In a series of important rulings, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has provided guidance regarding the extent to which private employers may regulate aspects of an employee’s social media activities consistent with the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). The NLRA protects employees’ rights to engage in “concerted activity” for…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Video game tax break makes Quebec an industry hub Sixteen years after Quebec’s government made a conscious decision to make the province a hub for multimedia firms and put up the money…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Will Asian online game publishers Nexon and NCSoft buy blockbuster publisher Valve? Nexon and NCsoft, two major Asian online game companies, are reportedly in talks with U.S. gamemaker Valve to buy the company…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Child’s Play: Food Makers Hook Kids on Mobile Games U.S. food companies are reaching children by embedding their products in simple and enticing games for touch-screen phones and tablets. The new medium…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Zynga loses more execs, gains lottery partnership with Scientific Games Social game developer and online poker hopeful Zynga made waves last month with its hiring of former 888.com exec Maytal Ginzburg, but…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Police Embrace Social Media as Crime-Fighting Tool We leave small clues about our lives all over the internet like fingerprints. LinkedIn’s Profit Growth Leaves Social Media Peers Trailing Behind The past two days have…
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…