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The Archives
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11.18.09Linden Lab Takes a Gamble On PaymentsLinden Lab's announcement of a partnership with Dragonfish for the provision of payment services had me thinking about this kid across the hall from my offices. He used to get in the elevator with me now and then, and in our building you have to wait 20 minutes for the elevator to come, which gave him lots of opportunities to leer at every woman who walked by and then, when they didn't respond to the glaring up-and-down gaze he'd revert to Blackberry mode and check his e-mail. Which is number two on my "wow that drives me crazy" list. There ...
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09.07.08Virtual Goods Worthless? Now wait a minute…Cyndy Aleo-Carreira, a contributor to the Industry Standard, writes a pretty spot-on refutation of her colleague Jordan Golson's claim that the volume of virtual goods sold on Facebook and its ilk will not be a serious contender to advertising revenue. Aleo-Carreira cites the example of Electronic Arts, who gave up the battle against the pirating of its FIFA soccer game in South Korea and chose to give it away online for free. Rather than making EA's bottom line suffer, this hurt the pirateers tenfold, and the company started to sell online customizations like outfits and enhancements starting at $1.60 a ...
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