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Pokemon mania is real there is a ton of news after the release of Pokemon go for iOS and Android if you're not one of the millions of people playing the game here's a rundown Pokemon go is an augmented reality game that lets you capture virtual Pokemon in the real world you travel to different places in real life to catch them all on your phone since the release of the game Nintendo saw its market value increase by 7.5 billion dollars Nintendo owns a third of the company that owns Pokemon that company's name the Pokemon company data analytics site similar web.com says that after two days of the game's release Pokemon go was installed on five point one six percent of all Android devices in the United States the app has been installed on more Android phones than the app tinder similar web.com also says that over 60% of those who download a pokemon go use the game daily and they're playing the game on average 43 minutes and 23 seconds per day the game is so popular that servers cannot handle the load the global rollout of Pokemon go is being slowed down the CEO of Niantic the company that created Pokemon go told Business Insider that the game will not come to countries like the United Kingdom or the Netherlands until the company is comfortable demand for the game is so great that hackers have noticed on Android you can download apps and install them even if they are not in the Google Play Store Proofpoint researchers have found a malware infected version of the Pokemon go game for Android online the malware is called droid jack or sandro rat and it gives the attacker full control of a victim's phone so be careful where you get your Pokemon Go app Android users and lastly be careful where you go on your Pokemon hunts a group of four teenagers in Missouri set a trap using the game the four found a polka stop that's a place to get items like potions for the game in a secluded place then they created a beacon that lured eleven Pokemon goal players to that place in order to rob them at gunpoint the teenagers were caught by local law enforcement well that does it for this tech news update I'm Aya's Akhtar and you can stay on top of the biggest stories ATS Netcom slash update