Real Money Archive

  • World of Warcraft hackers embrace man-in-the-middle attacks

    World of Warcraft hackers embrace man-in-the-middle attacks

    Here's some troubling news for my fellow World of Warcraftplayers. It seems that hackers, account thieves, and other miscreants have now embraced man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks to further their evil ways. Blizzard says it's not a widespread issue, and it's rather difficult to pull off, but it's something y'all should be aware of.

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  • Smackdaddy Lets You Heckle Your Buddies and Bet on Sports on your iPhone

    Smackdaddy Lets You Heckle Your Buddies and Bet on Sports on your iPhone

    Like bad beer, cracker jacks, and drunken fans getting hammered in the parking lot, smack-talking and sports-betting are staples of American sports. And that’s why Bema Studios created Smackdaddy, a free iPhone app [iTunes link] that allows you to both bet on games (currently just NFL, NHL and NBA) and tell your friends they smell. [...]

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  • Blizzard starts selling in-game pets for real world money

    Blizzard starts selling in-game pets for real world money

    Really big World of Warcraft news today, friends. (Why do I write so much about WoW? Oh, you know, it's just the biggest, most successful MMO in history. Not writing about it would be like covering tech with mentioning Microsoft or Apple.) Blizzard is now selling in-game pets that you can buy with real money, $10. We're talking cash money. Dollar dollar bill, y'all.

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  • Has Tapjoy solved monetization of free apps on the iPhone and Android?

    Has Tapjoy solved monetization of free apps on the iPhone and Android?

    Tapjoy, the small development shop that brought us the incredible TapDefense for the iPhone [iTunes link], has quietly built out an extremely strong toolset to provide monetization options for app developers. Through two strong offerings, they claim to increase ad revenue for free apps by more than 250%. I first met them at the TechCrunch50 [...]

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  • Modular indoor putting green is like giving yourself ‘The Stranger’ but with golf

    Modular indoor putting green is like giving yourself ‘The Stranger’ but with golf

    greenOne of the main problems with indoor putting surfaces is that the layout and hole placement never changes. So you get really good at one particular putt and then once you hit the course, your golfing buddies laugh at you and pull down your pants when you miss any putt that's not ten feet away and dead straight. At least, that's what my golfing buddies do and I can only assume the same thing happens everywhere.

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