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Marty Note On End of Cash
Yeah this post from Harper Reed, Head of Commerce at Braintree is a must read for e-commerce merchants and game creators. We are sharing the post on Contests and Games Revolution because video game developers forget they are connected to the death of cash too.

The death of cash means those who create alternative and fully owned currencies such as Audibles credits or PayPal's ability to give you your own money will thrive in the mobile payment world ahead as this must read post shares.

How Facebook is helping to pair up mobile developers with its 375 million gamers
VentureBeat
When I need to make friends, I just go on Facebook and start spamming random people.

Mobile Entertainment
Call of Duty's mobile studio shuts its doors
Mobile Entertainment
The mobile team behind Call of Duty's mobile games has announced that it will be shutting its doors for the final time at the end of this month.

Gamersyndrome Zynga to launch mobile version of 'FarmVille' game Los Angeles Times While the Facebook title helped launch Zynga to stardom and convinced investors in its 2011 initial public stock offering that it would be a standout among...

The image of the emblematic smartphone game has not been held in high regard of late. Certainly not with titles like Flappy Bird seemingly taking over the world, earning $50,000 a day off our meaningless compulsions and further cementing the well of condescension "hardcore" gamers have for the mobile platform and its capacity.

That's where Threes comes in. Released Wednesday as a universal iPhone and iPad app, the $1.99 title -- a simple math-based puzzler with gorgeous design and catchy music -- is what a overtly refreshing, downright fantastic mobile game should be.

5 Social Media Lessons to Learn From GTA 5 Business 2 Community GTA V has this awesome feature, where Social Media and Smart phones are being used in the game to take pictures & spread across to your friends on Facebook, Google plus and other...

Some times coupon clipping tends to feel like we lose energy and time for just saving some bucks. It’s a mom’s job, of course.

Are you sick of in-app purchases attempting to empty your pockets? If so you might want to avoid these mobile games - they're among the worst for it...

Mobile Taking Over World
No we are not in the middle of a zombie attack. We are in the middle of smart phones and mobile taking over the world. Proof enough is a sector SLOW to attract investment capital is now a darling.

I just received an iPhone 6 and love it. It is easier for fat fingers to type on, the screen is liquid gold and the sound is full of soul, sorrow and truth. The KEY is to NOT think of the phone as a phone.

The smart phone is a game console. The second key is to realize finding ways to make your content, website and marketing relevant to a gamified world where everyone has a game console and are just waiting to be told (eager to be told) what and how to do something with it.

The camera in our phones is a good example. At first NO ONE CARED. Now we take pictures of our food before we eat and "selfies" have their own TV show. When the tech is there a combination of startup entrepreneurs and intrepid early adopters blaze trails into the forest of our future.

Two suggestions are clear. If your digital marketing isn't "mobile first" you are nuts and if your machete isn't sharp good luck with that :). M

A Serious Game Helps Analyze Complex Cancer Research Data Although serious games have many uses – employee engagement, marketing and learning among them – one area that may prove as a surprise is cancer research.

Top 5 Android Games: May 2014
Droid Life
Here we find ourselves on the eve of a brand new month. Let us commemorate the achievement of the passing of another 31 days with a list of the best Android games from last month.

Mobile Games Are HOT and Getting Hotter
China's 11.24 billion yuan ($1.86 billion) online game industry is scrambling to devise games that appeal to a generation of players who spend more time on mobile devices than consoles or computers.

A Hong Kong hedge fund manager wants Nintendo Co. to develop and sell mobile games--a sign of growing dissent among Nintendo shareholders.

Guess the mobile gaming model is beyond "proof". Question is how can others cash in too?