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Linden Labs Raising Prices But Extending Discount for Current Users

Kapp Notes

As you may know, Linden, on October 4th, announced a plan to raise prices for educational and non-profit users of Second Life and not a little increase, a whopping doubling of the previous discount. Or something like Web.alive or the Finnish open source product realXtend. If someone makes an open invite, might a switch occur.

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Second Life Happenings: CEO Steps Down (again)

Kapp Notes

Yesterday, Philip Linden (AKA: Philip Rosedale ) stepped down as CEO of Linden Labs (yes again). Bob will lead Linden Lab while we conduct the search. He said many longtime Second Life users are angry at the recent decisions by the company that runs the service, Linden Lab. He has done this before and then come back.

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Recent Second Life Happenings: Going Corporate

Kapp Notes

Some interesting things are going on with the folks over at Linden Labs , the developers of the virtual immersive environment of Second Life. First, they are sponsoring a contest called The 2010 Linden Prize. See more at The Linden Prize. Second Life is going corporate. Check out the full interview.

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Second Life Take Over Rumors.

Kapp Notes

Here is an interesting rumor and a potentially large game-changer in the virtual world space. So while I haven't seen any official notice or indication that Linden Labs is shopping around Second Life or that anyone is purchasing the product, the rumors do seem to be adding up. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds.

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Expelled: Woodbury's Second Life Silencing

Learning with e's

We all know that Second Life, the virtual reality world that has become basically indistinguishable from our increasingly unreal physical worlds, is a powerful tool for learning. But, of course, as is true of the "real" world, Second Life does not come without its problems. Occasionally this blog hosts guest posts.

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Predictions for 2010

Clark Quinn

Several technologies are poised to cross the chasm: social tools, mobile technologies, and virtual worlds. And there are lots of open source solutions. Tags: mobile social strategy technology virtual worlds. Each has reached critical mass in being realistically deployable, and offers real benefits.

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A whole new world

E-Learning Provocateur

The corporate sector is exploring a whole new world. Which world? The virtual world. What is a virtual world? A virtual world is a computer-generated environment that more-or-less replicates the real world. Arguably the best known virtual world today is Second Life.