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A couple of weeks ago we blogged about how some forward thinking advertisers were getting into Second Life. Well Reuters has announced that it has established a virtual newsroom for all residents. Reuters media correspondent Adam Pasick will report on the daily goings on within the virtual world via an avatar called Adam Reuters read […]

If you remember the hysterical late ’90s and subsequent meltdown in 2000 you could be forgiven for having some deja vu right now…YouTube, Skype, MySpace etc. all sold for huge sums. But is it history repeating itself check this interesting article from the BBC.
For an assessment of Google’s position on the YouTube purchase check out […]

As mentioned back in February Songbird is an interesting music player from the Firefox guys. So interesting in fact that they have just secured additional funding from a couple of seasoned VC’s who obviously see the potential.
In other music related news we mentioned a couple of months ago really innovative DRM free music site called […]

Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) a UK advertising agency have launched a virtual agency within Second Life. Second Life is an amazing and growing 3D online virtual reality world, not sure what it is then check out this useful video intro from PR Agency Text 100. Adidas opened a virtual store in September and joined American […]

Microsoft have announced that they are launching their own version of YouTube called Soapbox. It is only in Beta form right now but it will be interesting to keep an eye on how whether mighty Microsoft are able to recreate what makes YouTube so interesting. Or not!

More from Banksy, this time he takes on Disneyland by placing a statue of a Guantanemo detainee in a theme park ride. Apparently it went unnoticed for several hours!

Kids only want to buy sneakers if they are super-expensive and exclusive, and top sportsmen can’t be blamed for endorsing top-priced goods…right?
This conventional wisdom is being turned on its head by New York Knicks’ Stephon Marbury. Kobe, Lebron and Michael Jordan have all put their name to $150 Nike shoes, but Marbury has made it […]

Paris Hilton is a product of our times, famous for being famous and now trying to sell overly produced CD’s to unsuspecting wannabe teens. It is therefore gratifying to see that guerilla artist Banksy who is truly a product of our times has done us all a favour. He has toured retailers inserting his own […]

Here at Wise Buddha Towers we really rate TechCrunch as our blog of choice for web 2.0 stuff. Well those fine people have launched a new blog for technofiles or just the curious check out CrunchGear.
If they are as switched on about gadgets as they are about web 2.o it should be good.

The rise and rise of YouTube
YouTube has established itself at the top of the league of the new generation of community websites by becoming even more popular than MySpace.According to internet analysis company Alexa the video sharing site has taken a 3.9% share of global internet visits a day compared with 3.35% for MySpace.
YouTube’s popularity […]