Ford

Total Gamified Car Experiences Coming Soon? Ford Opens up AppLink to Developers

Ivan Kuo13 years ago13 years ago14 mins

According to the folks at CultOfMac, CES 2013 is underway and Ford has announced something exciting and potentially very big for the gamification community

This morning, Ford has announced that their formerly closed AppLink service has been opened for all iOS and Android developers to create apps that will be able to speak to a number of the car’s services.

Ford is calling this new initiative the Ford Developer Program and it will be available for free.

Consumer

Three Ways to Overcome the Commuter Blues with Gamification

Jeff Lopez14 years ago14 years ago31 mins

Gamification has largely focused on ways to play while you are at work, but what about getting to work in the first place? Regular work commutes are unpredictable, occasionally dangerous, and often overly stressful. An unimaginable number of variables are involved in the simple act of getting to-and-from work, and because of our car culture of hermetically sealed…

What is Gamification for You?

Kevin Shane15 years ago14 years ago21 mins

by Kevin Shane and Jeff Lopez In the past, one of the largest impediments to using games for accomplishing real world goals has been the response that the word “games” triggers in business and policy circles. But in the past few years, we have noticed a shift. Games–and now gamification–have both become accepted as a serious…

Social Good

Ford Starts a New Game with the Focus EV

Jeff Lopez15 years ago14 years ago21 mins

Ford is undergoing a transformation. Coming out of the financial crisis and the collapse of the US market as the only major American car company to not receive a bail out, Ford has taken it upon itself to reinvent an industry that in the past has been represented by gas guzzling SUVs and American muscle cars. At…

Enterprise

Gamification in Canadian Business

admin15 years ago14 years ago02 mins

Gabe Zichermann was recently interviewed for an impressive piece on Canadian Business Online by Angelina Chapin. Appropriately titled “The future is a video game“, the piece goes in depth of the definition of gamification and aspects of it – like gaming mechanics, rewards and leveling – the history of loyalty programs and the evolution of…

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Test Post

Total Gamified Car Experiences Coming Soon? Ford Opens up AppLink to Developers

Three Ways to Overcome the Commuter Blues with Gamification

What is Gamification for You?

Gamification in Canadian Business