Entries Tagged as ‘virtual commerce’

March 22, 2008

Secret Location - Secret Plans - Virtual Delivery - itsReal

Last evening at 2100hrs a secret meeting took place in a secret location in Second Life.

March 2, 2008

Association of Virtual Worlds First to Offer Members Virtual World of Their Own - itsReal

The new Association of Virtual Worlds announces plans to launch a virtual business and social world for its members.
Jacksonville, Fla. (PRWEB) February, 2008 – The new Association of Virtual Worlds announces plans to launch a virtual business and social world for its members.

February 16, 2008

Statistic - people spend on virtual items at over $1.5bn/year - itsReal

Are Virtual items the new black GOLD…
While social networks are focusing their business models on advertising, virtual commerce are driving the business models of virtual worlds, ex. Habbo Hotel (90% of revenue), Tencent (65%), Cyworld (43.5%) and Nexon (85%). Statistics on the current market size of virtual goods are hard to come by, but one [...]

February 16, 2008

The Watch - TOP 10 virtual worlds in the news - Courtesy MVJ - itsReal

About MVJ…
The Metaverse Journal is a site devoted to bringing an Australian perspective to virtual worlds. Launched in November 2006, we believe that virtual worlds at the very least may bring a new approach to internet-based interaction, and we want to cover their evolution. Virtual worlds may provide some of society’s biggest opportunities and [...]

February 11, 2008

The Pacific West Communications to spread the words of Twinity - itsReal

Services to be delivered include integrated marketing campaigns incorporating traditional
and new media channels to generate awareness of Twinity’s new virtual worlds platform in Singapore…

 

 

February 7, 2008

Invitation - Mix Business with Imagination at the Big-Bit Islands Launch - itsReal

Big-Bit Launches Big-Bit Islands in the Virtual World Second Life an Entertainment, Live Performance, Attractions and Business Services hub to drive Big-Bit’s Business Strategy for 2008 - event starts at 9pm SL time February 9th 2008
Sydney Australia. February 07, 2008 – Big-Bit Australia Pty Ltd, a leading virtual worlds full service solutions provider today announced [...]

January 24, 2008

Retailers & Virtual Worlds - Retailers must make the move now and establish a presence -itsReal

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Virtual worlds, mobile coupons and bar-code readers on cell phones are the next technology wave that U.S. chain stores must ride if they hope to stay competitive in the fast-changing world of global retail.
While some retailers have started building stores in these virtual worlds, others should consider doing the same, Constable [...]

November 9, 2007

…another Social Network launches, unashamedly purely for Business Targeting - itsReal

Hoover’s launches social network

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Austin, Texas—Hoover’s, a Dun & Bradstreet company, and Visible Path Corp., a company that helps organizations build corporate networks, on Thursday announced the official debut of Hoover’s Connect, a social network for business. The network has been available in beta on Hoover’s Web site since May. It combines Hoover’s business information [...]

October 30, 2007

CNN to rely on Second Life Residents for SL News - itsReal

CNN To Launch Bureau in Second Life Virtual World..
In the week of Nov. 5, the news giant is set to open a news-gathering outpost in Second Life. And unlike news service Reuters, which embedded a real reporter in the online virtual world last year, CNN will rely on Second Life “residents” to do all [...]

October 27, 2007

First Meta - Aileen Sim - Singapore’s own Succesful Female Entrepreneur in Virtual World’s - itsReal

“…the rise of social networking. Virtual worlds are the ultimate social networking tools, allowing for rich, interactive and immersive communication and experiences. Social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook have grown tremendously popular and I believe that they will spill over into virtual worlds.” comments Aileen Sim of First Meta, Singapore
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