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Another Googler Takes the Outbound Train

March 5th, 2009

Niniane Wang has left Google. The employee Google once used as a prime example of talent and aspirations is flying the coop. The smart young woman was the force behind Google Desktop as well as the world Lively, which was smothered in its crib at the tender age of four months. Google said of Wang [...]

 
 

Virtual Social Worlds Come and Go

January 12th, 2009

Google’s 3D world Lively, announced just last year, was abruptly discontinued on January 1st after being live just a couple of months. Their homepage is now displaying a good-bye message. If you had embedded rooms, they will now show a crowd ofhand-waving and attitude striking avatars Unofficially, a contender for a replacement sprung up from [...]