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Sorting Out Sales

September 2, 2010 No Comments

Changes to revenue recognition rules may be beneficial but will lead to accounting headaches that new software can relieve. Last September, regulators issued new revenue recognition rules that allow companies to book product and service sales separately—a boost for the… Read the rest

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We all live in a virtual world

September 1, 2010 No Comments

Mike Treder, the managing director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, recently asked a loaded question: If you could …

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How can you add joy to your virtual world?

September 1, 2010 No Comments

A couple of weeks ago, the ever-insightful Seth Godin pointed out that every new activity has a learning curve — …

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Does your grid need its own currency?

August 31, 2010 No Comments

One of the first decisions a new grid owner has to make is whether there will be an in-world economy …

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Utherverse launches casino for US customers

August 31, 2010 No Comments

Utherverse, a proprietary virtual world platform known for its adult content, has launched a virtual casino targeting US customers. While …

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Renting or owning your OpenSim land?

August 26, 2010 No Comments

Hosting providers with previous experience in Second Life are bringing some Second Life terminology with them into OpenSim. For example, Coral …

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OpenSim prices drop to $10 per region

August 25, 2010 No Comments

Correction: Coral Estate regions start at $20, not $10. OpenSim hosting prices have fallen to a record-low, with providers like New …

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Hypergrid

August 22, 2010 No Comments

The hypergrid is like the World Wide Web of 3D worlds. You can create your own world, at your company, …

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Rooms and regions: pros and cons

August 22, 2010 No Comments

Business users choosing virtual environments usually focus on particular features — does it support mesh imports? Are there in-world editing …

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OpenSim business roadmap: past, present and future

August 21, 2010 No Comments

My company is a small, enterprise user of virtual worlds. Over the past year, we’ve used them for meetings with …

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Sorting Out Sales

Changes to revenue recognition rules may be beneficial but will lead to accounting headaches that new software can relieve.

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We all live in a virtual world

Mike Treder, the managing director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, recently asked a loaded question: If you...

How can you add joy to your virtual world?

A couple of weeks ago, the ever-insightful Seth Godin pointed out that every new activity has a learning curve...

Does your grid need its own currency?

One of the first decisions a new grid owner has to make is whether there will be an in-world...

Utherverse launches casino for US customers

Utherverse, a proprietary virtual world platform known for its adult content, has launched a virtual casino targeting US customers....

Renting or owning your OpenSim land?

Hosting providers with previous experience in Second Life are bringing some Second Life terminology with them into OpenSim. For example,...

OpenSim prices drop to $10 per region

Correction: Coral Estate regions start at $20, not $10. OpenSim hosting prices have fallen to a record-low, with providers like...

Hypergrid

The hypergrid is like the World Wide Web of 3D worlds. You can create your own world, at your...

Rooms and regions: pros and cons

Business users choosing virtual environments usually focus on particular features — does it support mesh imports? Are there in-world...

OpenSim business roadmap: past, present and future

My company is a small, enterprise user of virtual worlds. Over the past year, we’ve used them for meetings...

Whisper clear as a bell in OpenSim

Tonight’s meeting of the Hypergrid Entrepreneurs Group was an eye-opener for me and several other attendees — well, ear-opener. We...

Whisper clear as a bell in OpenSim

Tonight’s meeting of the Hypergrid Entrepreneurs Group was an eye-opener for me and several other attendees — well, ear-opener. We...

Second Life discontinues enterprise platform

Update: “As Philip has mentioned, Linden Lab has discontinued the Second Life Enterprise development program,” Adam Nelson, Linden Lab’s...

Report: Running successful virtual event takes face-to-face contact

Running a successful virtual event takes face-to-face contact on the part of the team running the event, said InXpo...

CyberCoinBank’s G$ takes early lead

CyberCoinBank’s G$ is taking an early lead over the OMC multi-grid currency from Virwox. Although G$ is only accepted...

Viewer 2 a net gain for OpenSim

The latest versions of OpenSim support Second Life Viewer 2 and, over the next couple of months, grids and...

How to save Second Life’s Teen Grid

The TeenGrid has low traffic compared to Second Life’s mainland, and its primary renters — educators — pay half...

OpenSim grids resume breakneck growth

The top 40 public OpenSim grids resumed their breakneck growth pace this month, gaining a total of 1,139 regions...

Hypergrid economy hits new high

The hypergrid economy continued its steady growth this past month, with a total of 1,091,000 OMC (US $3,775) spent...

Rosedale promises meshes; Teen Grid to close

Philip Rosedale who recently returned to the helm of Linden Lab, gave his first major speech of his second...