virtual worlds

Media, Internet

Funding Tap Opens for Social Gaming Sites

Charles River and Prism VentureWorks pump $5.5 million into stealthy Conduit Labs, the latest startup aiming to meld online gaming with social networking. Can it stand out from the crowd?

Boom Time for Virtual Reporters

With news organizations slashing budgets and laying off journalists right and left, what great news for reporters then that the world is - virtually - expanding, with a whole new territory of fake-land to report about.
Media, Internet

Payday for Doppelganger

Company behind virtual hangout known as The Music Lounge cues up $11 million in venture capital. Is funding a sign of a second life for virtual worlds?

Virtual Reporters

With news organizations slashing budgets and laying off journalists right and left, what great news for reporters then that the world is - virtually - expanding, with a whole new territory of fake-land to report about.Yes, it's true...although no one seems to want to invest much money in reporting about the real world, a production house now has Murdoch-Hearst-sized ambitions for virtual territories.