Virtual World Planet Cazmo Shares Music and Holiday Giving with Teens and Tweens

You won't find the words "killer app" in any marketing or promotion campaigns for Planet Cazmo but the virtual world targeted at teens and tweens just might be brewing a secret sauce with at least two killler ingredients - social spaces and mainstream music. Combine an American Idol all star line up (David Archuleta, Jordin Sparks and Allison Iraheta) with a dash of charity and and suddenly the Planet Cazmo kitchen is cooking with good fun, good music and good will with the Toys For Tots Virtual Concert Series launching weekend.

Planet Cazmo kicked off the Planet Cazmo Virtual Concert Series in November 2008 with Interscope-Geffen and Sony Epic Records and has recently partnered with music industry veteran Tommy Mottola as well as Island Def Jam, and The Jive Label Group to expand the series into a mainstream music machine.

I had a chance to talk with Planet Cazmo CEO and Founder Mike Levine recently about how music plays a part in the world and what's coming up.
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The most beautiful female avatar. Join the group

Neda Andel just founded the group: Female Avatars.
If you're wondering how beautiful can be an avatar (from various virtual worlds, because the group is open to all VW's supported by Koinup) you should browse the images in the pool and eventually add yours (join now)

Image above by Magggg

Virtual Identities. Open Forum

We are launching a new column on this blog, it will be called: Virtual Identities

The column will cover Koinup members which are exploring at the same time many virtual worlds. The other day we posted about Panteleimon Aeon multiple identity between Second Life - IMVU

If you have accounts in various virtual worlds, please post some pictures of your virtual identities and leave a comment here on the blog.

The aim of the "virtual identities" is to encourage people to explore virtual worlds and share their virtual lives here on the Koinup network

Virtual Art: the best of the best, group

Doubledown Tandino just created this cool group called "Your personal best of the best - 1 submission only"
If you have made a masterpiece (maybe some months ago) and it passed un-noticed, well, probably this is your chance to get it viewed and popular.

Join the group, add your personal best photos to the pool or browse what your friends have picked as their absolutely fav!



Image above called Thirsty is by AppleP

Virtual Emo

Virtual Worlds are mirroring the real life trends, costumes and lifestyles....
If there is something with a value in real life, it is most probable that you will find that also in your virtual life.....

I invite you to have a look at these Emo Pictures and recognize there all the mood and feeling you have in the real life Emo movement....

Browse all the Emo Pictures on Koinup, here



Image above is by ShayShay

Machinima Contest! For all Virtual Worlds!

dear Koinup members, we are glad to announce "A Day in Your Virtual Life" Machinima Contest! Its the first Koinup Contest open to all virtual worlds and to all the metaverse users!

If you are machinima-maker or an enthusiast video-makers and have a virtual life, this contest is made exactly for you!

You can read all the rules here! If you don't want take part in the contest, but only to have part in the buzz for the event, you can grab the widget/banner of the contest, here! and promote it on your blog!

Just one click and the Koinup widgets will be on your blogs

Koinup: Your <a href="http://www.koinup.com/">Virtual Life</a>

Change you buddy icon! Now you can!

Last days we had the chance to work on a new feature. I’m talking about your buddy icon. Now, if you want, you can change it, as many time as you want.
We knew from some time that “changing the buddy icons” is an important feature, but we didn’t find enought time to tune it. Then, fortunately it happened and now you have the the chance to replace your buddy any time you like!
How can I change it ? It is very easy. Login in Koinup, go in “your skills & profile” page and click on “your buddy icon”. At this point you can delete your buddy or you can replace it with a new one!
I’m sure that everything will go ok, but don’t exhitate to contact us if you’ll have some probs while changing your buddy?

Take a screenshot to your (virtual) life!

Dear Koinup-ers,

Someone said that screenshots shooted in worlds as Second Life,
The Sims and other worlds aren't real photos. These guys says that screenshots were so limited that could not be compare to photos!

One of the reason because we created Koinup is that we think that these guys are completely wrong! We at Koinup are sure that screenshots are definitely photos!
Really and effective photos!

People in Koinup use screenshot to describe themselves , their avatars

or to represent their favourite places and virtual architecture

Screenshots can be art forms, stories, memories, bookmarks. They could be natural, modified, artistic or absolutely ordinary. But they are always a great media to express yourself in your virtual life !

Pierluigi