Wise Buddha

OK I admit it I have a proverbial bee in my bonnet at the moment about the BS I see being promoted by people who feel that the social web, Web 2.0 is vital to the marketing chances of any business. I am particularly bemused by the narcissistic goings on amongst certain bloggers in the […]

Back in October last year I mentioned that those successful boys who created Skype had set their sites on changing the way we watch and consume TV. Well I’ve just completed my sign up to Joost and I am blown away, it’s still in Beta but holy crap it’s amazing. What is staggering is how […]

Sony have announced a new initiative at Game Developers Conference currently underway in San Francisco - the launch of ‘Home’ which they hope will rival Second Life. Owners of PS3’s will be able to access Home and chat with other users, buy clothes etc. in a move that Sony call Web.3.0 i.e. the fusion […]

A study for the Pew Internet Project indicates that more than half of all net-using American teenagers use social networking sites. The study involved 935 teenagers and found 55% of American youths aged 12-17 had accounts at sites such as MySpace and Facebook.
Whilst the usage is surprsing the different uses is not. It found that […]

We have been dabbling with Second Life for a while now and are happy to announce that we have pumped up our avatar, dressed him reasonably stylishly and are ready to hang out with our friends at Second Life.
If you happen to be in world and want to hang out we go by the name […]

It seems you can’t even try and make a TV program these days without the wannabe contestants turning the audition site into a fully fledged social networking experience.
European TV Production company RDF Media have found themselves in the curious position of creating an internet presence in the most unlikely way. It created a website Islandoo.com […]

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 […]

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 […]

In case you are wondering here are the Top 5 according to U.S. Comscore data.
1. MySpace
2. Facebook
3. Bebo
4. Tagged
5. Piczo

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 […]