• Pokemon Go will have its first in-game event for Halloween. During the next week or so, you’ll be able to find spooky looking Pokemon with higher frequency. You’ll also get more candy than usual for doing the various tasks. The event lasts until November 1 so you don’t have much time left to take advantage. This also comes on the heels of an update that adds some additional features like different colored eggs and various bug fixes.
• Google Allo received its highly anticipated 2.0 update this week. The changes includes Direct Reply support from the notification shade as well as multitasking support for Android Nougat. It most notably didn’t come with SMS/MMS support, a desktop client, or any of the other changes that we were hoping for. However, it is worth noting that it took months for Hangouts to get SMS support as well. The update is rolling out right now.
• Facebook announced this week that it would stop censoring content that is NSFW. The catch being that it has to be newsworthy. Previously, the site would censor or delete posts if it contained content that they decided was unsuitable for general audiences. Moving forward, that will no longer be the case. Prepare to see some potentially graphic content the next time it also happens to be newsworthy.
• Minecraft: Pocket Edition received a rather sizable update this last week. The big addition in this update is the inclusion of add-ons. These will add a significant amount of content to the game. There are also now Withers and slash commands. This opens up the game quite a bit, especially with the new add-ons that can add all kinds of in-game content. It’s one of the biggest updates the game has ever had.
• Vine is officially shutting down. The somewhat popular network of six second clips had its ups and downs, but was ultimately not the cash grab that Twitter had hoped it would be. Vine remains functional right now, but it won’t be forever. The company also announced a round of layoffs to the employees. Those that use the service should have ample time to download their Vine collection. Twitter has had a lot of issues here lately and this seems to be just the latest one.
