Roundup: Hipihi, Twitter-Gmail, Vadver, iFamily, HeyNielsen, Gphone, Bloglines
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China’s virtual worlds censored– China’s virtual world Hipihi reflects the real-world culture of its users. Players can have virtual sex in private rooms, but can’t engage in frank political talk. GigaOm has a review here. We mentioned Hipihi earlier, when writing about competitor Leeuu. There’s a YouTube video of Hipihi here (though Chinese language), which shows how similar it is to Second Life in other ways.
iFamily latest family tree company — We’ve written… Continue Reading
Redpoint backs Chinese virtual world/gaming company, Leeuu
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Leeuu, a Chinese online gaming company that owns a virtual world called Romantic Chateau Online, says it has received several million dollars in funding from Redpoint Ventures, according to Chinese blog China Web2.0 Review.
The Beijing-based company’s home site offers casual games. Romantic Chateau Online, which launched in beta last month, appears to incorporate this gaming focus. It doesn’t just have virtual houses, virtual goods, chat, etc. like many other virtual worlds. It also requires users… Continue Reading