Avatars Going Mainstream in 2009: Globe and Mail
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Canada's national newspaper, the Globe and Mail, ran a front page "trends" column today in which they said that the age of the avatar is upon us, predicting that "avatars will enjoy greater mainstream acceptance in 2009, and although convergence is not likely to happen overnight, expect certain sites to begin thinking about partnering up to allow character crossovers the way social networks are trying to make profiles more portable."
The Globe is the authoritative newspaper in Canada - a sort of New York Times of the north. Although, adding Canada to that sentence might seem like saying Delaware, or Rhode ...