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New York Attorney General to Sue Tagged.com

Posted in Business, Cybercrime, Social Networks, Virtual Life, tagged , , , , on July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

ew York’s attorney general, Andrew Cuomo, has charged that Tagged.com stole the identities of more than 60 million internet users worldwide – by sending emails that raided their private accounts. He plans to sue the social networking website for deceptive marketing and invasion of privacy.

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Runescape Is Number One Online Game: MySpace Top of The Websites

Posted in Business, Games, Social Networks, Virtual Life, Virtual Worlds, tagged , , on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Habbo, which see more than 11 million unique users each month, today released its annual Global Habbo Youth Survey Brand Update. The study, says Habbo, explores teens’ connection and interests toward individual brands and highlights their preferences in categories including consumer electronics, music, sportswear, and games. On the game/virtual worlds front, Runescape maintained its number [...]

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Pimp Your Virtual World With MTV

Posted in Business, Entertainment, Music, Social Networks, Virtual Worlds, tagged , on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Virtual MTV is a 3D online social experience where you can live the mtv life with all of your friends. You can create your avatar, design your crib, explore 3D worlds, shop and play fun games. Watch the video to learn more.

The world is a browser-based experience and is a re-working [...]

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Virtual World Gamers Score Higher on Depression

Posted in Education, Games, Social Networks, Virtual Worlds on February 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »

At the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Chicago, Noshir Contractor and his colleagues presented the results of a study based on almost 60 terabytes of data from EverQuest II, a popular MMORPG. The aim of the 90-minute symposium, “Analyzing Virtual Worlds: Next Step in the Evolution of Social Science [...]

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Virtual Worlds Score $600 Million In Funding

Posted in Business, Social Networks, Virtual Life, Virtual Worlds on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Whether virtual worlds have been expanding of contracting in 2008, some venture capital companies have been willing to take the risk – to the tune of $594 million. IN a report released January 19th, 2009, Virtual Worlds Management found that 63 companies have received funding ranging from $500K (Worlds.com)  to $70 million (Trion World Network).
According [...]

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Virtual Image Management: Whose Looking At Your Social Networks?

Posted in Business, Social Networks, Virtual Life, tagged , , , , , on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It’s one thing to post those hilarious pics of you and your drunken mates holding the generous breasts of a rented stripper at a bachelor party but it’s another when your potential employer checks out your MySpace before the interview. And peppering your FaceBook with profanities that would make a marine blush doesn’t help your [...]

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