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New York.. A name with lots of connotations. Madison square garden, 5th Avenue, Manhattan! Central Park! Remember the Simon & Garfunkel concert there? No? How old are you anyway? But you surely remember the movies? King Kong, the monster in Cloverfield and Godzilla all seemed to hate New York with a vengeance. On the other hand, artists like U2, Frank Sinatra and countless … 
If you love virtual art and virtual worlds, you can't miss the following two competitions active right now on Koinup. The first one is the PaisleyPark Photo Contest. You can get all the info and take part in the competition, by joining this group. Basically, the PaisleyPark Photo Contest is more a series of challenges than a simply contest. In order to be eligible for the …
Koinup is more than a web community. It's a gateway to meet friends inside the Metaverse and explore the 3D virtual dimension with a new perspective. Then, one of the best way to engage with the Koinup community is by taking part in the various "inworld" initiatives organized by members. Here some tips to get the most out, these weeks 1. Add to your friends Shoji, the … 
With almost 450 pics in the portfolio gallery and more than 200 comments on her profile, Carlotta Ceawlin is at the top of the "Koinup Hall of Fame of Koinup". She is a PRO landscape artist. Some Carlotta's pictures feature dozens of comments and even more favs and they are frequently retwitted and/or shared on other social network, by other Koinup members and visitors. We … 
There are at least two ways to discover amazing Second Life (and OpenSims) destinations. The first one is about subscribing to the well know Second life places directories as the Koinup Places or the Linden Lab Destination Guide. The other way is to follow amazing and prolific photo reporters. One of them is Rocapc. Rocapc is a Koinup member since 2009 and in about one year …
As reported by New World Notes "The Second Life avatar known as Adric Antfarm, in real life an Oklahoma resident named David Jennings, is reportedly dead from a sudden stroke". It’s very …
We at the Koinup headquartier heard that Avatars United will be shutting down on September 29th. Avatars United - along with Koinup and Myrl (now dismissed, too) - has been an important web portal and social gateway, for virtual worlds members. Linden Lab purchased Avatars United about one year ago and some days ago they took the decision to shut down the website. Many …
Harper Ganesvoort, Second life blogger and opinion leader, is running a very cool "halloween photo contest". In order to take part in the contest you must join the Wizards and Sorceresses group and submit your virtual worlds screenshots. "Entrants from Second Life are eligible for Linden-dollar cash prizes; all other virtual worlds will be going for fame and recognition"... … 
We're starting to deploy a new way to interact with contents on Koinup, by using the Koinup Photo Notes. Basically, we added a new brand feature that allows Koinup members to create notes on all the pictures posted on Koinup (The Koinup photo notes don't work on videos, so far). With the Koinup Photo Notes, you can now add brief texts inside the image. So you can engage … 
Good news for all the Koinup members, owning iPod Touch, iPhone and/or iPad. We have 3 promo-codes for the Metaverse Wallpapers app that we're going to give to the first 3 members will make a request. Metaverse Wallpapers is getting positive reviews on the Appstore and we're glad to provide 3 free coupons for our community. In order to get the code, you must send an email to … 
If you just returned from your summer holidays and you're looking for some amazing art initiatives on Koinup, I think that you might be interested in the following projects: 1. Japan Dream Kenjn Photo Contest it's time to kill 2 birds with only one stone. Then, why not visit one of the most amazing sims in Second Life, take there some pictures and submit them for the …
Let us say: thank you to two amazing media partners: Museo del Metaverso and Second Nights. Both the websites helped us to promote the Metaverse Wallpapers iPhone - iPad app and engage the Second Life communities in the project. Museo del Metaverso, if you don't know yet, is one of the most authoritative Second Life art institutions. It's goal is promote and substain the art …
We're running a promo contest on Twitter to celebrate the launch of Metaverse Wallpapers To join the promotion and being eligible to win a free copy of the iPhone/iPad Metaverse App, you must RT this status (good luck!). If more than 3, retwitters will be picked with the sofware Random.org
All the Second Life members owning an iPhone and/or an iPad can now easily bring a bit of their virtual life on the cloud by purchasing Metaverse Wallpapers from iTunes. Metaverse Wallpapers is the mobile app built by Koinup for iPhone, iPod touch & iPad that includes hundreds of Second Life wallpapers and artworks, created by the community of Koinup artists for the … 
For a while now I have owned two apartments in Twinity: one in Amsterdam which I rented somewhere in 2008, and the Palmadora apartment which I bought a while ago. As I was checking out the available real estate in Miami, I noticed Twinity now allows me to rent or sell the Palmadora apartment! I already own and rent out real estate in Second Life, and it would be interesting … 
The guys behind the amazing sim Japan Dream Kenjin are planning a wonderful photo contest, that will fit the fine art taste of Koinuppers. The entries will be judged by a panel made up by Japan Dream Kenjin staff and some authoritative Second Life artists (Shoji, Bark, and many others). The submission time will start on this 1st september, but you can join since today the … 
Tomorrow is a big day for Twinity, when Metaversum opens Miami Beach for all to see. Today I was able to take a look there, and I must say I am really impressed! Metaversum recreated a part of Miami Beach, mainly the areas around Lummus park and Ocean drive, including the beach of course. There's lots to do - funny animations hidden everywhere - and plenty to see as well. … 
This week, Koinup members created a series of interesting groups, that you might want to join in order to stay tuned with inworld charity events, enjoy amazing virtual photography and keep high the buzz. Loquacia Loon founded a Koinup group for Relay for Life. Relay for Life is the popular charity program for cancer research and now you can follow the events and/or get in … 
Upon returning from holiday, I noticed I missed a new Twinity event: the Twinity Community awards! Obviously an event I would have liked to attend, as I was nominated in the "Best Twinity Blogger" category. I didn't win; the award went (deservedly I might add) to Dee, who is an outstanding, dedicated Twinity blogger. Congratulations to Dee, and all other winners of course! …
We had just announced the images that will be included in The Sims Category of the 3D Wallpapers app. Read the announcement The jury made by Liliana Eden Morosini and Sims2Cri picked about 15 images among the almost 100 wallpapers submitted by the community. Browse, here, all the amazing entries The images picked by the jury will be included in the 3D Wallpapers (starting …
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