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Microsoft SkyDrive ‘Confuses Naked With Nude’, Art Account Frozen

Ingrid Lunden on January 17, 2012

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

on January 5, 2012

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

Ingrid Lunden on August 25, 2011

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;

Ingrid Lunden on January 19, 2011

— 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

Andrew Wallenstein on January 6, 2011

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

Joseph Tartakoff on March 8, 2010

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

Joseph Tartakoff on February 2, 2010

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

Tameka Kee on October 20, 2009

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

Joseph Tartakoff on September 30, 2009

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

Tameka Kee on September 17, 2009

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…

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