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Linden Lab

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Linden Lab is the company that created The Second Life Grid platform and hosts the Second Life virtual world.

The Second Life Grid is the technology platform used to power the Second Life virtual world. In 2007, Linden Lab opened the Second Life Grid platform to the public, enabling businesses of all sizes to develop their own virtual world environments.

As of August 2008, Second Life boasts approximately one million active residents with 40-60 thousand online at any given time.

Recent Milestones

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  Linden Lab acquired BLOCKSWORLD. (1/24/13)
  Posted 1/24/13 at 9:51pm via freshnews.com
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  Linden Lab added Andrea Cisternino as Sr. Executive Assistant. (1/1/11)
  Posted 4/29/13 at 3:45am
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  Linden Lab — Rod Humble has become the company's Chief Executive Officer. Humble joins Linden Lab from Electronic Arts, where he was Executive Vice President for its EA Play label. (12/23/10)
  Posted 1/3/11 at 6:59pm via lindenlab.com
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  Linden Lab added Alfonso Hooker as Director of IT. (12/1/10)
  Posted 4/29/13 at 3:33am
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  Linden Lab acquired Enemy Unknown. (1/30/10)
  Posted 2/1/10 at 2:05pm via massively.com
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  Linden Lab added Fredrik Björk as Director of Web Engineering. (1/1/10)
  Posted 8/11/11 at 3:53pm
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  Linden Lab added Bob Komin as COO & CFO. (1/1/10)
  Posted 4/20/10 at 9:16pm
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  Linden Lab added Jessica Zollman as Customer Relations. (8/1/09)
  Posted 10/6/11 at 1:01pm
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  Linden Lab acquired onRez. (1/22/09)
  Posted 1/22/09 at 11:23am via paidcontent.org
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  Linden Lab acquired XStreet SL. (1/22/09)
  Posted 1/22/09 at 11:23am via paidcontent.org
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  Linden Lab added Mark Kingdon as CEO. (5/1/08)
  Posted 4/23/08 at 9:21am
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  Linden Lab added Andrea Cisternino as Recruiting Specialist. (1/1/08)
  Posted 4/29/13 at 3:45am
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  Linden Lab added Johan Gozali as Technical Program Manager . (10/1/07)
  Posted 5/21/13 at 4:13am
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  Linden Lab added Jane Ha as Visual Designer. (11/1/06)
  Posted 4/29/13 at 4:29am
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  Linden Lab added John Zdanowski as CFO. (9/1/06)
  Posted 7/12/07 at 1:34am
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  Linden Lab received $11M in Series B funding. (3/1/06)
  Posted 7/12/07 at 2:05am via news.com

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Above: Home Page
Uploaded: 1/12/10

Products

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Second Life

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Website	Secondlife.com
Stage	Live
Launch Date	June 30, 2003
Tags	virtual-world

Second Life is an Internet-based 3D virtual world where inhabitants - known as “Residents” - can create, buy, sell and experience virtual content. While the foundation of the world was created and is still hosted by Linden Lab, almost all of the content is user generated, accounting for more than 250 terabytes of data. With almost 15 million registered users from over 100 countries and a fully functioning economy with more than $300 million Linden Dollars transacted annually, Second Life offers a diverse virtual world experience.

Though mostly contained in its virtual domain, Second Life reaches into the outside world. There are large organizations present in Second Life, and many third-party services are also available that allow residents to convert Linden Dollars back into real-world currency. In many cases, digital properties within Second Life are sold for substantial amounts of real money.

Above: Second Life Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 2/5/08

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Sources

1. LINDEN LAB® ACQUIRES BLOCKSWORLD (freshnews.com) [edit]
2. Linden Lab acquires Avatars United, Enemy Unknown AB (massively.com) [edit]
3. Linden Lab Acquires Two Virtual Goods Trading Sites (paidcontent.org) [edit]
4. Linden Lab Acquires Two Virtual Goods Trading Sites (paidcontent.org) [edit]
5. Second Life Boosted with $8 Million in New Financing; Linden Lab and Benchmark Capital Aim for the Metaverse (allbusiness.com) [edit]
6. 'Second Life' scores $11 million in funding (news.com) [edit]
Second Life's New Leader: Rod Humble Becomes CEO of Linden Lab (lindenlab.com) [edit]