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Jan 17, 2012 5:27 AM
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has an image police - but an arrest they have made may be mistaken. A blogger using its SkyDrive cloud storage service says it froze his account when it confused a famous work of art with pornography.
Posted In: Entertainment, Adult, Legal, Policy, Marketing, Media & Publishing, Social Media, Avatars, Photo Sharing, Weblogs, Companies, Google, Microsoft, skydrive
Jan 5, 2012 1:07 PM
BBC Worldwide is exploiting the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing (Dancing With The Stars) through a premium partnership with Stardoll, the virtual doll dress-up site for kids.
Posted In: Media & Publishing, Kids & Teen Content, Social Media, Avatars, Companies, BBC, BBC Worldwide
Jan 5, 2011 11:20 PM
If the reports are true that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is preparing to make big moves in the TV space, CEO Steve Ballmer wasn’t about to tip his hand at the company’s annual pre-CES keynote Wednesday. Aside from announcing the integration of its new Kinect system with Hulu Plus and Netflix…
Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, Social Media, Avatars, Video, Events, CES, Companies, Apple, Disney, ESPN, Google, Hulu, Microsoft, xBox, Netflix, steve ballmer
Mar 8, 2010 12:20 PM
PlumWillow, a to-be-launched social shopping site betting that teens will skip the mall for online—as long as online shopping is social enough—has raised a seed round led by Crossbar Capital. The site promises to “empower its members to shop together with friends, make wardrobe choices from multiple brands, design their…
Posted In: E-Commerce, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Avatars, Community, crossbar capital, plumwillow
Feb 2, 2010 1:00 AM
Second Life-parent Linden Lab has bought up Avatars United, an online community for avatars, as part of an effort to improve what it calls the “social glue” of Second Life. On Avatars United, users register their avatars from various virtual worlds (including Second Life), write up their bios, and share…
Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Media, Avatars, Community, avatars united, linden lab
Oct 20, 2009 7:59 AM
Another add-on aimed at keeping MySpace’s loyal users engaged and away from Facebook: The social network is integrating teen-centric virtual world Meez into its platform, giving members the ability to create avatars, play games and party together in a 3D-virtual environment. Meez Nation runs in Java, so MySpace users can…
Posted In: E-Commerce, Social Media, Avatars, Video, Virtual Worlds, Companies, News Corp., MySpace
Sep 17, 2009 6:53 PM
It’s not unusual for clothing brands to promote their outfits in virtual worlds, but designer Norma Kamali is going one step further: She’s actually selling her new clothing line there. Members of fashion-centric virtual world Roiworld.com can try on outfits from the Norma Kamali for Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) Spring 2010…
Posted In: E-Commerce, Social Media, Avatars, Virtual Worlds, lifetime
Aug 4, 2009 11:02 AM
As start-ups come to grips with the reality that the usual online advertising tools of banner ads and widgets won’t keep the lights on even if the economy gets better, a few companies are significantly altering their business models. The WSJ profiles a few, like Slide, RockYou and Meez, which…
Posted In: Advertising, E-Commerce, Social Media, Avatars, Virtual Worlds
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