new mass-tier K Series smartphones and a new Stylus 3 at CES® 2017 in Las Vegas, as the mid-range segment continues its strong growth as the market matures. The new mid-range devices are designed to bring popular, best-in-class technologies from LG’s more premium flagship smartphones, such as the 120-degree wide angle …

  NEW YORK / AP Snapchat has managed to build something lasting out of photos that vanished almost instantly. The fast-growing social network for millennials has come a long way since its founder Evan Spiegel dropped out of Stanford University in 2012, three classes shy of graduation. His goal at the time was to create a snappy way for people …

  Relaxnews An online Santa tracker run by a Canadian and American defense agency mapped the jolly old gift-giver’s path around the globe Saturday, in what has become a Yuletide tradition. An online Santa tracker run by a Canadian and American defense agency mapped the jolly old gift-giver’s path around the globe Saturday, in what has become a Yuletide tradition. …

  ROVANIEMI / AP There’s good news for Rudolph and his friends — an app is helping officials reduce the number of reindeer killed in traffic accidents in Finland. Some 300,000 reindeer freely wander the wilds of Lapland in Arctic Finland. An estimated 4,000 are killed every year through road accidents, officials say, and compensation to reindeer herders can be …

  Relaxnews The fitness tracker trend has shown no signs of slowing down throughout 2016, with this year seeing a variety of new brands and products launching with innnovative new ways to improve our well-being. Here is the round up of some of the most interesting launches to come out of 2016 that will help you have a healthier and …

  Relaxnews The world’s most popular social network is also the app that is still eating away most at your Android handset’s performance. According to Avast Software’s latest study into app use and performance drain, Facebook still tops the charts. What’s more, thanks to the impact of Instagram (6th place), Pages Manager (9th) and Facebook Messenger (10th), the company actually …

  NEW YORK / AP Super Mario might be running, but a hefty price tag for a mobile game just won’t fly with the masses. The world so far is underwhelmed by “Super Mario Run,” which Nintendo released for the iPhone last week. This is no “Pokemon Go,” which captivated millions of players in their quest to collect digital monsters …

  AFP On Amazon’s streaming game platform Twitch, the world of gaming is being intermingled with real life. A feature unveiled by Amazon called IRL — the acronym for “in real life” — lets people broadcast moments from their lives as part of game play. Amazon called this feature “a new content category designed to both enable and encourage Twitch’s …

  LOS ANGELES / AP Parents spend more than nine hours a day with TVs, computers and other screen devices while also giving themselves high marks as role models for their children’s media use, according to a survey. Among all those surveyed — nearly 1,800 parents in the US — daily screen time averaged nine hours and 22 minutes, with …