) December 22, 2008 -- 3DNPVEI, LLC is announcing the simultaneous unveiling of its X3Daemon(tm) Multiuser Network Server beta and the vastly expanded Office Towers(tm) Virtual World. This expected move will further 3DNPVEI's position in both the 3D client-server technology and the 3D Web social and serious business game virtual world markets.

The Association of Virtual Worlds today announced the appointment of Andrew Peters, virtual world advocate and community creator to the position of Marketing Director. Peters is well known to the Virtual Worlds Industry and has served as a member of the Associations' Advisory Board. He will be chartered with launching the AVW Platinum Membership Program as well as building the community which has enjoyed rapid growth in just a few short months to become one of the largest groups in the virtual worlds' arena located at www.AssociationofVirtualWorlds.com (PRWeb Dec 4, 2008)

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Tots to Teens: A Parent Guide to Virtual Worlds is a new, 'must have' directory of over 300 virtual worlds, online games plus kid-friendly portals to thousands more web-based destinations for kids from preschool to high-school and is now available free from OneClickMoms.com, singular sites for savvy moms...and dads. (PRWeb May 7, 2009)

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Grandview Design has announced plans to develop a light or personal use version of their popular virtual tour software.
Grandview Design current interactive virtual tour software is available only through contract services with the company, however the new software will be an out of the box alternative to the full service package.
While the new software will require users to obtain their own panoramic photography, it will give them full capability to recreate the fully immersive virtual tour environment themselves. At the click of a few buttons, anyone from anywhere and with any level of web expertise, will be able to assemble an interactive masterpiece.

Freedom Telework created a Virtual Call Center to Increase Sales, Improve Customer Service, Reduce Costs, and Motivate Workers.

) February 10, 2009 -- The power of virtual worlds as a means of advanced social networks, sophisticated business tools and education tools is now accessible to all Web users with the commercial launch of Gogofrog. Two years after its Beta launch, Gogofrog has taken the advice and input of its global user base of more than 30,000 to remove the prime impediments to making virtual worlds a mainstream Internet tool, access. Fully browser-based, Gogofrog enables anyone with an Internet connection to set up their own world: simple worlds for free and complex worlds for as little as a $10US monthly subscription. No software at all for Users or Visitors to download.

) March 30, 2009 -- Koinup, leader company in social networking for virtual worlds, is glad to announce the launch of the 1st Second Life Comics Competition.

Koinup logo

Virtual worlds and comics strips are the two major entertainments for millions of people. Koinup partner with the metaverse developer Deep Semaphore to create the 1st Virtual Worlds Comics Contest. The initiative is open to all the Comics enthusiasts and to all Second Life residents.

A Virtual Office has all the attributes of a real office like telephone numbers, meeting rooms, files and databases. But there is one basic difference here.

) September 26, 2008 -- TheSLAgency, an interactive marketing agency specializing in Second Life and virtual worlds, will be presenting at Ontario's Digital Economy Conference next week in Huntsville, Ontario. Leigh Rowan, VP of Interactive Marketing for the virtual worlds marketing firm, will discuss innovative ways governments - including Ontario's - are using virtual worlds for multiple uses: everything from internal meetings and collaboration to external public awareness campaigns, job recruitment, and more. His presentation will take place Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 6:00PM on the kickoff evening of the conference.

) January 13, 2009 -- Horseland™, a popular online virtual pet community, has announced a revamped website that now includes an interactive 3D world with customizable horses and avatars.

Horseland is an imaginative online game where you can customize an avatar and ride your horse with friends around 3D interactive world.

RocketOn, Inc., a venture-funded startup located in South San Francisco, is rolling out its virtual world platform by embedding virtual worlds on partner sites. RocketOn's partners range from comedy, music and game sites to community networking sites and college magazines. (PRWeb Feb 4, 2009)

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Life On Line visits one of the new virtual worlds on the Open Grid. ‘Reaction Grid’ emphasises building rather than buying. We report on Sony's latest inroads into virtual worlds. SpaceJunky performs 'Killer Coat'. And 'Some Grey Bloke' explains what Facebook is REALLy all about.

