A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Bait and Switch? @TextInstagram Transfers Followers to Personal Account The creator of viral parody Twitter handle @TextInstagram is in hot water after he transformed the account into a personal account, @JoshHelfferich. …
This week, a federal judge ruled that poker is more a game of skill than chance. The decision is a victory for poker advocates who are pushing to legalize internet poker in the U.S. The judge relied extensively on the findings of a defense expert who analyzed online poker games.…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Amazon Enters Social Gaming Market Amazon is entering the social gaming market just as two companies that pioneered the space, Facebook and Zynga, are struggling to figure out better ways to make money.…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Will States’ Fight Against Sports Betting Ban Pay Off? Two states, New Jersey and California, are competing in a growing-stakes battle of states’ rights. The issue is the two-decade-old federal ban…
Following the DOJ decision reversing its position on the scope of the Wire Act, some states have moved forward with legislation to permit certain forms of intrastate gambling. New Jersey, along with Nevada, have been among the first movers. A recent lawsuit challenges a NJ law that permits wagering…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. PokerStars Pays $731M, Acquires Full Tilt In DOJ Settlement PokerStars will pay a total of $731 million and absorb fellow online gaming site Full Tilt Poker in order to settle the…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Twitter Drops LinkedIn Partnership LinkedIn announced via a blog post on Friday that Twitter would no longer be partnering with the business-networking site to sync updates from one site to the other.…
A federal court recently found copyright infringement based on a developers copying of aspects of the popular Tetris game, even though the code itself was not copied. This ruling confirms that IP can be used to effectively prevent certain cloning practices that are prevalent with online games. While this case…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Mobile Game Fight Goes Global A turf war is breaking out in the videogame industry and, for once, it has nothing to do with Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony. This fight…
The New Jersey attorney general sued 24 x 7 Digital LLC, a Los Angeles-based developer of applications for mobile devices, for child online privacy violations. The suit alleges that 24 x 7’s kids educational apps collect personal information from children younger than 13 and transmit that information to a third-party…