Gaming Second Life Economy At Record High The world economy may still be firmly in the toilet but the economy inside the virtual world of Second Life is doing fine. Better than fine, in fact. Q1 of 2010 was a record-breaker. In a post on the Second Life blog, Tom Hale, Chief Product Officer for SL owner Linden Lab, said user-to-user transactions in the immersive world spiked 30% over… Play Curt Hopkins View comments
Analysis Intellectual Property and Innovation: Who's Got It Right? Companies that rely on fair use generated $4.7 trillion in revenues and $2.2 billion in value added - roughly 16.2 percent of U.S. GDP in 2007. This is among the findings of a report released yesterday by the Computer and Communications Industry Assocation. The report based its findings on what it dubs "fair use industries," which includes… Audrey Watters View comments
Internet of Things 3 Ways Internet Of Things Works On Your Phone When we write about Internet of Things we explain the latest in futuristic "sense and share" devices for your clothes, homes and cars. Yet when it comes to modern mobile, we don't need to focus so much on what can be done in the future as much as what can be done right now. Our phones' ability to "sense and share" is well established. Explaining… Mobile Deane Rimerman View comments
Augmented Reality Layar Launches Its Augmented Reality Content Marketplace Dutch mobile augmented reality (AR) developers Layar announced today the launch of the world's first mobile marketplace for AR content, bringing a new model for the monetization of mobile AR to the Android and iPhone platforms. Anyone looking to take advantage of the excitement behind AR experiences can now create AR content, syndicate it on… Play Chris Cameron View comments
mobile The Smartest Tweets About HP/Palm HP bought Palm today, as you no doubt have heard, for more than $1 billion. What does it mean when a company among the most venerable in Silicon Valley but outside the consumer tech limelight of the day, acquires another company that created the handheld computing market and continues to innovate radically, but has fallen far out of public… Mobile Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments