If people doubted – or never thought about - the real-world value of virtual economies (their children probably didn’t), the BBC has challenged any skepticism. “The possibility of making real money from virtual creations is the subject of the latest episode of the BBC show The Money Programme,” CNET reports. The show, which aired last Friday and was broadcast on both regular and virtual TV (the … [Read more...] about Virtual money to real income
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Social sites surpassing Web porn?
X-rated Web content will probably always be on the Web, but it has some serious competition now, reportedly. "Web traffic attracted by social network sites such as MySpace and Facebook has begun to rival porn sites in recent months," the Toronto Star reports, citing research from traffic measurer Hitwise. But as a blogger at WebProNews suggests, that may not be the good news that it appears to be: … [Read more...] about Social sites surpassing Web porn?
Social networking meets virtual worlds
If anyone's wondering if virtual worlds are the next social frontier for teens, they might want to look at the evidence. At least, the evidence of how much one virtual world – Second Life – has infiltrated the "real world" and vice versa:Calvin Klein launched its virtual perfume in Second Life, VNUNET reports. US T-shirt maker and retailer American Apparel has a virtual store in Second Life. … [Read more...] about Social networking meets virtual worlds
From 2nd Life to Spore
You don't just create a fully developed avatar (online version of yourself) in Spore, you start from cellular-level scratch and develop yourself and your world over time in the forthcoming game that its creator - (SimCity creator and "videogame god") Will Wright – believes will help mankind. Big vision, but if it becomes the blockbuster some analysts believe it will, it just might. According to … [Read more...] about From 2nd Life to Spore
‘Web 2.0 on the go’
Cellphone bloggers and social networkers (as opposed to Web-based ones) are more likely to upload pictures and videos because they have the camera right in their hands, the BBC reports. Web-based socializers use text more because the keyboard's at their fingertips. The BBC cites the view of a mobile-social-networking executive that mobile socializing is more about people's lifestyles and Web … [Read more...] about ‘Web 2.0 on the go’