In what Linden Lab calls 15 updates for the 15th Birthday, they announced many things we oldies find familiar. Among the new things like real-world adjustments to the Day-&-Night Cycle and better filters for the Marketplace you’ll find things like themed Tutorial Islands that new players will start at. For…
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Thoughts from the Cyberverse: What’s up with the SL TOS?
Linden Lab changed the Terms Of Service (TOS) for Second Life in mid-August, 2013. At first nobody reacted, as it looked like the regular things were there. But recently there has been a controversial storm surrounding the changes. Some call it “the big content grab” because they have added a…
Read MoreThoughts From The Cyberverse: Are 3rd Party Exchanges dead now?
According to a recent post on the Second Life news reel, Linden Lab will try to allow some L$ retailers to still exchange L$ for other currencies. This would be possible through their new pilot program “Authorized Resellers”. Some rules and regulation will apply, and it will be stricter than…
Read MoreThird Party Viewer policy change from LL puts third party viewers at risk
At 2pm PST yesterday (friday 2/24) Linden Labs announced that they will change the policy for third party viewers. This change brings a lot of discussion material to the table, as they seem to want to eliminate all third party viewers without actually ban them. The most discussed change is…
Read More5th Anual Winter Wonderland
For the fifth year, Linden Labs and Aero Pines Park have their 12 regions wide Winter Wonderland. Take a horse slegh tour, ride sleds, snowmobiles, ski or hike with snowshoes to the holiday music. Skate the pond or dance to the Nutcracker Ballet. Grab some freebies while you warm up…
Read MoreWalking Down the Virtual Road and Next Thing You Know You’re being Stalked
Reading the Alphaville Haroldtoday, I was completely surprised to see the story about the JLU who take it upon themselves to “stake out” avatars and went as far as to stalk the family of an AIDS patient to verity that he was on his deathbed, because they thought it would…
Read MoreMesh is live, and so is Viewer 3
Today, august 23 2011, Linden Labs released the new Viewer 3. But what is different? you ask. I can’t see anything different! you say. Well, it is still, basically, Viewer 2, but with one major change: MESH! Mesh is a new feature that has been in the testing for about…
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