Kingdon Steps Down As Linden CEO

By On June 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Mark Kingdon is stepping down as CEO of Second Life parent Linden Lab. Founder Philip Rosedale has been named interim CEO. CFO Bob Komin will assume an additional role of COO. No reason was given for Kingdon's departure, but it follows the recent announcement that Linden Lab will lay off 30% of its staff as [...]

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Linden Lab Lays Off 30% Of Staff

By On June 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Second Life parent Linden Lab is restructuring and will lay off 30% of its staff in the process. Linden employs about 350 people as of this writing, so that means around 100 employees will lose their jobs. Linden states that the restructuring will make the company more profitable by improving its geographic and cost efficiencies, [...]

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DataWorks Studios Awarded Linden Lab Gold Status

By On June 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment

DataWorks Studios has been awarded gold status in Linden Lab's Solution Provider Program, which is designed to make it easy for educators and enterprises interested in using Second Life to find development partners. DataWorks Studios was awarded gold status based on client references and its track record of successfully delivered Second Life enterprise projects. Linden [...]

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Virtual World Wrap-Up For The Week Of May 7, 2010

By On May 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Welcome to the Virtual Worlds News Wrap-Up for the week of May 7, 2010. The Wrap-Up is where VWN spotlights stories that we didn't get to cover individually, but still make for interesting reading about the virtual worlds industry. Tweet

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Virtual World Wrap-Up For The Week Of May 7, 2010

By On May 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Welcome to the Virtual Worlds News Wrap-Up for the week of May 7, 2010. The Wrap-Up is where VWN spotlights stories that we didn't get to cover individually, but still make for interesting reading about the virtual worlds industry. Tweet

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Second Life Economy Has Record Q1

By On April 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Today Linden Lab announced that Second Life's economy had grown to an all-time high in Q1 2010, defying recent trends toward decline in virtual worlds. Users spent $160 million in user-to-user transactions, a 30% gain year-over-year and a new all-time high. Over half a million Second Life residents were active in the world's virtual economy and over 800,000 unique users [...]

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Second Life Economy Has Record Q1

By On April 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Today Linden Lab announced that Second Life's economy had grown to an all-time high in Q1 2010, defying recent trends toward decline in virtual worlds. Users spent $160 million in user-to-user transactions, a 30% gain year-over-year and a new all-time high. Over half a million Second Life residents were active in the world's virtual economy and over [...]

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Users Raising Class Action Against Linden Lab Over Virtual Property

By On April 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment

A group of Second Life users is raising a class action lawsuit against Linden Labover alleged misrepresentations about the value and ownership of virtual property and currency. Carl Evans, Donald Spencer, Valerie Spencer, and Cindy Carter filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on April 15 seeking, as the plaintiffs' website [...]

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Users Raising Class Action Against Linden Lab Over Virtual Property

By On April 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment

A group of Second Life users is raising a class action lawsuit against Linden Lab over alleged misrepresentations about the value and ownership of virtual property and currency. Carl Evans, Donald Spencer, Valerie Spencer, and Cindy Carter filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on April 15 seeking, [...]

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Linden Could Take Second Life To The Cloud

By On April 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Earlier this week Avatar Reality announced plans to take its high-end virtual world, Blue Mars, to the cloud, slating a debut for later this year. New World Notes followed up with Linden Lab, one of Avatar Reality's established competitors, to ask about any rival plans. Joe Miller, Linden's VP of Platform and Technology Development, said [...]

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