October 29th, 2008 | by admin | published in Second Life News
By Sigmund Leominster, News Editor A recent blog post by Jack Linden announcing price changes for the owners of Openspace sims is causing anger and outrage among some Second Life™ residents. According to him, the reason for needing to raise prices is because “…based on analysis performed in August and September, Openspaces are being used […]
October 29th, 2008 | by admin | published in SL Entrepreneur Magazine, SL Entrepreneur Profiles
By Sigmund Leominster, News Editor Robustus Hax, the driving force behind the Metaverse Broadcasting Company, has made the pages of SLentrepreneur no less than twice before. The first time he talked to us about the origins of MBC, about the running of a virtual television station, and about the future direction of his company. Since […]
September 24th, 2008 | by admin | published in SL Entrepreneur Magazine, SL Entrepreneur Profiles
By Sigmund Leominster, News Editor When your staff creates a special blog suggesting you for Entrepreneur of the Year, it has to be a good thing. This is the case for Second Life® resident Saffia Widdershins, owner of Prim Perfect Magazine, Prim Perfect blog, and host of SLCN’s Meta Makeover show. I TP’ed first to […]
September 24th, 2008 | by admin | published in Second Life News
By Sigmund Leominster, News Editor At this year’s Second Life™ Community Conference (SLCC) in Tampa, Florida, a group of OpenSim developers and Linden Lab® employees ran a session called “Open Software for Open Worlds.” One of the topics that came up was whether the OpenSim environments would be able to use Linden™ dollars. From […]
September 4th, 2008 | by admin | published in SL Entrepreneur Magazine, SL Entrepreneur Profiles
By Sigmund Leominster, News Editor Rusch Raymaker has been a resident of the Second Life virtual world since March 23rd, 2007. She is the successful owner of AVENUE Inc., a management company overseeing a number of other ventures. A quick glance at the AVENUE Models blog demonstrates the depth and breadth of Rusch’s domain. […]
July 16th, 2008 | by admin | published in Second Life News
By Sigmund Leominster, News Editor The Second Life® television company, Metaverse Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), is expanding its operations to become a broader media company. Back in March 2008, SLentrepreneur talked to MBC’s CEO, Robustus Hax, and his vice chairman, ClaudeVon Streeter about the TV station and their plans for expansion. At that time, they talked […]
July 2nd, 2008 | by admin | published in Second Life News
By Sigmund Leominster, News Editor On Monday 23rd June, 2008, Mark Kingdon, the new CEO of Linden Lab®, gave his first public speech to the citizens of Second Life™. Some of his comments might provide us with a glimpse of what is happening and what is to come at LL. “We are at a really […]
June 11th, 2008 | by admin | published in Second Life News
By Sigmund Leominster, News Editor Redwood City, California, is the home of start-up gaming company, Vollee. It may also be the starting point for a new generation of Second Lifers who want access to their favorite virtual world via a cell phone. From today (June 6th, 2008) on, owners of 3G or Wi-Fi-enabled phones can […]
May 21st, 2008 | by admin | published in Second Life News
By Sigmund Leominster, News Editor On Thursday May 29th, 2008, GAX Technologies will host the second Working Worlds Career Fair in Second Life. The aim is to provide an online venue for job seekers wanting to work in the Benelux countries; Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Some of the biggest corporate employees in Europe will […]