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• The Loss of Teen Grid to Education

  02.09.2010

  So now its official and time is moving by quickly. Second Life's Teen Grid will be shutting down at the end of this year, so if you have an island there then you will be moved to the main grid and your kids will most likely be thrown out.

• Tameside Withdraw Funding to Second Life Presence

  21.07.2010

  In March 2010 Tameside Council withdrew the funding for their presence in Second Life which was built and maintained by Second Places. During the year previous over 7,000 people had visited the presence, gaining information about Tameside and the services hosted by the council

• Second Places Awarded Two New Contracts

  13.07.2010

  Second Places announces the winning on 2 contracts won over May and June 2010

• Public Sector Nomads Article

  22.03.2010

  Second Places profile on the Public Sector Nomads website.

• The Slope of Enlightenment to the Plateau of Productivity

  27.11.2009

• Second Places in ISEA2009

  27.08.2009

  Second Places are helping the University of Salford and Liverpool John Moore University with their immersive art installation in ISEA2009

• Herald Scotland CANVAS Feature

  27.08.2009

  News story about Second Places' virtual gallery built for CANVAS.

• Second Places Story on Hypergrid Business

  27.08.2009

  News story about Second Places' involvement in immersive art installations

• Second Places Rejects Criticism of Virtual Worlds

  23.03.2009

  Virtual worlds specialist Second Places today responded to criticism by a Conservative MP who claimed online virtual communities were a "waste of time and money".

• BSEC 09

  26.02.2009

  Second Places exhibited at BSEC 09 demonstrating the classroom of the future

• Peter Mandelson and LabourList in Second Life

  14.01.2009

  Weblinks to Online News Reports on Second Life Politics

• Press Release - 12th January 2009

  12.01.2009

  Pioneering technology has brought to life an interactive semi-detached house which offers internet users help and guidance on planning and building regulations.

• Press Release - 1st December 2008

  01.12.2008

  Aberdeen-based Second Places, which specialises in developing online virtual worlds for corporate clients, has won a clutch of new contracts.

• Online Sales Bolster Domino's Pizza Results

  01.12.2008

  News report on www.computing.co.uk about Domino's Pizza online sales.

• Energy industry's virtual world

  28.10.2008

  HAVING a `second life' has, until now, has been for teenagers and those with too much time on their hands. But Second Places has created a virtual world for the energy industry.

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