Web Sales Up 104% For Second Life In Q4 2010

By On January 26, 2011 · 1 Comment

Virtual world Second Life has issued its quarterly virtual economy report for Q4 2010, announcing that web sales of virtual goods were up 104% by volume in comparison to 2009. Other annual metrics that posted growth included average repeat monthly log-ins (up 8%), average monthly economic participants (up 4.3%), and world size (up 5.8%). Quarter-over-quarter, [...]

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Engage Digital Wrap-Up For The Week Of January 22, 2011

By On January 22, 2011 · 1 Comment

Welcome to the Engage Digital Wrap-Up for the week of January 22, 2011. The Wrap-Up is where Engage Digital spotlights stories that we didn’t get to cover individually, but still make for interesting reading about the business of user engagement. Avatar Reality Restructuring: In a surprise move, Avatar Reality CEO Jim Sink has announced that [...]

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Linden Lab Names Rod Humble New CEO

By On December 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Second Life creator Linden Lab has named Rod Humble its new CEO. Humble comes to Linden from Electronic Arts, where he served as Executive Vice President of the EA Play label. EA Play is the label that published The Sims and its various sequels. Humble is a 20-year games industry veteran who has worked on [...]

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Engage Digital Wrap-Up For The Week Of November 20, 2010

By On November 20, 2010 · 1 Comment

Welcome to the Engage Digital Wrap-Up for the week of November 20, 2010. The Wrap-Up is where Engage Digital spotlights stories that we didn’t get to cover individually, but still make for interesting reading about the business of user engagement. Confirmed: Accel Sold Facebook Shares At $34B Valuation: Accel Partners has sold less than 20% [...]

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Second Life Improves Quality Of Life For Disabled Users

By On November 9, 2010 · 2 Comments

A paper published in the November/December 2010 issue of Rehabilitation Nursing, published by the Association of Rehabilitation Nursing, has found that use of the virtual world Second Life improves quality of life for users suffering from disabilities. The paper’s authors are Stephanie Stewart, Timothy A. Carey, and Terri S. Hansen. Tweet

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Engage Digital Wrap-Up For The Week Of November 6, 2010

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Welcome to the Engage Digital Wrap-Up for the week of November 6, 2010. The Wrap-Up is where Engage Digital spotlights stories that we didn’t get to cover individually, but still make for interesting reading about the business of user engagement. A Look At Trends In Social Games’ User Ratings On Facebook: Inside Social Games charts [...]

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Engage Digital Wrap-Up For The Week Of October 30, 2010

By On October 30, 2010 · 1 Comment

Welcome to the Engage Digital Wrap-Up for the week of October 30, 2010. The Wrap-Up is where Engage Digital spotlights stories that we didn’t get to cover individually, but still make for interesting reading about the business of user engagement. Allods Online “More Free-To-Play Than Ever” With New Patch: Allods Online‘s latest patch gives free [...]

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Rosedale Steps Down As Linden Lab CEO

By On October 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Linden Lab founder Philip Rosedale has stepped down from his position as interim CEO of the company, which develops the Second Life virtual world. Linden Lab CFO and COO Bob Komin will act as interim CEO until a replacement is found for Linden's last CEO, Mark Kingdon, who stepped down in June. Kingdon left the [...]

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Virtual Worlds Wrap-Up For The Week Of October 16, 2010

By On October 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Welcome to the Virtual Worlds News Wrap-Up for the week of October 16, 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.  An OpenSim Grid Primer: A guide to the various types of grids available on OpenSim. The [...]

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Youth For Christ Moves To OpenSim

By On October 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The Youth for Christ charity is moving is virtual mentoring and support programs for at-risk youth from Second Life to a new OpenSim minigrid called YFC3D. The group is moving its operations in light of the impending closure of Teen Second Life and the impending change in land prices for non-profit organizations in Second Life. [...]

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