Web 2.0

One Less Virtual World... Google Closes Lively

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:59:01 +0000

The 3D virtual world Lively is being closed, according to .

Lively is Google's virtual world. It was just launched back in July, but the hype around it has died a...

One Less Virtual World... Google Closes Lively

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:15:57 +0000

The 3D world Lively is being closed, according to .

Lively is Google's vir...

One Less Virtual World... Google Closes Lively

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:06:04 +0000

The 3D virtual Lively is being closed, according to .

Lively is Google's virtual world. It ...

Internet Anonymity and the MySpace Case

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:58:01 +0000

Most of the time, I really don't care who you are. My little portion of the blogosphere is about ideas and information - and it doesn't matter whether you're really a 60 year old gay Republican from South Carolina or a dock worker in Oakland who just likes to pretend they teach at a coll...

By 2012 We Can Expect One BILLION People to Live in Virtual World

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:58:44 +0000

The Metaverse Journal published an article earlier this month on a recent report by the US market research firm In-Stat. In a nutshe...

Web 2.0 Summit Wraps Up

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:58:34 +0000

The three-day Web 2.0 Summit wrapped up yesterday in San Francisco. The event this year featured a diverse group of well known speakers - including Arianna Huffington...

Goolge Knol (Now in Four Languages)

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:57:27 +0000

TechCrunch reported yesterday that The Metaverse Journal published an article earlier this month on a recent report by the US market research firm In-Stat. In a nutshe...

Lawmakers and Social Networking

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:55:07 +0000

Malaysia, Singapore Get Perfect World's "Zhu Xian" MMORPG

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:56:37 +0000

If you think online games and virtual worlds are confined to the English-speaking Internet, it's time to wake up...

Zhu Xian...

Second Life Affair Leads to Divorce in Real Life

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:00:16 +0000

It's becoming more and more difficult to distinguish virtual world events from real life. And as evidence of that, the big news this week is a blog that its videos were going to a wide screen.

We're expanding the width of the page to 960 pixels to better reflect...

The Attraction of Second Life: Sex is 30% of its Economy...

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:57:06 +0000

Be all that you can be - or something like that. That is evidently a major attraction of the game.

Sex is basic to the Second Life economy. How basic' When you enter the game your persona (avatar) has no genitalia. If you want that feature, you buy it...

I've tal...

The Attraction of Second Life: Sex is 30% of its Economy...

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:58:10 +0000

Web 2.0 for Your Doctor'

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:55:06 +0000

Scobleizer has a fascinating post at the moment on bringing Web 2.0 into your doctor's office.

There is a move underway ...

BBC's Lonely Planet Will Share Ad Revenue with Amateur Travel Bloggers

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:55:54 +0000

paidContent.org reported today that the well known travel site, The Cool Cat teacher Blog puts it, Second Life is suffering from inflation!

Davis was working fro...

One Less Virtual World... Google Closes Lively

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:59:16 +0000

The 3D virtual world Lively is being closed, according to .

Lively is Google's virtual world. It was just launched back in July, but the hype around it has died a...

Internet Anonymity and the MySpace Case

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:58:05 +0000

Second Life Affair Leads to Divorce in Real Life

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:59:03 +0000

It's becoming more and more difficult to distinguish virtual world events from real life. And as evidence of that, the big news this week is a