) December 2, 2008 --
Forterra Systems, a market and technology leader in enterprise virtual
worlds, announced today that it will ship the 2.2 release of its OLIVE ™
(On-Line Interactive Virtual Environment) software platform this month.
The release includes new collaboration features and IBM Lotus Sametime
integration.

) March 13, 2009 -- General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, announced today that its client, Worlds.com, Inc. (OTC BB:WDD), has been issued U.S. Patent No. 7,493,558 titled "System and Method for Enabling Users to Interact in a Virtual Space."

The Patent relates to computer architecture for a three-dimensional graphical multi-user interactive virtual world system. Such systems are utilized in Massive Multi-Player Online Games (MMORPG) of the type known as Graphical Multi-Dimension (GMUD) games, which provide a graphical representation of the player's character (avatar) wherein movement of the character in virtual space alters what the character views.

) March 13, 2009 -- General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, announced today that its client, Worlds.com, Inc. (OTC BB:WDD), has been issued U.S. Patent No. 7,493,558 titled "System and Method for Enabling Users to Interact in a Virtual Space."

The Patent relates to computer architecture for a three-dimensional graphical multi-user interactive virtual world system. Such systems are utilized in Massive Multi-Player Online Games (MMORPG) of the type known as Graphical Multi-Dimension (GMUD) games, which provide a graphical representation of the player's character (avatar) wherein movement of the character in virtual space alters what the character views.

Antioch Software announces the release of Virtual Documents, innovative data sharing software designed to improve team collaboration and data security.
Virtual Documents easily integrates into any .NET application, allowing all members of the team to store their communal project data in one central location so they can more efficiently share, edit and organize files in real time.
Virtual Documents software is fully localizable. It can accommodate and display all the most common scripts, languages and formats such as: documents, emails, PDF files, spreadsheets, images, presentations and more. The intuitive and familiar folder/file structure of the interface makes Virtual Documents one of the easiest document sharing programs to learn and use.

Singapore Metaversum GmbH has announced that it plans to build virtual replicas of real metropolises in the 3D online world Twinity. Berlin will be the first virtual city that Twinity members can enter and explore, with other international metropolises set to follow.
This is the first time that Germany's capital has been rendered true-to-scale within a virtual world, thus enabling its members to directly interact with the city. Visit virtual galleries, make new friends in caf and bars, or go on a virtual shopping trip these are only a few of the many things to discover in Twinity.
During the current private beta phase, Twinity enables its members to create unique avatars, and move into and style virtual apartments anywhere in the world.

) December 9, 2008 -- Business owners, marketers and communications mavens have something to celebrate this holiday season - "personalized virtual offices" courtesy of GeniusRoom. The company announced today that it is giving away unlimited, free conference rooms to everyone who signs up over the holidays - no strings attached.

Flip Phones

"We understand now more than ever that demands on time and money this holiday season are at an all-time high," Steve Metzger, CEO, said. "GeniusRoom gives busy professionals a truly personalized, efficient environment to connect to others while reducing travel, on-site meetings and stress."

) September 15, 2008 -- TheSLAgency, an interactive marketing firm specializing in Second Life and virtual world engagements, has been recognized for its pioneering Ontario Public Service (OPS) Careers Island in Second Life. The agency's client, the Ontario Ministry of Government Services, was awarded the prestigious Innovation Merit Award last week at the annual Showcase Ontario government conference.

Ontario Public Service - Second Life - Traffic Monitoring Station

Online gossip sites have for years focused almost exclusively on the not-so-relevant world of celebrities... Officegossip.com seeks to offer regular workers an outlet and portal into what's happening in the halls of where they spend a large part of their lives: the office. (PRWeb May 14, 2009)

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) January 8, 2009 -- Recent numbers published by Global Domains International reveal a continuous growth trend upward in their 'new affiliate signup stats' with no slowdown in sight.

Working Online From Home

) November 18, 2008 -- Smartsheet.com, a collaborative work management company, today introduced the Smartsheet Small Business Bundler. The offering makes it possible for small businesses to create an online variation of their services using Smartsheet, requiring no technical expertise and no setup costs.

) November 13, 2008 -- The recent worldwide economic downturn and tight credit market have sent business owners and entrepreneurs scrambling to find ways to reduce overhead costs. A highly effective method for reducing operating costs is to outsource business processes to virtual assistants.

