Brain Training vs Facebook/ Social Media: 1 — 0

By SharpBrains | September 21, 2018

___ Does Reg­u­lar Brain Train­ing Keep Sele­na Gomez at the Peak of Her Career? (YCB): “Sele­na Gomez hit the head­lines this week when she revealed to ELLE Mag­a­zine that, despite being one of the world’s most influ­en­tial celebri­ties online with 142 mil­lion fol­low­ers on Insta­gram alone, she actu­al­ly has no social media or pho­to editing…

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French publisher Hachette Livre acquires majority stake in brain training app Peak

By SharpBrains | December 23, 2016

Brain-train­ing app Peak sells major­i­ty stake to French pub­lish­er Hachette (TechCrunch): “Some­thing of a sleep­er hit, the mak­ers of Peak — a sub­­scrip­­tion-based ser­vice specif­i­cal­ly designed to enter­tain a user while simul­ta­ne­ous­ly exer­cis­ing their cog­ni­tive skills — have sold a major­i­ty stake to French pub­lish­er Hachette Livre. Cre­at­ed by

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Apple names brain training apps “Best of 2014” in 20+ countries

By SharpBrains | December 17, 2014

Brain train­ing is going mobile, and glob­al. Not only did Apple name one brain train­ing app (Ele­vate) “Best App of the Year” in the US, across all cat­e­gories, but it hand­picked anoth­er brain train­ing app (Peak) as one of the top apps in 20+ coun­tries. In the UK: “Apple named video edi­tor Replay as its…

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