Seattle startup BigDoor powering NFL.com rewards With the NFL regular season fast approaching, the football league this week announced its first-ever NFL Fan Rewards. The program… Read More
BigDoor rival Badgeville scores $25M for ‘gamification’ platform Fast-growing Badgeville has reeled in $25 million in fresh funding, money that the 20-month-old Menlo Park, California startup will use… Read More
BigDoor closes $5M, touts new ‘gamified rewards program’ There’s so much content clutter on the Web these days that it can be tough for online publishers to keep… Read More
The coding game: Microsoft’s Visual Studio gets badges, achievements and leaderboard Is there anything that can’t be turned into a game? Apparently not. Microsoft today embraced the gamification trend by introducing a… Read More
Cheezburger cans ‘collectibles,’ discontinues virtual coins Cheezburger’s experiment with an online currency and collectibles program has ended in … failure. The Seattle company announced this week… Read More
Doctors and lawyers get gamified on Avvo, but will they play along? It’s the hottest thing on Foursquare and FarmVille. Now, Avvo — the online Q&A site for medical and legal advice… Read More
FlowPlay brings virtual goods, avatars to Yahoo Messenger Why just chat with someone, when you can chat in a virtual condo or apartment? Seattle startup FlowPlay, maker of… Read More
Mindbloom: A new game designed to change your life In some games, you solve puzzles. In others, you try to wipe out enemy forces. But a new offering from… Read More
Bobber Interactive raises cash to help young adults manage money via Facebook Bobber Interactive, a Seattle startup that uses motivational psychology and game-based mechanics to help young adults manage their money, has… Read More
Seattle gamification startup BigDoor buys OneTrueFan BigDoor believes it has the keys to success to increase engagement on Web sites. And today the fast-growing Seattle startup… Read More
The dreaded ‘G’ word: Gamification I’ve been spending a portion of the week at the Casual Connect conference in downtown Seattle, a three-day extravaganza which… Read More
Podcast Rewind: Keith Smith, BigDoor CEO, on the economics and future of gamification Our guest this past week on the GeekWire Podcast was Keith Smith, CEO of BigDoor, a Seattle company bringing the principles… Read More
BigDoor ‘gamifies’ America’s pastime, strikes deal with MLB Baseball already has pennants. Now, it is getting badges too — at least of the digital variety. Seattle startup BigDoor… Read More
Amazon.com’s real problem isn’t the outage, it’s the communication Guest Commentary: Like many companies running on Amazon’s Web Services, BigDoor has been affected by the AWS outage today. And… Read More
CPMs or CPCs? Nope, BigDoor has its eye on the CPQ: Cost Per Quest You may have heard of CPMs or CPCs. But Seattle startup BigDoor wants to start a movement around another online… Read More
Bobber Interactive brings gamification to personal finance for the Facebook set Gamification is the hot buzzword these days. And Seattle startup Bobber Interactive is looking to capitalize on the trend, bringing… Read More
