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Last Saturday I was chatting with a long time friend online, who always brings in new perspectives and points towards pages or experiences widening your horizon. This time he immediately sent me a video file even before saying hello with the comment:...
Tags: starry night, allnews, San Francisco, Vincent van Gogh, Don McLean, The Starry Nights, painting, second life
The virtual world of Second Life has seen a host of experiences over the years, but on June 10th, the first Second Life college graduation will be held on the Second Life campus of the 150 year old Bryant & Stratton College. ...
Tags: Bryant & Stratton, Second Life Graduation, Second Life, Ceremony, Social Media, News, Higher Education, eLearning, University, College, Online Community, Virtual Community, Technology
I am Lisa Gus, and I am a writer. And medical researcher. And a TV viewer — at least, I had been, back before adding a little mommy hat to my haberdashery shelf. What I am NOT is a producer. Had anyone asked me less...
Tags: Lombardi Street, Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, producer, media, TV, web 2.0, Second Life
Diving into one of the hot business models for virtual labs, Linden Lab said today it has acquired two virtual goods markets that sell items for the denizens of its Second Life virtual world. Linden Lab has bought Xstreet SL and OnRez, two burgeoning...
Tags: second life, virtual world, virtual goods, linden labs, OnRez Linden Lab, goods marketplaces, labs acquires
However, Game Politics points us to the news that the US's "taxpayer advocate" (we have such a thing?) is now suggesting the IRS start taxing transactions in virtual worlds as well . While the initial suggestion is for the IRS to just issue "guidelines"...
Tags: virtual world, american idol, second life, idol, art, IRS
The imaginary worlds of Sim City, Second Life and other digital utopias are about to be joined by a very different online experience – shopping in London’s West End. An ambitious new scheme to duplicate online the real-life experience of a shopping expedition...
Tags: shop, shopping, second life, west end, London
Lively by Google , the search giant’s product for creating 3D virtual worlds on the web , will be shutting down at the end of the year . This news isn’t exactly a big surprise — despite creative director Kevin Hanna’s speculation about expanding the product...
Tags: google, second life, virtual worlds, virtual world, Google Inc.
Pollard's wife Amy divorced him after she saw his virtual avatar romping with another woman in the game 'Second Life', Jobless David and Twice-wed Linda Brinkley, 55, fell in love with each other's online avatars namely 'Dave Barmy' and 'Modesty McDonnell'...
Tags: real life, second life, David Pollard
Recently I ran across an article at CNN.com about a Second Life couple whose online affairs resulted in a divorce. My first thought was "what took the media so long to figure this out?" But my second thought was "is this really what should be the focus...
Tags: second life, virtual world, news media, art, photography, real life
Philip Rosedale, co-founder of Second Life, knows what he's talking about when it comes to technology. His successful creation provides a virtual canvas on which users play out their fantasy lives, companies exhibit real-life products and even conduct...
Tags: second life, energy, alternative, technology