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SecondCast #55 is on the air! Johnny, Lordfly and Torrid are joined by TheDiva Rockin, co-hostess of The-Broad-Cast.com, favorite podcast of oversexed metaversal Jersey girls everywhere, to chat about Twitter, the Second Life Relay For Life, and the international podcasting effort to Bum Rush the Charts, which is going on all day today. This is a coordinated effort by podcasters and listeners to drive a podcast artist to the #1 position in the iTune store “as a demonstration of our reach to Main Street and our purchasing power to Wall Street.” Go buy the song right now — you want to try to buy it while it’s still March 22. [If that link doesn’t work, try this one.] Or if you need more convincing, read on. (more…)

Eduardo Manchon of Panoramio, the very cool geophotography site (another coinage?), sends news that Panoramio recently saw the one-millionth geolocated photo uploaded to the service. [Also reported in Ogle Earth.] What’s so cool about that, besides the fact that it’s a damn big number even for a service that started in October 2005? Well, if you were reading 3pointD last December, you already know that Panoramio, then “still a small site,” according to Eduardo, has been a default layer in Google Earth for the last three months. That means that if you upload a geolocated photo to Panoramio, it will appear on everyone’s Google Earth if they have the Panoramio layer turned on (which it is by default). The question then is, why geotag your photos on Flickr when you can just have them stuck right into Google Earth? (more…)

Scarlett Johansson line on sale in Second Life

Justin Bovington of Rivers Run Red sends word that his company is working with Adidas Reebok to bring Reebok’s Scarlett Johansson clothing line to the virtual world of Second Life. The sporty Scarlett <3s Rbk line (featuring a more stylized heart, to be sure) was designed in concert with the actress, and it sounds like selections are already available in SL's »Reebok« region. “More content will be introduced frequently,” Justin says.

What’s interesting about this to me is the level of sustained commitment it shows on the part of Reebok, which has been kicking around in Second Life since last August. The company apparently feels its Second Life experience has been enough of a success in its first six months to continue its involvement. Is there a strong community growing around the Adidas and Reebok brands in Second Life? No idea. But it seems the company feels there is at least the potential, which is a nice vote of confidence on their part, and another indication that it is not just the geekcore that sees a powerful many-to-many media platform emerging from virtual worlds.