Of course it bloody is. Berlin’s top criminal court yesterday passed this chilling wifi password judgement: “Private users are obligated to check whether their wireless connection is adequately secured to the danger of unauthorized third parties abusing...

I am a big fan of Steve Blank. He teaches entrepreneurship at Berkeley and Stanford and wrote Four Steps to the Epiphany. In his most recent blog post, he attempts to answer the question: “Should an entrepreneur...

The Financial Times yesterday ran a story arguing that the social games industry is about to see a lot of acquisitions. It said that a senior executive at a leading social games company thinks that “smaller developers...

I chaired a very august panel of games industry figures at the inaugural Investec Digital Media Conference last Thursday. The conference brought together leading digital media companies together with a range of investors and was illuminating and...

I saw an announcement from a casual games company that made me sit up and take notice for the first time in ages. Exent runs Free Ride Games, a casual gaming site with 2.1 million monthly users....

The Financial Times has reported a rumour that German browser game company Bigpoint has appointed investment bankers and is considering a sale. The report (written by Mergermarkets, a news service aimed at investment bankers, and behind a...

If anyone needed any convincing that Zynga is the undisputed champion of social games, their new game, Treasure Isle, provides all the evidence you need. It was launched at the start of April. As of yesterday, less...