At this point, there’s a good chance that you’ve been hearing the buzz. No, not about the iPhone 5S , or even the HTC First . . . . → Read More: Why you should be playing BioShock Infinite right now
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Zynga’s shares are up by 5 percent in after-hours trading on news that the company is launching its first real-money games in the U.K. tomorrow. . . . → Read More: Zynga Shares Rise 5% In After-Hours On Real-Money Games Launch Tomorrow Staying true to a health or fitness regimen can be tough, but San Francisco-based Mango Health is looking to see whether an app can help with that . The seven-person startup just did a full launch of their app following a 16-week trial where they tracked whether regular notifications helped prescription drug takers keep on top of taking their medications every day. CEO Jason Oberfest, who came from a career in social gaming and networking with stints at DeNA’s Ngmoco and MySpace, said user retention in the trial beat what he saw with the mobile games he had launched in his previous career by three or four times. . . . → Read More: There’s An App For That: Mango Health Gives Rewards For Taking Your Vitamins, Medicine Every Day Simon Sage, gaming editor for Mobile Nations, joins Rene to talk about PAX East and GDC 2013, the state of mobile gaming in general, iOS, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone in specific, and the explosion of free-to-play titles. Also, Facebook’s mobile event. Subscribe via iTunes: Audio | Video Subscribe via RSS: Audio | Video Download directly: Audio | Video read more . . . → Read More: Mobile Nations at GDC 2013 podcast Even though the Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey state legislatures just passed laws that pave the way for online gambling in the U.S., Zynga is not going to be the first to get in on it. Given how terrible the economics of running a blog are, TechCrunch has been exploring new revenue streams. They may include, but are not limited to, premium Justin Timberlake-filters on blog posts , Path 3.0-like stickers for Livefyre comments and a new sponsored section about Scientology-related hardware startups . . . → Read More: TechCrunch Is Breaking Into Real-Money Gaming Ingress may still remain in closed beta at the moment, but the following behind the augmented reality game has anything but stagnated. . . . → Read More: Ingress Report Brings a New Level of ‘Geek Awesome’ The much-rumored Apple iWatch isn’t as exciting as you might have thought. We’ve heard rumors of flexible displays and Siri integration, but it appears that Apple’s iWatch is actually just a band meant to connect with the Apple device of your choice. . . . → Read More: Apple’s iWatch Is Actually Just A Wrist Band That Attaches To Your iPhone, iPad When you step off the elevator into Kixeye’s new downtown San Francisco office, a guy in military fatigues has you sign an NDA. After you do (I didn’t), a receptionist with a lot of piercings takes your name, while The White Panda’s “Foolish Monsters” blares in the background . . . → Read More: All Quiet On The Western Front: Gaming M&A May Be In A Lull As A New Generation Grows Up Don’t get freaked out if you see people dressed up like William Wallace trying to zap each other with their Nexus 7 tablets — they’re just playing Ingress, Google’s ( GOOG ) experimental augmented reality game that first launched last November. AllThingsD reports that since its debut last fall, Ingress has developed a small but loyal cult following around the world that has helped players build bonds with one another as they travel to real-life landmarks and engage in virtual fights with rival factions. Ingress creator John Hanke tells AllThingsD that one recent outing involved roughly 100 Ingress players converging on the monument of William Wallace in Scotland with some showing up “in Braveheart paint with Nexus 7 tablets to play.” Continue reading.. . . . → Read More: Google’s augmented reality game inspires players to duel one other in ‘Braveheart paint’ While Sony ( SNE ) and Microsoft ( MSFT ) prepare to roll out their next-generation gaming consoles, gamers will also soon have the option of paying just $99 for the Android-powered Ouya console that’s set to launch in retail outlets on June 4th. Engadget reports that the low-cost console, which began as a Kickstarter project , will ship to its financial backers this week before becoming available to the general public this summer . . . → Read More: $99 Ouya game console set for June 4th release |
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