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Buzz Watch: Top 20 Trends in 2009
Hollywood Viral and Shockvertising 2.0 are some of the top trends to watch next year, according to Trendhunter.com. Their trend forecast was created by crowd filtering a database of nearly 30,000 published micro-trends, collected by a global network of more than 20,000 people. Check out the video embedded above for the whole list of their top 20 predictions for 2009. Full Story
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- Worlds.com sues NCSoft for patent infringement
- Top 10 technology breakthroughs in 2008
- Do we need an ongoing virtual conference?
- Digital books for kids take off
- The new way to give: virtual charity
- Schools going high tech
- What's the real story behind 'sexting'?
- GoFish secures $22.5 million in financing
- Websites break down violent games for parents
- Dad finds daughter on Facebook
- Child safety technology blurs privacy lines
- World's top gadget show and 3D
- Twin Skies MMO to change from 3D to 2D Flash
- Create a dream design with 3D typography
- 10 technology trends to look out for in 2009
- Video: Oh brave new world that has such avatars in it!
- 10 startups to watch in 2009
- Avatars going mainstream in 2009
- Lively is dead--long live newlively
- Toy company tries driving pre-teen boys to virtual world
- Private MapleStory servers targeted for shutdown
- Govetech 2.0 is a reality in DC
- Twitter to help you lose weight?
- Social networking sites face data cost crunch
- 10 mobile social network sites to check out
- The emerging math rules of social networks
- Facebook sues social network aggregator Power.com
- Playstation 2 most played console of 2008
- Social Networks: Online parenting's new frontier
- Online game Elf Island helps Habitat for Humanity
- Lizard Interactive partners with Xtravision for NeoFun game portal
- Nintendo to launch Wii TV
- 10 potentially game-changing games for 2009
- The slow demise of virtual tax havens
- Taxman invading virtual transactions
- Safe fun for wee ones
- The slow demise of virtual tax havens
- China's NetDragon teams with EA on online games
- PC gaming 'healthy'
- No pressure from Warner to rush out new Lego games
- How to keep kids safe online
- Taxman invading virtual transactions
- MMORPGs are all about community
- Lifetime acquires Korean casual games firm
- Virtual funds tap China game designers amid downturn
- Japan video game sales fall
- Air France-KLM provides shareholders with virtual platform
- China's NetDragon teams with EA on online games
- A Japanese reality augmented girlfriend
- Ubisoft acquires Swedish game studio
- Interview with Zafka Zhang of China's HiPiHi
- Real life in Second Life: Participating in Amsterdam fashion week
- Age of Conan going to Korea
- Canadian company Fuel wins McDonald's kids game contract
- Cyworld packs up from U.S. retreats to Korea
- Eurogamer Italia goes live
- Cyworld packs up from U.S. retreats to Korea
- Canada's help for kids and Internet safety
- Africa in virtual worlds
- Australian virtual worlds workshop 2008
- Friendster the #1 social network site in Singapore
- UK game sales to top music and video
- Ultimate game card now available in Canada
- China levies 20% tax on virtual currencies
- Canada virtual science fair
- Digital books for kids take off
- Websites break down violent games for parents
- Dad finds daughter on Facebook
- Child safety technology blurs privacy lines
- Safe fun for wee ones
- How to keep kids safe online
- Hey kids, try this at home--beat your video game addiction
- Child porn and the net--what every parent should know
- Online verification and youth social networking
- Keeping young safe in cyberspace
- Online game addiction among youngsters uncomfortable trend
- Internet predators may know too much about your kids
- Survey says parents playing video games with their children
- Parents now everywhere on Facebook
- Families huddle in the glow of a computer game
- Youth's explore virtual worlds
- Xbox runaway found dead
- Parent guide to safe kid-friendly email
- Parents recognize outstanding virtual worlds
- Study: Too much screen time hurts grades
- Nielsen: kids encounter ads less than adults
- Survey: MySpace top movie info source for youth
- The family that techs together....
- Parents learn of dangers online
- Teens' video game habits part of larger issue: study
- A parental guide to Warhammer Online
Games
- Do we need an ongoing virtual conference?
- Avatars going mainstream in 2009
- Lively is dead--long live newlively
- Toy company tries driving pre-teen boys to virtual world
- Private MapleStory servers targeted for shutdown
- Virtual world Habbo has nearly 1 million mobile users
- How long until everyone has a store in Second Life?
