Pokemon Go makes $200Million in revenue just one month into launching.

Bugs and complaints from users all around the world caused and is still causing a lot of mishap amongst the user experience of Pokemon Go. Despite this, the company continues its tremendous upward motion in relation to revenue generation. Analytics Platform Sensor Tower depicts that the game has generated over $200 million in revenue from players.

The spending galore in Pokemon Go is majorly because of the in-game revenue generated by other in-app purchase-driven games, according to the estimates from the firm. The star power of pokemon helped it drastically to nearly double the first month income of Clash Royale, the other big in-app mogul this year. The game also beats Candy Crush Soda Saga by four times just during its first 30 days of availability.

Relative data from a similar firm - Sensor Tower also reveals an important point to consider when you try to assess the game's future revenue potential: Pokemon Go came in contact with a large increase in revenue generation in july owing to the fact of its launch in Japan.

The spike was only reasonable since the market is the home to the Pokemon franchise itself and the area of its most engaging and commited fan base. Though unlikely to produce a result quite as benefiting as Japan, Pokemon Go just added 15 new countries in Asia, which should lead to another boost in revenue.

- Abdulsamad Aliyu

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DNA Day 2015

Happy DNA Day! These days, DNA tests are made available and affordable to our households and common places, let us celebrate God's-own programming language of life by finding the details of who we are on a molecular ground.

DNA testing companies are a little more than happy to include it into the festivities. From this day forward till April 27th, Ancestry.com is offering 20% discount on their genealogically-focused DNA test. Not only can you know or get an idea of where your ancestors lived in, but you can actually gain a connection to other unknown relatives of yours that are still alive. After your DNA has been tested and processed, you will be matched against 850,000 members of the program to help find similarity in your ancestors. If you are a person that is interested in finding long lost relative, grab a ticket for the ride.

23andMe’s genetic test isn’t on sale for DNA Day, but if you’re ordering multiple kits, you can save 20% off each additional kit. However, they have put together an awesome infographic detailing the major breakthroughs in genetics over the last six decades. Keep in mind, the FDA halted 23andMe’s health analysis until further research is conducted, but the kit still tests for nearly a million SNPs (single-nucleotide polymorphisms). 

Every day, we get closer to truly finding the facts of what makes us human and what gives us the personality we possess. Nowadays, direct-to-customer tests are readily available that average citizen scientist can make your breakthrough by participating in research initiatives.

Well, to me, this is a major breakthrough in science for everyone.

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