A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. App Makers’ Privacy Policies Leave Users In The Dark: Panel Several software developers and privacy advocates at a Federal Trade Commission workshop Wednesday shot down the notion that traditional privacy policies are…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Magid National Study Finds Social Networking Gaming Growth is Slowing The research, conducted as part of the Magid Media Futures 2012 study, found social network gaming user growth has slowed in the United States.…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. FBI: We need wiretap-ready Web sites CNET learns the FBI is quietly pushing its plan to force surveillance backdoors on social networks, VoIP, and Web e-mail providers, and that the bureau is asking Internet…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. The Virtual Military While much of the international system remains mired in the economic doldrums, many global military powers continue to increase defense budgets focused upon the research and development of simulation technologies.…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Piracy battle goes to CES, Wikipedia may join SOPA protest, Google social search faces privacy concerns A contentious battle over Internet anti-piracy legislation shifted from Washington to the Consumer Electronics Show, The Washington Post…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Will 2012 be the year of virtual worlds? What got me thinking about this was a blog post by Maria Korlova over at the HyperGrid Business Blog. In it, she maintains her firm…
Facebook recently filed a Patent Application that Triggered a Congressional inquiry. The patent application, which describes technology for tracking users on other websites, resulted in a letter from Reps. Edward Markey, D- Mass., and Joe Barton, R-Texas, seeking information on its current privacy practices and future intentions for tracking user…
Given the great interest in “the cloud” from a business perspective, as well as Microsoft’s popularization of the concept with its “To the Cloud!” advertising campaign, it’s no wonder that many game providers are looking to the cloud as the next viable and profitable gaming platform. The cloud movement not…
On June 21, Canada’s Federal Office of Privacy Commissioner released its 2010 annual report on Canada’s data privacy law, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (known as “PIPEDA”). According to the report, in 2010 the Office of the Privacy Commissioner: § Received 4,793 inquiries in 2010 under PIPEDA,…
The EU “Cookie Rule,” which requires companies with European customers to get informed consent from visitors to their websites in order to use most cookies (other than those “strictly necessary” for the service requested by the consumer), went into effect on May 25. As an example of how they wanted…