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  • Linden Lab CEO on Second Life's growth, future

    Posted October 16, 2009 - 8:54 pm

    While the recession has been brutal on most technology companies, one venture that has done relatively well is Linden Lab, the parent company of Second Life. When we first interviewed CEO Mark Kingdon in January, he said the company was profitable and growing. Last month, Linden Lab released figures showing increased usage of the virtual world, and a near doubling of the size of the in-world economy. The Standard recently caught up with Kingdon via email to see how the company's enterprise push is faring. The text of the Q&A follows.

  • Twitter vs. Second Life: A n00b takes another look

    Posted September 30, 2009 - 8:46 pm

    Overhyped technology poster child of 2009, meet your counterpart from 2006. We're talking about Twitter -- which, by our reckoning, entered the mainstream at the beginning of this year -- and Second Life, the virtual world which went through its own hype phase in 2006 (BusinessWeek: "Virtual worlds abound in useful business applications!") before being brought roughly back to earth.

  • 19th-century thinking won't cut it in Second Life

    Posted September 24, 2009 - 3:50 pm

    In this day and age, applying old-fashioned ideals to these new technologies is not only counterproductive, it hurts a company's competitive edge.

  • Linden Lab: Social networking can't touch Second Life

    Posted September 23, 2009 - 7:52 pm

    OK, guys. We get it. Second Life is not a fad. But a rival to social networking sites? We're having a little trouble with that one.

  • Chinese government cracks down on virtual currency

    Posted July 14, 2009 - 8:50 am

    Over the past two decades, China has gone from a tightly controlled socialist state to a freewheeling capitalist economy -- in real life, anyway.

  • Linden Lab will rate parts of Second Life adults only

    Posted April 22, 2009 - 9:36 am

    Inhabitants of Second Life, the virtual world run by Linden Lab, will soon be able to filter adult content, Linden Lab said on Wednesday.

  • Second Life wedding, Second Life affair, first life divorce

    Posted November 20, 2008 - 2:27 pm

    Amy Taylor and David Pollard's real-life wedding ceremony was completely eclipsed by the lavish ceremony they put on in Second Life, but the digital bliss ended when Taylor caught Pollard having virtual sex with a virtual prostitute.

  • The Next HTTP Server?

    Posted October 20, 2008 - 9:02 am

    If you read one of our earlier posts on the Now/Next/Never list, you'll recall that we believe some early-stage technologies are worth watching if they show promise of future business use. Recently, attorney Frank Taney of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney introduced me to 2 different groups that appear to be converging on a common technology. After a couple of events and discussions, I have an interest in monitoring the evolving work on virtual-world environments...

  • Second Life romance ends extremely badly

    Posted September 3, 2008 - 2:59 pm

    Kimberly Jernigan of Durham, N.C., met a Delaware man in Second Life but the gentleman, perhaps predictably, ended the romance after the two met in person. And that's when things took a turn for the worse.

  • New face of IT recruiting

    Posted April 4, 2008 - 10:55 am

    IT recruiting has changed. Virtual worlds and other social networking tools are a must.

  • Career networking in Second Life

    Posted March 18, 2008 - 2:23 pm

    If you've wondered what networking opportunities Second Life might offer, here's how to start.
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