Coca-Cola Re-Ups In Second Life With Nestea Marketing Deal
Will the marketing of real world brands in Second Life find a second life?
Maybe. Nestea, a Coca-Cola brand, announced today it’s sponsoring Second Life’s “Junkyard Blues” venue.
Registered for Facebook under your avatar name? That’s a ban.
Second Life enthusiasts who register for Facebook under their avatar names should watch out: the Syndey Morning Herald is reporting Facebook is terminating accounts it suspects don’t represent real-life names.
Poll: Second Life residents prefer Obama to McCain by over 2 to 1
If the US presidential election was being held today in Second Life, Obama would win in a landslide.
Beating Linden to the punch on multi-grid search
Some of Second Life’s most talented programmers are beginning to form businesses that compete directly against Linden Lab
Users gather for a smaller, less corporate SLCC
As they have every year for four years, the Second Life faithful tore themselves away from their computers for a weekend of real-life travel to celebrate Linden Lab’s virtual world at SLCC, the Second Life Community Convention.
But this year far fewer of them came out.
What will the next year bring for Second Life?
With an eye towards the future, once again Reuters asked SLCC: What will the next year bring in Second Life?
Rosedale: Blame it on the Mac
“We’re serious about support for the Mac,” Rosedale said. “But we’ve had our problems with Apple.”
Virtual currency not on the OpenSim agenda
Linden Lab and OpenSim developers shared the stage at an SLCC panel called “Open Software For Open Worlds,” and said there was nothing in the works to support buying virtual goods and services with Linden dollars anywhere but on the Second Life Grid.
Philip Rosedale’s Relaxing Summer
So what has Second Life founder Philip Rosedale been up to since handing over control of Linden Lab to new CEO Mark Kingdon four months ago?
Hanging out, mostly.
Linden launches instant messaging client
Second Life users who frequently access the Internet from consumer-grade computers and laptops are about to find keeping touch with other avatars a lot easier
IBM adds virtual worlds support to Lotus Sametime
IBM, a company long at the forefront of exploring the business applications of virtual worlds, announced on Wednesday it had added support for 3D chat to its Lotus Sametime instant messaging software.
Second Life’s user economy shows strong growth
According to recently released company statistics, Linden Lab’s in-world economy is larger than ever.
Vivaty To Expand Beyond Facebook and AIM
Browser-based virtual world Vivaty, currently accessible through Facebook and AIM, will be embeddable by users on blogs and pages throughout the Web within the next two months, company CEO Keith McCurdy told Reuters.
Second Life bluesman signs record deal
The newest destination for talent scouts looking to sign fresh acts is Second Life.
Second Life residents propose their own solutions to a troubled UI
Doug Thompson, through his Second Life avatar Dusan Writer, came up with an idea: hold a contest throughout Second Life to see who could figure out how to make the interface better. And to sweeten the pot, he committed L$800,000 of his own money, almost three thousand American dollars, to the three avatars who could come up with the best design.
RL/SL instant-messaging weeks away: report
SLNN.com carries an interview with Linden VP Joe Miller which says the reported “SLim” is only weeks away
Land supply freeze extended again: Has Linden hit a wall?
Linden extends its freeze on new land as prices refuse to rise.
Linden hires former AOL exec to improve scalability
Linden hired former AOL executive Frank Ambrose to oversee work on scalability problems with Second Life
Second Life trademarks “SLim” for instant-messaging
Massively.com has the scoop that Linden Lab filed a trademark application for instant-messaging software, to be called “SLim.”
Linden Lab’s cloak and dagger job ad
What are American intelligence agencies up to in Second Life now? We’re not sure, but Tizzers Foxchase found a job listing for Linden Lab that requires a U.S. security clearance.
