New App Merges Facebook and Second Life

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Sean P. Aune
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New App Merges Facebook and Second Life
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A new application for Facebook is merging the social network with that other king of time killing, Second Life.

Called Second Life Link, the new app allows you to display your avatar on your profile, and also indicate when you're on and off line in the virtual world. If your friends also have the app installed, you'll be able to see each other's avatars. The new application also allows you to share your favorite locations in the popular virtual world. This will allow them to teleport to your location easily when you're online, or allow them to see your home, even when you're not there.

With the popular CBS show, CSI:New York, having an episode revolve around a murder in Second Life this week, and encouraging viewers to check out the virtual murder, there are sure to be lots of new players this week. Seems like a perfect time for a Facebook app to me with so many new people getting introduced to the online world through mainstream media.

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