Archive for the 'WoW' Category

CNN Future Summit
Friday, June 15th, 2007

CNN Future Summit: Virtual Worlds aired on June 13th on CNN International. Originating from Singapore and Palo Alto, California, the program features creative visionaries and entrepreneurs leading us into a new age of creativity and imagination.
CNN Future Summit : Virtual Worlds serves as a good primer for those new to the space. Kristie Lu Stout [...]

Virtual World Governance
Friday, June 8th, 2007

Virtual World governance is a topic which has been reappearing with increasing frequency of late. Taxation in the UK, US and Australia, global trademark infringements, family values watchdog groups in France and proposed regulation of user-created content in Korea are but a sample of external governance stories making headlines worldwide.
Legislators around the world are currently [...]

Credit Cards in Virtual Worlds
Friday, May 4th, 2007

Back in May 2006 Phillip Torrone wrote an article on the future of credit cards in Virtual Worlds over on MAKE magazine. One year on his predictions are beginning to materialize with World Of Warcraft (WoW) launching a Visa Rewards Card. Given Visa Europe’s recent announcement that it was taking up residence in SL and [...]