Gamification

For the past month, my mail-in ballot for the upcoming primary election has been sitting on my kitchen counter collecting dust. Every day, I walk by it. I’ve even put a pen on top of it, as a reminder to fill it out, to do my civic duty. But I haven’t even been able to bring myself to pry open the seal. And I’m hardly the only one. Of California’s roughly 22 million registered voters, only about 14% had returned their ballots as of Monday. Paul Mitchell, vice president of Political Data Inc., expects turnout will…

It’s a new year. People are making efforts to get off the couch and get fit. But if tradition holds true, these efforts will quickly fall by the wayside. The American fitness industry contributes at least $35 billion annually to the economy. Yet adherence rates are not changing: 40% to 65% of gym-goers drop out in the first 5 to 8 months after beginning, and this rate has been stable at least for the last 20 years. We all know that exercise has a positive impact on our physical health, but it can significantly improve…

Mobile gaming and entertainment company OnMobile Global has launched its first-ever SaaS-based gamification platform for brands across industries, named Gamize. The company claims that this announcement is a critical step in the transformation journey for its global business in this new fiscal. Banglalink has joined the company as its first partner. What is Gamize and how will it help businessesGamize is a SaaS-based gamification platform that offers customisable, solutions for acquiring, engaging and retaining users for…

Artificial intelligence companies like OpenAI scrape the internet for data in order to make their tech as smart as it is.Image: Dennis Diatel (Shutterstock)Stack Overflow is joining in on the AI resistance in forcing companies behind the rapidly advancing tech to pay up. The go-to resourcefor programmers is joining Twitter and Reddit in forcing AI companies to pay for the data they use to train their technology.Top Takeaways from the Apple EventAs detailed in Wired, developing the systems that run viral AI tools like…