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Teens prefer Sony to Nintendo and Microsoft, claims survey
Global Habbo Youth Survey labels Apple and Nokia favourites, too 4 June 2009 16:12 GMT TweetSony has triumphed in a survey which asked teens to rate brands in different categories. Apple, Nokia and MySpace scored well, too.
The Global Habbo Youth Survey Brand Update 2009, which is a bit of a mouthful, surveyed 112,000 teens across... -
COMMENT: Are we over avatars?
Has the credit crunch killed off our second lives? 21 November 2008 17:18 GMT TweetGoogle announced earlier this week that it is to close down its Lively virtual world project, which it launched less than 4 and a half months ago, in order to focus its resources elsewhere.
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Teens changing their mobile phone loyalties
Nokia still top but gap closing 4 April 2008 14:53 GMT TweetThe team behind the teen virtual world, Habbo, has surveyed some 58,480 of its teenage visitors on their mobile phone habits.
The respondents, who came from 31 different countries, all took part in Habbo’s Second Global Youth Survey. -
Teen arrested for virtual theft
Virtual crime, real-world time? 14 November 2007 18:12 GMT TweetA Dutch teen has been arrested for allegedly stealing virtual furniture from "rooms" in Habbo Hotel, a 3D social networking site, the BBC reports.
The 17-year-old is accused of stealing nearly £3000 worth of virtual furniture, bought with...