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links for 2007-07-10

• Live Earth sets streaming record [theage.com.au]
  "The Live Earth global pop concerts broke a record for an online entertainment show by generating more than 9 million internet streams, Microsoft web portal MSN said."
  (tags: liveearth environment ecology streaming digitalculture)
• The commodification of intimacy - [Millsom Henry-Waring - On Line Opinion - 9/7/2007]
  "Instead of offering radically new options for connecting, online dating merely reinforces traditional forms of intimacy, where “man still meets woman” according to explicit and implicit social criteria."
  (tags: dating socialsoftware commodification)
• Evolution of the Protest - Shlomo Goltz [PDF]
  Interesting look at the history of political protests, including the changing face of activism in the era of social networks and smart mobs!
  (tags: activism politics smartmobs socialsoftware)
• Second Life Losing Lock on Virtual-Site Marketing [Advertising Age - Digital]
  "As Users and Brands Head to Startups, Giant in Space Starts to Seem Outdated" (Apparently, Second Life is getting a little passe!)
  (tags: secondlife virtualenvironment marketing advertising trends digitalculture)