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We’ve already noted the rise of gaming as a way to create engagement among consumers, but we didn’t expect to see it applied so soon to something as seemingly mundane as public transport. Sure enough, though, Chromaroma is a new application from UK-based Mudlark that turns Tube travel in London into a rewarding game.
You can find all the information at http://www.springwise.com/gaming/chromaroma/
Traditional trivia games have a rule that you can’t cheat—you can’t look things up in books, you can’t ask your friends and you certainly can’t ask Google. But what if there were a trivia game where you could not only ask Google, but were encouraged to do so? Imagine how difficult the questions would need to be with the power of the world’s information at your fingertips.
A Google a Day is a new daily puzzle that can be solved using your creativity and clever search skills on Google. Questions will be posted every day on agoogleaday.com and printed on weekdays above the New York Times crossword puzzle. We’ll reveal each puzzle’s answer the next day in the Times and on agoogleaday.com, along with the search tips and features used to find it.
You can read the whole blog entry at http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/trivia-game-where-using-google-is.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FMKuf+%28Official+Google+Blog%29
To celebrate Mozilla Firefox going mobile, they’ve created Spark, a game that lets you share Firefox with friends and help the flame of the open Web glow bright. So get Spark, engage in challenges, unlock badges and support Mozilla’s mission for a better Web in the process. All good stuff!
Earn badges and earn bragging rights for the tasks you’ve completed in the Spark game. For instance, you can earn a badge for sharing your unique URL with someone over 500 miles away. More importantly, earn badges and you might earn some sweet stuff from Mozilla (hint, hint). Just like the surprise Spark easter egg badges that you can earn along the way, the rewards are a surprise too, so keep your Spark glowing big and bright and we may contact YOU!
You can find all the info at https://spark.mozilla.org/en-US/home
As a planet, we spend 3 billion hours a week playing computer and videogames. That’s a LOT of time — enough to change our lives, and probably save the world (the real world) while we’re at it.
That’s why Gameful have created a “secret HQ” for people who are making games that are making us:
Here are some games that are already doing just that: EVOKE, Fold It!, The Epic Win App, Flower, Code of Everand, SuperBetter, The MP Expenses Game, Budgetball, the Pokéwalker, Quest to Learn, Little Big Planet: Gamechangers, World Without Oil, Seek ‘n Spell, Goal Mafia,and Conspiracy for Good.
What all of these projects have in common: they’re dedicated to making some kind of a real positive impact on gamers’ lives and the world around them.
Gameful is an online “Secret HQ” where you can connect with other people who believe in the power of games to make us better and change the world.
You can find all the information at http://gameful.org
Engage is a new web-hosted tool that makes it very easy to monitor the performance of teams, and motivate them to do their best when things are not really going as expected. Any manager will be able to clearly define what must be done by each and every member of the team, and feedback can be served in a timely (and open) way. The performance of every team member can be reviewed and rated, both when it comes to individual goals and in the grand scheme of things.
Read more: http://www.killerstartups.com/Web-App-Tools/engage-calibreapps-com-set-goals-for-your-team
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