The Reuters Second Life bureau is now closed
Reuters has closed its Second Life bureau after more than two years of in-depth coverage on the virtual world’s business and economy. Our technology team will continue to cover Second Life on Reuters.com.
This week’s events from the AvaStar
Photographer Marco Manray, musician Noma Falta, and more.
Linden Lab picks online marketing executive as CEO
Linden Lab said on Tuesday it has selected online marketing executive Mark Kingdon as its new chief executive, replacing founder Philip Rosedale.
Kingdon is CEO of digital marketing agency Organic Inc and a former senior partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. As of May 15, he will take control of day-to-day management and operations from Rosedale, who will become Linden Lab chairman and work on product development and strategy.
Mitch Kapor unveils SL navigation via 3D camera
Linden Lab Chairman Mitch Kapor just sent over a video for a project that he first disclosed to Reuters in Davos: Hands Free 3D, a novel way of navigating Second Life using only your own body movements and a 3D camera.
IBM to host private Second Life regions
IBM said on Wednesday it will become the first company to host private regions of the Second Life Grid on its own servers, marking a new focus by Linden Lab on serving corporate customers.
Apology to IBM and Linden Lab
Due to a technical error, I accidentally transmitted a story well in advance of the embargo set by IBM and Linden Lab. My sincerest apologies to all involved.
Rosedale, other virtual world execs to testify before Congress
Linden Lab’s soon-to-be-ex Chief Executive Philip Rosedale and other virtual world executives are set to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce on Tuesday.
This week’s events from the AvaStar
EVENT OF THE WEEK
VISION CUBED
Artist Leou Aeon opens his latest work with a special event. The exhibition features abstract ink drawings and excerpts of new comic albums.
When: Apr. 1, 18:00
Where: Cedar Island (76, 189, 613)
LIVE MUSIC
BARA JONSON
The Swedish singer has developed a dedicated in-world following and will entertain his fans with [...]
EXCLUSIVE - Rosedale to step down as Linden Lab CEO
Linden Lab Chief Executive Philip Rosedale said on Friday the company he founded has begun a search for a new CEO with more operational and management expertise.
Interview with Martin Sorrell
Bureau chief Adam Pasick interviewed Martin Sorrell at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Sorrell, known for making closely-followed pronouncements about the health of the advertising market, is the chief executive of WPP, the world’s second-largest advertising and marketing firm.
Interview with Mitch Kapor
Bureau chief Adam Pasick interviewed Mitch Kapor at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Kapor founded Lotus Development Corp and created the groundbreaking Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet. He was also a co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Interview with Philip Rosedale
Bureau chief Adam Pasick interviewed Philip Rosedale at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Rosedale, the founder and CEO of Linden Lab, was previously chief technology officer at RealNetworks.
Interview with Stelios Haji-Ioannou
ureau chief Adam Pasick interviewed Stelios Haji-Ioannou at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Haji-Ioannou kickstarted the low-cost aviation revolution when he founded easyJet and has since created an empire under the easy brand, including car rental, hotel, cruise ship and Internet access businesses.
Interview with Robert Scoble
Bureau chief Adam Pasick interviewed Richard Scoble at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Scoble is a tech enthusiast and video podcast evangelist. After stints at Microsoft and Podtech, he now works at Fast Company.
Davos 2008 biographies
Biographies for the Reuters/Second Life interviewees at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Live from the World Economic Forum in Davos
Reuters is back next week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. We’ll be interviewing guests such as Linden Lab CEO Philip Rosedale, Linden Lab Chairman Mitch Kapor, Robert Scoble, and Tim O’Reilly, live in front of a Second Life audience at the Reuters Auditorium.
CTO Ondrejka out of Linden Lab
Linden Lab Chief Technology Officer and Employee No. 4 Cory Ondrejka is leaving the company amid reports of a dispute with Chief Executive Philip Rosedale over the company’s future.
Linden Lab sees land supply, prices flat through Q1
Linden Lab expects to keep land ownership fees constant through the first quarter of 2008, and plans to keep the land supply constant by only replacing abandoned parcels.
Linden Lab investor sold 10 percent stake — report
Catamount Ventures, an early investor in Linden Lab, sold a 10 percent stake in the company to an unknown third party for at least US$500 million earlier this year, the Web site TechCruch reported on Monday.
Greetings from the Virtual Worlds Forum, Europe
I’m moderating four panels at the Virtual Worlds Forum in London on Wednesday. If you have any questions you’d like me to pose to the panelists, please email adamreuters [at] gmail.com.