- Virtual social networking with MyWobile
- Bigpoint partners with Metaversum to enter Twinity
- What size is your avatar and why?
- A serious look at virtual life
- Virtual immortality
- Webcarzz on building virtual worlds for boys
- Webkinz effect and the plush toy industry
- Visual timeline of virtual worlds
- Interview with Zafka Zhang of China's HiPiHi
- Can virtual life take over from real life?
- Women's studies in the virtual world
- Second chance for Second Life and other virtual worlds
- Betting on a hole in one in the virtual world
- Second Life economy--calm before the storm
- Introducing the Vivaty message center
- IMVU launches social music service
- Habbo global youth survey report
- Virtual worlds: is the U.S. simply not ready?
- Loopt jumps ahead of Facebook and MySpace on iPhone
- 10 potentially game-changing games for 2009
- Twin Skies MMO to change from 3D to 2D Flash
- Playstation 2 most played console of 2008
- Online game Elf Island helps Habitat for Humanity
- Lizard Interactive partners with Xtravision for NeoFun game portal
- Nintendo to launch Wii TV
- PC gaming 'healthy'
- No pressure from Warner to rush out new Lego games
- MMORPGs are all about community
- Reviewing all the free MMORPGs out there
- New game bring iPhone into Wiimote territory
- Gamers get avatars with new Xbox experience
- Turn your iPhone into a computer game
- Lego goes into gaming
- Boing Boing launches game blog Offworld
- U.S. troops get Bejeweled
- Age of Conan going to Korea
- A whole new Whirled--the future of mobile MMOs
- EA takes on Wii Fit
- 13 million await the Wrath of the Lich King
- Blizzard bans 350,000 accounts
- Game giant NCsoft moving on without Garriott
- Xbox Live bans "for the health of the video game industry"
- Combating video game addiction must be made priority experts urge
- Casual label at EA to close
- Online games redefine gaming
- Social networking sites face data cost crunch
- 10 mobile social network sites to check out
- The emerging math rules of social networks
- Facebook sues social network aggregator Power.com
- Social Networks: Online parenting's new frontier
- Facebook messaging expands to over 1 billion devices
- Social web's big question: aggregate or federate?
- Power.com builds complicated bridges between social networks
- Find Me Sign Me talent network hits the web
- New business portal for International real estate launches
- Web 2.0 gives new tools to hate groups
- Social networking inspires innovation
- State of the nation on social networks
- Anything goes on social network Nexopia
- How Obama tapped into social networks
- Social network for CEOs
- Military gets its own social network after YouTube is blocked
- Fashion's new circuit--social networks
- Job seekers finding opportunities on social networks
- Ning: the rest of the story
- AT&T says social networks make employers more efficient
- Companies turn to new tools to measure web 2.0
- Al Gore still looking for a purpose to web 2.0 (and his career)
- Web 2.0 and the Internet delivered the vote for Obama
- How Nike's social network sells to runners
- Obama election ushering in first Internet presidency
Buzz
Business
Money
- Twitter to help you lose weight?
- The new way to give: virtual charity
- What's the real story behind 'sexting'?
- Mobile data will continue boom in 2009
- Which do you check first, your email or your social network?
- The slow demise of virtual tax havens
- Kids will dictate gaming success this holiday season
- Churches take cue from teens--reach out online
- Sniff lets you find your friends in real time
- Cloverleaf to bring casual gaming to TV viewers
- A new Congress a new approach to technology?