Virtual Employees are A key player for small as well as big businesses

) October 28, 2008 -- Phone.com, "The New Phone.Company," today announced a new service called Text-Voicemail that allows its Virtual Office customers to receive their voicemail messages transcribed into text and emailed directly to their email account of choice.

Phone.com

Rick Endres, President of The Washington Network, Explains How Virtual Offices are Changing Business

Exploring our planet and beyond in an exciting, positive and interactive way is an experience The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks Virtual World promises to deliver end 2009.

) November 5, 2008 -- The Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) has sold all its available space at the huge Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. In fact, numerous exhibitors were unable to obtain space, even though the event occupies almost 200,000 square feet. "This makes I/ITSEC the biggest exhibition of modeling and simulation technology ever worldwide", according to Fred Lewis, president of the National Training and Simulation Association, the event's organizer.

) July 2, 2009 -- OnState Communications, the leading provider of on-demand virtual call center and PBX business communications systems, today announced that its cloud-based call center and PBX solutions fully support Google Voice, the new voice communications management tool from Google. This support combines with existing Google Talk and Google Apps support as part of OnState's virtual call center and PBX solutions, and allows Google users to retain all of the inherent product features while building upon them to improve customer-facing communications.

) December 10, 2008 -- Habbo (www.habbo.com), the world's largest virtual world for teenagers, announced today a dual economy in its online community. From now on, Habbo users will be rewarded for spending time on the site with 'pixels', a currency that allows them to purchase discounted virtual goods or rent a diverse range of special effects for their avatars and virtual rooms.

The 'pixel' economy complements the existing credit system. Previously, Habbos could exchange real money for credits in order to buy items, such as virtual furniture (furni), clothes and accessories. Now, pixels and credits can be used together to purchase special items.

Freedom Telework created a Virtual Call Center to Increase Sales, Improve Customer Service, Reduce Costs, and Motivate Workers.

) February 3, 2009 -- MarketRaise Corp.announced they have upgraded their services in which they now offer Virtual Employees as well as Virtual Offices. In addition to their new services, they have lowered rates, offering some of the lowest prices in the industry as an American Company.

Philadelphia, Pa - OpenAFranchise.com announces the addition of a Virtual Franchise Agent to their Franchise Portal Website. In keeping with the requests of their clients, OpenAFranchise.com added this multi-media upgrade as a test. This Virtual Franchise Agent will answer basic questions about Franchises. It will direct the consumer to a specific page by providing the link based on the consumer's questions.

RTV, Inc. announces plans to support former customers of V-I-C.com with worldwide network of virtual tour providers.

) October 1, 2008 - PNC Bank, a member of The PNC Financial Services, Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC) has introduced "Wallet World: The Virtual Adventures of Kash & Flo," a new online game.

Wallet World Homepage

September 13, 2008 --
Promoting a new product or concept is never easy. You need to make customers appreciate its complete potential. It’s the same with Lounge-book. Much more than an accessory it’s a new way of working with your notebook PC, a totally integrated mod con.

) November 6, 2008 -- V-Rooms™, a leading provider of internet based virtual data rooms for corporate finance, announced today the formal launch of its online Private Placement Memorandum (PPM) delivery program (http://www.SendPPM.com) to assist investment bankers, broker dealers, venture capital firms, angel investors and financial advisors with the private equity capital raising challenge for their clients.

) October 23, 2008 -- Apeer Inc. today announced the public availability of Apeer Professional, the world's first all-in-one group communication and collaboration application for digital media.

Apeer Professional represents a new and better way for us to communicate and collaborate with one another by eliminating the delay and delivery problems we were experiencing with traditional mail or e-mail service. Not only is it a powerful tool in terms of saving time, it's simple to use. It's IM on steroids.

) October 29, 2008 -- The Pacific Center for Special Care at the University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry is undertaking a new initiative to use non-dentist oral health professionals to reach out to people with special needs in community locations where they live or receive social or general health services. These professionals will gather electronic records, which include digital x-rays, photographs and charts, and then collaborate remotely, via the internet, with licensed dentists. Once a treatment plan is determined, the approach to that treatment, including where and when, can be decided.

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