Build sticky apps using these gamification basics

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Developer April 15, 2014 Editor of this Newsletter Mary Weilage | Senior Editor | @TechRepublic Mary Weilage is a Senior Editor for the CBS Interactive site TechRepublic. Gamify your apps to increase user interaction and build loyalty Starbucks and American Airlines apply game mechanics and rewards systems to their non-game apps to engage users. Read these gamification basics so you can start building "sticky" apps. Resource of the day Live Webcast: Moments of Magic in Customer Service There's a big difference between satisfied customers and loyal customers. In this webcast, customer service expert Shep Hyken will explore how to build loyalty - one customer at a time. Register now for this LIVE event on Thursday, April 24th, 10:00 AM PDT / 1:00 PM EDT. Additional TechRepublic resources Adobe Edge Animate CC review: Putting the animation and responsive options to the test Android 5: Slicing the lemon pie with rumors Pro tip: Use CSS3 to create a rotating 3D cube Is Google crowdsourcing the future of smartphone design with Project Ara? Open-source software is about to eat your world Featured multimedia Tech history in photos: Software giants of the 1970s Today's recommended downloads HP ProLiant DL360p & DL380p Gen8 Servers: Power, Flexibility and Serviceability (HP & Intel® Xeon® Processor) Mobile Security: Controlling Growing Threats with Mobile Device Management (LabTech Software) Patient Portals: A Platform for Connecting Communities of Care (Healthtech Holdings) Get Actionable Insight with Security Intelligence for Mainframe Environments (IBM) The MDM advantage: Creating insight from big data (IBM) Connect with TechRepublic A Special Feature from TechRepublic and ZDNet Microservers: A Data Center Revolution? The rise of cloud computing has put new and different demands on data center capacity. Powered by smaller chips like the ones in mobile devices, microservers have emerged to help meet the needs of 'scaling out' and to produce servers that are lower cost and lower power. Learn more in this microservers special feature. TechRepublic newsletters Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Linux and Open Source The Mobile Revolution Visit the Subscription Center to get other free newsletters, manage your account settings or to be removed from TechRepublic communications. The e-mail address for your subscription is habib2best@gmail.com. Unsubscribe | Send Feedback | FAQ | Advertise | Privacy Policy Copyright 2014 CBS Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved. TechRepublic is a registered service mark of CBS Interactive, Inc. TechRepublic 235 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94105 U.S.A.