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There's no credit crunch in Second Life
Insight newsmaker Businesses are moving beyond using the virtual world to attract eyeballs and instead major on collaboration, says Linden Lab CEO Mark Kingdon.
Tags: Business applications, Digital media, Web 2.0, Web sites, Linden Lab, British Telecommunications, Training, Business, movie, Apple iPod
Second Life to see new sites in Asia
News Virtual world continues to see strong growth in foreign markets and its creator is looking to host new servers in Asia and Europe, says Linden Lab CTO.
Tags: Internet advertising, Web 2.0
When virtual meets business
Insight Many analysts have been dismissive of online virtual worlds, or are they also guilty of second-degree Second Life hyping?
Tags: Games, Web 2.0, Web sites, Google Inc., 3D, venture capital, Environment, Telstra Corp., virtual world, marketing
Linden Lab selects Mark Kingdon as new CEO
News By choosing someone squarely on the business side of things, the Second Life creator may be hinting that it wants to beef up business and head for an IPO.
Tags: Leadership, Web 2.0, Linden Lab, social networking, network, marketing, Second Life, MBA, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Phone calling coming to Twitter
News A beta service expected to launch Thursday will allow Twitter users to make voice calls to each other without needing to know someone's phone number.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Linden Lab, Voice Chat, social networking, Facebook, Second Life, Web 2.0, voice service
Would you take on a Second Life?
Blogs If you haven't got enough of real life, try getting a second one--literally. Businesses and consumers alike have bee...
Tags: Best strategies, Internet advertising, Brand management, Brand strategy, Business models, Web 2.0
'Second Life' software becomes open source
News Outsiders will be able to modify the viewer software; Linden Lab plans to follow suit with the server software, too.
Tags: Web sites, Open source
'Second Life' faces threat to its virtual economy
News A program making the rounds of the Linden Lab's digital world allows users to copy whatever they like, even if they're supposed to pay for it.
Chips are down in Second Life
News Second Life has banned online gambling from its virtual world.
Tags: Web 2.0
Second Life steps up ID checks
News Linden Lab tightens security in the virtual world by introducing an identity verification system.
Tags: Web 2.0, Authentication and encryption
'Second Life' after the backlash
News Participants in this weekend's user conference in Chicago are unfazed by negative press. They just want to go back to their virtual world tinkering.
Tags: Web 2.0, Female, Male, Gamer
'Second Life': The promise and paradox
News The third annual Second Life Community Conference features plenty of hopeful talk about lofty new possibilities for the virtual world.
Tags: Web 2.0
The (virtual) global office
News Moving beyond Second Life marketing, many companies are infiltrating virtual worlds for employee meetings, mixers and recruiting.
Tags: Virtualization, Employee, 3D, software, Burlington, virtual world, Second Life, China, U.S., barrier
Economist explains move to virtual world
Insight Michael Boskin, a newly appointed adviser to Gaia Online, says he was drawn to the teen-oriented site by its realistic economies.
Tags: Web 2.0
Second Life: Top tips on getting your business noticed
News Big businesses are welcomed inside Second Life--but they can't approach the virtual world the same way they would the real-life high street, according to Second Life's creators.
Tags: Branding, Brand strategy
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