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July 15, 2011 02:13 pm GMT
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Google News Badges? We Don't Need No Stinking Google News Badges
Whether you think gamification is the road that leads to a brighter future - or instead straight to the irreparable infantilization - of the Web, even the harshest of critics have to admit that there's more to the concept than simply slapping some badges on a website, game or application, Foursquare-style. The more I read up on this new Google News Badges stuff, the more I think some people over at Mountain View didn't quite get that particular message.Starting today, in the U.S. edition of Google News, users can earn more than 500 types of badges as they read articles about their favorite topics.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/cI9UpSgfNIg/
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