Niantic Labs departs from Google's Alphabet

There's one less "N" as location-based gaming arm spins off as an independent company, taking popular app Ingress with it

Google's Alphabet just lost an "N", after location-based gaming department Niantic Labs announced that it is going independent.

Niantic is the internal group behind Google's popular game Ingress, which sees players on Android and iOS fight a worldwide battle to seize control of real-world locations by checking in nearby.