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Around the Virtual World

  A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media.     PlayStudios launches myVegas social casino games with MGM Social casino game startups are the cliché of 2012. Everybody is either starting a new company in this hot market — on the…

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You Can Disclose (and Know) Too Much – The Dark Side of Social Media

There are a number of people out there who are warning us that there needs to be more awareness of how much information we’re disclosing via social networks. Some of them, like the now-shuttered PleaseRobMe.com, were doing it intentionally. Others, like Facebook Breakup Notifier (FBN), do it by implication. FBN…

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BrightKite Checks Out of Check-ins

Brightkite has announced that it is rolling out a new business model focusing on group text and abandoning its check-in model. According to the Brightkite blog posting, its new  Android application can be your “default text messaging app, handling ALL your messaging from one app, saving you money with free…