Badgeville powers gamified reality TV show Escape Routes
Gamification, the use of game-like rewards in non-game applications, is moving into reality TV. Badgeville will provide gamified achievements to the multiplatform reality TV...
Outbid mixes gamification and social networks with real-time online auctions
Online auctions often lack the thrill and challenge of battling against other bidders in an auction house setting. Outbid is a new service blending...
Identified.com gamifies job searches for 4 million young people
Job-search site Identified.com found that most job seekers don’t provide all the information in their online profiles that recruiters need to know. To get...
Zoosk integrates gamification into its online dating community (interview)
Founded five years ago, Zoosk started to make a name for itself in online dating through Facebook and other social networking sites. Last year,...
How scientists can manipulate us with games to gather data
Smartphones have turned us into an army of accidental data collectors, checking in at locations, taking photos, recording audio, even gauging network speeds wherever...
Bunchball personalizes “Flamethrower” gamification for each user
Bunchball has made a name for itself by gamifying web sites and business applications so that users are more engaged. Now, the company is...
DEMO Asia: 3 startups find new ways to gamify life
A version of this story originally appeared on SGEntrepreneurs and is published here with permission. This week’s DEMO Asia saw several startups pitch new ways to...
Lumosity sees brain games taking off as 20 million sign up for mental gymnastics
Lumosity released impressive growth numbers for its online brain training games. The company has added 6 million additional members since June 2011 for a...
With Eric Schmidt as backer, HealthTap raises $11.5M for mobile patient-doctor Q&A network
HealthTap has raised $11.5 million in a first round of funding to expand its expert online physician community, which answers questions that patients pose...
Game visionary Jesse Schell talks about the pleasure revolution
When Jesse Schell talks, the game industry listens. A talk he gave at the Dice Summit in 2010 garnered hundreds of thousands of views...