More than a week after PlaySpan’s Monetization Forum at GDC Austin, the industry is still abuzz about the standing room only gathering of some of the interactive entertainment industry’s most influential executives who participated in the half day forum designed to help publishers and game developers tackle some of the toughest questions around monetization of [...]
Linden Lab Shares Statistics Revealing Tremendous User Engagement and the Largest User-Generated Virtual Goods Economy in the World
Linden Lab®, creator of the virtual world Second Life®, today announced that Second Life Residents have transacted the equivalent of more than one billion US dollars with each other while spending more than one billion hours [...]
Senior-Level Game Industry Executives Gather to Discuss Monetization Solutions for Digital Media
PlaySpan, the leader in monetization solutions for online games, virtual worlds, and social networks, today announced its Monetization 2.0 Forum at GDC Austin 2009, titled “Monetization 2.0 – Show Me the Money,” taking place at the Austin Convention Center on September 15th, 2009 from [...]
Linden Lab Reveals Plans to Further Monetize Voice; Launches Service That Enables Residents to Receive Real World Calls in Second Life
Linden Lab®, creator of the virtual world Second Life®, today announced that it has delivered over 15 billion minutes of voice services, demonstrating the rapid growth and broad adoption of VoIP in Second Life. [...]
Brian Michon Named Vice President of Core Development; Judy Wade, Appointed Vice President of Strategy and Emerging Business
Linden Lab®, creator of the virtual world Second Life®, today announced the appointments of Brian Michon as Vice President of Core Development and Judy Wade as Vice President of Strategy and Emerging Business. Reporting directly to CEO [...]
Vollee Service Being Used in 98 Countries,
Working on 253 Mobile Operators’ Networks, 70 Handsets
Redwood City, Calif. – Sept. 3, 2008 – Vollee, the 3G streaming services provider, announced today that its mobile open beta application for Second Life®, the 3D virtual world platform created by Linden Lab®, has been downloaded by users in over 98 [...]
Networking Industry Veteran to Lead New Initiatives on Platform Stability and User Support
Linden Lab®, creator of the virtual world Second Life®, today announced the appointment of Frank Ambrose as Senior VP of Global Technology. Ambrose has 20 years of experience in technology infrastructure development, data architecture and operations, including his most recent role as [...]
Leading Payment Service Provider Uses Internet Geolocation Data to Bolster Fraud Screening Service
LONDON, UK. – 23rd June 2008 – Quova, Inc., a leading provider of Internet geolocation data, today announced that GlobalCollect, the world’s premier international payment service provider of local e-payment solutions, has integrated Quova’s IP geolocation data into its online Fraud Screening Service [...]
Keynote Addresses by New CEO Mark Kingdon, Founder Philip Rosedale and Board Member Mitch Kapor Highlight Two-Week Long Celebration
Linden Lab®, creator of 3D virtual world Second Life® (www.secondlife.com), has announced that it will hold a two-week long Virtual World Fair to celebrate the 5th birthday of the Second Life community. The virtual fairgrounds, created [...]
Vollee’s Streaming Mobile Service Live Worldwide;
Free Beta Application Available Now
Redwood City, Calif. – June 3, 2008 – Second Life®, the 3D virtual world platform created by Linden Lab®, can now be accessed from mobile devices. For the first time, Residents can explore the entire virtual world from their handsets via a free beta application [...]
