Microsoft SkyDrive ‘Confuses Naked With Nude’, Art Account Frozen
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has an image police – but an arrest they have made may be mistaken. A blogger using its SkyDrive cloud storage servic…
Strictly Dance Costumes Cost Girls £5.95 A Month On Stardoll
BBC Worldwide is exploiting the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing (Dancing With The Stars) through a premium partnership with Stardoll, the vir…
Boku Now Powers Carrier Billing For Nearly All Of France
Here’s a significant bit of news that advances mobile operators’ master plan to become central players not just in provisioning data network…
Mobile Content Bits: Starbucks; Nintendo 3DS; Clearwire/Sony Ericsson;
— Starbucks: Did the mobile money industry just get a caffeine jolt? The coffee chain Starbucks (NSDQ: SBUX) is today debuting a feature in…
CES: Ballmer Mum On TV Plans In Microsoft Keynote
If the reports are true that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is preparing to make big moves in the TV space, CEO Steve Ballmer wasn’t about to tip hi…
Teen Social Shopping Site PlumWillow Gets Funding
PlumWillow, a to-be-launched social shopping site betting that teens will skip the mall for online — as long as online shopping is social e…
Linden Lab Buys Social Network Avatars United
Second Life-parent Linden Lab has bought up Avatars United, an online community for avatars, as part of an effort to improve what it calls t…
MySpace Users To Get Avatars, Virtual Goods With Meez Integration
Another add-on aimed at keeping MySpace’s loyal users engaged and away from Facebook: The social network is integrating teen-centric virtual…
Booyah Raises $5 Million For ‘Real-Life’ Mobile Game
Booyah, a startup which released its first game for the iPhone and iPod touch in July, has raised $5 million in a round of funding, accordin…
Virtual World Roiworld.com Becomes Sales Channel For Real Couture
It’s not unusual for clothing brands to promote their outfits in virtual worlds, but designer Norma Kamali is going one step further: She’s…