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Mango Health App That Games Taking Meds Launches With Target Partnership

San Francisco-based Mango Health — a new mobile app aimed at allowing people to manage their personal health by tracking medications and nutritional supplements they take — is launching after a 16-week pilot program and a strategic deal with retail giant Target. The app rewards users with gift cards or allows them to make charitable donations for correctly following their medical regimens by using game design principles. Consumers can also check for interactions between medications, supplements and foods, and get dosage reminders. Mango has raised $3.1 million in seed funding from venture firms First Round Capital, Floodgate and Baseline Ventures, as well as angel investors Mark Pincus and Keith Rabois.

Location App Quadstreaker Turns the World Into a Game Board

“We’re going streaking through the quad!”
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Mind-Boggling: The Numbers Behind Ruzzle’s Rise (And Fall?)

Eat our D-U-S-T, Zynga … hey, wait, where’s everyone going?
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Three Things to Expect From Tonight’s Sony PlayStation Event

Some things to consider, aside from new videogame titles.
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Boxes and a Bar: OnLive Employees Pack Up After Cloud Gaming Company Obfuscates About Fate (Photos)

For the record: Obfuscate means to render obscure, unclear or unintelligible.
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Ouya, a $99 Android Game Console, Plays the Kickstarter Game

A new, Yves Behar-designed video game console launches on Kickstarter today.
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Game Over! The Best of E3 in Photos.

This week, gaming fans from around the world descended upon Los Angeles for the annual E3 conference, while we here at AllThingsD were mere mortals in the battle to cover it.
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Samsung to Roll Out Cloud-Based Game Service on Smart TVs This Fall

Consumers with high-end, Internet-connected Samsung TVs will be able to access some games without a console.
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Nintendo Holds Back the Goods on Wii U Launch Date

We know it’s coming “this holiday” — but consumers are still in the dark on an exact date.
The Wii U's touchscreen also has high-definition graphics.

You vs. Cat: The First Interspecies iPad Game Debuts Today

What’s even better than transcending species lines by watching animals interact with touchscreen phones and tablets? Playing against them.
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