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virtual worlds
Second Life's death knell
Google has shut down Lively, a service where people log on to chat and explore 3D virtual spaces, after a few short months. The MBAs of Silicon Valley have a pat phrase for the arrival of a competitor on the scene: They say it "validates their space." What does it say, then, that Lively is gone? It means that Second Life, the best known of these unreal universes, is doomed, too. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by That-Username-is-Already-Taken: If Google shut down Knol, Would Wikipedia need to worry? What about their social network (whose name I can't even remember)... 6 Responses | Other threads
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Sam Perry
Tear-soaked venture capitalist gets star turn on Oprah
Sam Perry, the Reuters correspondent turned startup investor, has always been moderately famous in Silicon Valley circles. But he got a taste of real fame when TV host Oprah Winfrey cried on his shoulder, on camera, while watching Barack Obama's victory speech. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Last Face; Two douches don't make an awesome.: Is this the guy Jon Stewart was joking about? "You get a white guy to lean on! And you get a... 1 Responses | Other threads
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celebritards
Oprah wept on Silicon Valley investor Sam Perry
The world watched Oprah Winfrey cry as our new Internet President delivered his victory speech. But whose shoulder did she dump mascara on? Sam Perry, a Reuters reporter turned venture capitalist based in Silicon Valley, who had volunteered as a communications director for the Obama campaign. Perry, who's due to appear on her show today, is now a visiting fellow at Stanford University and a consultant to startups. At Reuters, one of the investments he was involved with was Moreover Technologies, a news-aggregation startup cofounded by Valleywag's publisher, Nick Denton. Yes, small world. Watch Oprah sob on Perry: More » -
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Linden Lab CEO stepping down
Linden Lab CEO Philip Rosedale is stepping down as CEO. The Benchmark Capital-backed company is looking for a new chief with more operational and management experience. "This is my life's work. I'm not going anywhere, and I'm still full-time on this, probably for the rest of my life," says Rosedale, shown here as his Second Life alter ego. The story was broken by the Reuters Second Life news center within Second Life. This is likely the only news ever broken by the bureau that you'll care about.
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Comment by Davion: Attention Benchmark Capital: former Facebook COO Owen Van Natta is looking for a CEO position! Perfect fit! more » | Other threads
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blogging for dollars
Portfolio, a bit late, takes note of the great blog rollup, where the selling of blog advertising increasingly becomes the province of big media companies. But blogger Felix Salmon's ignorance of the online-advertising landscape shows. Reuters, far from being the pacesetter as Salmon suggests, is behind the competition. "But it's clear that sooner or later, Big Media's online salesforces are going to be selling ad inventory on third-party blogs," he writes. Really? You don't say?
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Comment by Felix: I'm perfectly happy to fess up to being behind the curve on this one, but do at least tell me... more » | Other threads
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media
Did Reuters steal an Engadget photo?
Gadget blogs like Engadget and Gizmodo pride themselves on getting photos of new cell phones and MP3 players before anyone else — even the lightning-fast wire services. And to protect their scoops, they've taken to watermarking their photos. A wise practice. Reuters has apparently run, uncredited, a composite image, above, incorporating three watermarked photos from a post that ran last week on Engadget detailing Verizon Wireless's new holiday line. Product photos are generally seen as fair game by gadget bloggers, of course — but for Reuters to carry Engadget's watermark but not acknowledge the blog in any fashion seems not just ungracious but clueless. (Photos by Engadget, not Reuters)
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By Owen ThomasComment by kpaul: I was gonna say, I'm pretty sure those photos are originally from Verizon's site... K. Paul Mallasch more » | Other threads
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social media
Does everyone need a Myspace?
The Guardian reports that Reuters plans to launch a subscriber-only Myspace-like social media construct aimed at the financial industry. Perhaps I radically underestimate the desires of fund managers to add each other as friends and play obscure emo tracks on their homepage, but this seems like needlessly reinventing the wheel. If Reuters wanted to court financial folk, why not just brand and customize an existing social media space? A Reuters Financial Facebook, or something. The newscorp isn't giving out many details, so perhaps that's exactly what they're doing. One Myspace is enough (and more than enough) already.
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By Chris MohneyComment by ddodge: Amusing and snarky as usual. Good stuff. But, jokes aside this is a smart move by Reuters. They are in... more » | Other threads
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About that Reuters reporter in Second Life...
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