Gamification. That’s the 25-cent word that describes what companies like Foursquare and Gowalla set out to do -- turn your everyday activities into a game, rewarding you with badges, points, or a ...

Brendan Kirby's story in Wednesday's Press-Register: Former sheriff: Shield allegedly flashed by Stephen Nodine was 'nothing badge' Of the allegations that have been leveled at former Mobile County ...

Is good content alone enough to build reader loyalty? Or could adding a little gameplay — and some circular icons — turn casual readers into engaged ones? Early next week, The Philadelphia Inquirer ...

Normally I’m pretty ambivalent on PC case badges, those little decals that let you know what’s inside your machine. But after all the confusion over the digitizer in the HP Slate 500, I’m picking a ...

In a an obvious marketing move akin to a drug dealer offering up free samples, Urban threads is offering free badge plans for hackerspaces that have robotic embroidery machines. We’ve seen this trend ...

Whether you think gamification is the road that leads to a brighter future – or instead straight to the irreparable infantilization – of the Web, even the harshest of critics have to admit that ...

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NEW YORK — The gaming aspect of location-based marketing is less important than some might think, at least according to the opening keynote of the Location-Based Marketing Summit convening at the New ...