- 7-Eleven a great place to buy big name girls early
- How Obama tapped into social networks
- Apple says iPhone is the future of game play
- Job seekers finding opportunities on social networks
- 3D gives taste of life and combat in ancient Rome
- Social networks steal time from TV, but there's hope
- Second hand games sales are huge issue
- More web 2.0 in video games
- Virtual worlds report: social networking and web 3.0 merge
- Casual games industry relatively recession-proof
- Careful with those avatars you might get a shakedown letter
- Mapping cyberspace onto actual space
- Virtual crime is on the rise
- Virtual reality helps MS patients gain stability while walking
- Blogs influence purchases more than social networks
- Worlds.com sues NCSoft for patent infringement
- Firms turn to social networking sites
- Marketing execs uninterested in social networks
- Job seekers tap social network websites
- Marketing in the world of the web
- Social network users ignore ads
- Got a business? Market it with social networking tools
- Kids will dictate gaming success this holiday season
- HuLu's U.S. ad revenues to equal YouTube's next year
- Ubisoft acquires Swedish game studio
- Gannett acquires social media firm Ripple6
- Microsoft turns Live.com into social network
- Monetizing social networks: the good, the bad and the ugly
- New research report on social networking, companies and markets
- Making money from mobile social networks
- Recession upside for enterprise 2.0 startups
- Social networking in the workplace increases efficiency
- Digital distribution is fascinating opportunity
- Google adds voice and video to Gmail
- US News & World Report to go monthly, focus on the web
- BitTorrent President to form new venture with YouTube co-founder
- Are virtual worlds ready for business?
- Linden Lab's new Organic enterprise marketer
- Virtual business for real?
- A realer virtual world
- GoFish secures $22.5 million in financing
- 10 startups to watch in 2009
- The slow demise of virtual tax havens
- KickApps raises $14 million
- PlaySpan raises $16.8 million
- Black Friday sees online spending up 1%
- Investor's guide to the video game industry
- Video game sales strong despite financial crisis
- Desktop Tower Defense creator launches new site
- GoFish reports $3.2 million loss in Q3
- Playlogic reports $3 million loss
- Research: gaming market bigger than thought
- Mobile games market to reach $10 billion by 2013
- Report: sales of mobile games have 'flatlined'
- Online video ads ride high during tough economic times
- Midway Chicago lays off staff
- Giant Interactive revenues fall 47.5%
- UltiZen sinks $3.5 million into game development outsourcing in China
- Retired NFL players awarded $28 million over EA games
- Virtual funds tap China game designers amid downturn
- Japan video game sales fall
- Canadian company Fuel wins McDonald's kids game contract
- Gears of War 2 hits 2 million in sales
- Making money on MySpace: payments and virtual gifts coming soon
- eBay closes $945 million deal for bill me later
- CDC games revenue increases when many other failing
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Sci Tech
Education
- Top 10 technology breakthroughs in 2008
- World's top gadget show and 3D
- Create a dream design with 3D typography
- 10 technology trends to look out for in 2009
- Voice surfing is on its way says IBM
- Papervision parlor trick puts 3D character into web video
- Creating a glossy 3D button
- 3D effects in graphic design for the web
- 3D on the web with Java
- Animation hopefuls can hit big time in Facebook competition
- Google Sketchup to help do-it-yourself 3D modelers
- OpenSocial, Facebook, Microsoft vie for developers
- Study: 85% of companies using open source
- IT policy can spur economic growth
- Adobe soups up Photoshop with pixel bender
- Office web apps won't work offline
- BT launches Ribbit platform for developers
- Papervision 3D programming tutorial
- Adobe adds 3D development tools to flash
- Free avatar maker lets you make cartoons of yourself
- 3D models of Google earth
- Designing with 3D render pack
- Converting sketches into graphic form
- 3D game graphics
- Ancient Rome in 3D
- Snapily spices up business cards and more with 3D effects
- Schools going high tech
- More students going to college without actually going to college
- Suspended teacher in Facebook incident incites debate
- U of Connecticut online forum "video games and human values"
- Virtual learning expands opportunities
- Schools race to keep up with technology
- What we can learn about learning from video games
- New study reveals double digit growth in online campus enrollment
- Libraries celebrate first National Gaming Day
- School children create a virtual world
- No life lessons out of virtual kindergarten
- Facebook comment gets U of Texas football player kicked off team
- Study: online attacks grow and become more diverse
- Harvard: social media leads the future of technology
- York U students use Facebook to stage campus protest
- Academia meets social marketing
- Campus IT budgets down, open source looking up
- University of Alabama building 3D virtual campus in Second Life
- Second Life: flamboyant fantasies or the future of learning?
- Education: a virtual group read
- Researching learning in virtual environments
- Virtual learning and the avatar generation
- Is higher ed technology keeping up with students demands?
- U-M Dearborn's virtual game face
- Prof invites students to explore the virtual world
- How to make the most of virtual field trips
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