Feb 14

Second Life News for February 14, 2008

Category: Second Life News by Stone Culdesac

From: Second Life Blog Kiss Lindens and Volunteers on Valentine’s Day! Quote from the site - We’re celebrating Valentine’s Day in style and continuing our yearly tradition! Two regions, “Isle of View” and “Hugsville for Teens” (on Teen Second Life) have arisen from the depths of the ocean, decorated in the spirit of LOVE.

From: Wayne Porter Bots, Agents, Zombies and Virtual Worlds Quote from the site - Bots and Second Life. This should give everyone alarm and reason to pause to think for a bit.

From: Second Life Blog There is no class 6 Quote from the site - Just a short post in answer to the rumours that seem to have been circulating inworld over the last few days that there are class 6 regions on the grid.

From: Pr.com Running a Business: From Rural Life to Second Life Quote from the site - SciArt Media, a Temple, NH based web design and publishing company, is opening a new office and more on President’s Day, February 18th.

From: Vint Falken If you were to judge Miss Second Life Quote from the site - Recently I was asked to be a member of the panel of judges for a Miss SL World contest. No problem with that, but I do wondered where we had to judge upon.

From: No 7 on Second Life Weblog Virtual art building up real life following, and cash Quote from the site - From Market Watch today, there’s a great piece on the impact virtual world art is having in the real world art market. One of the things that kept me in Second Life was the great artistry and creativity on show, not just in some of the amazing builds but also the work on show in the variety of virtual galleries.

From: Bank Systems & Technology ING to Shutter Its Presence in Second Life Quote from the site - It looks like Dutch banking giant ING will be joining the legions of smaller (and in some cases, somewhat shady) financial institutions in leaving the virtual world of Second Life.

From: Massively Maria Liberati cooks up an event in Second Life Quote from the site - Second Life gets ready to nosh — former supermodel-turned-celebrity chef Maria Liberati will make her first virtual appearance at the Second Life Writer’s Club today at 12 PM SLT (despite what the press release says).

From: Ambling in Second Life Gruppo Banca Carige Quote from the site - Banks in Second Life seem to be emerging as one of my themes of the month. As two Dutch bank prepare to depart from Second Life, here’s an Italian bank on its way in.

From: Massively Second Life on an iPhone Quote from the site - At first glance, this looks like Second Life running on an iPhone, but this is not the case. Instead, it’s more of a SL-by-proxy sort of situation, where commands being entered through the iPhone interface are transmitted to an actual SL session running somewhere.

From: prnewswire Flexpetz, the Flexible Dog Ownership Company, Now Gives Dogs a Second Life Quote from the site - Flexpetz, the company that launched a groundbreaking “dog share” service in 2007, announces the opening of its latest location that allows busy dog lovers the opportunity to spend time with a dog of their choice.

From: eightbar IBM at the NRF Quote from the site - Does your avatar know how to make actual money? Bernadette Duponchel’s does. She was recently at the National Retail Federation conference with the rest of her team, presenting IBM’s take on virtual worlds for the fashion design industry.

From: Gwyn’s Home Linden Lab Becomes A Content Provider Again? Quote from the site - In a surprising and unexpected move, Linden Lab has just announced that they are going back to become a 3D content provider as before — after an almost two-year-long hiatus of zero content production.

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