Nintendo is bringing Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem to smartphones and other top stories.

• Nintendo is bringing Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem to smartphones

  

  Nintendo announced today that it's bringing two of its best-loved franchises to smartphones: Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem. The company revealed the news during its yearly earnings call, also confirming that its next console — the mysterious NX — is headed for a March 2017 release. Few details were given about the future smartphone titles, but the two games seem like a smart choice for Nintendo's developing mobile strategy. The company launched its first smartphone app Miitomo in March, but t..

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• Intel declares independence from the PC as it lays out a broader 5-point strategy

  

  The message has trickled down in speeches, earnings calls, and analyst presentations, but on Tuesday, Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich drew a line in the sand: Intel is not a PC company any more.  In what only can be called a manifesto of Intel’s new values, Krzanich described how Intel is transforming itself “from a PC company to a company that powers the cloud and billions of smart, connected computing devices.” To drive the point home, Krzanich noted that the PC is just one among many..

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• Apple Forecasts Second Sales Drop as iPhone Woes Deepen

  

  Apple Inc.’s streak of 51 consecutive quarters of uninterrupted sales growth is over -- and its expansion may not resume until late this year.A boom in demand for smartphones, music players and other electronic devices propelled Apple’s annual revenue by $227 billion in the 13 years since the last quarterly drop, resulting in a skyrocketing stock price that made Apple the world’s most valuable company.QuickTake AppleThat era of untrammeled expansion hit a wall in the quarter that ended in March..

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• Nintendo earnings plunge 60 percent in fiscal year as it preps new hardware

  

  Nintendo’s earnings for the fiscal year ended March 31 fell 60.6 percent to 16.5 million yen, or $148 million, on revenue of $4.53 billion (down 8 percent). That was a relatively weak performance for a company that once dominated video games and is now trailing behind rivals Sony and Microsoft. Nintendo’s stock price has fallen slightly in trading, down 0.9 percent to $18.72 a share. Nintendo saw diminished assets, cash flow, and profits during the year when the Wii U console’s sales sagged, an..

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