Browsing all posts in August, 2009.

Average U.S. gamer overweight and depressed

It might not come much as a surprise that the average U.S. gamer is now 35 years old – studies commissioned by the Entertainment Software Association have confirmed this over the past few years – but 2006 research recently unveiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claims video game players were more likely [...]

Twitter’s trademark claim rejected

As it turns out, Twitter had applied for a trademark claim for “Tweet”, the popular term for the 140 character updates that Twitter is famous for. And to everyone’s surprise, the claim was preliminarily rejected by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. As for the reasons for the rejection, the Patent Office felt that several [...]