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I tweaked my Yahoo avatar. The squirrel is in the picture because one jumped through my window last week and I woke up with it staring right at me from my nightstand. This type of thing does not happen to normal people.

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What’s in a moniker? Dating concierge, virtual wingperson, call it what you will, the time is ripe for avatar-based helpers on dating sites.

Clippy the Paperclip and Microsoft Bob are faint memories when it comes to helpful talking heads. Today’s avatar solutions from companies like Oddcast provide dating sites with the everything the need to [...]

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There is not much I will watch on network television besides Lost and 24 and Numbers. The tv is often on but it’s usually Netflix or cable. I was excited to learn that ABC is launching a a global interactive game based on Lost. The show will features a parallel story line which is not [...]

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Avatars are hot. I’ve got ‘em in SecondLife, Yahoo Chat, not to mention a few for bulletin board posting. Yahoo chat avatars are the easiest to create but you can’t do much with them, they just stand there. However, I love the audibles. Flirting, taunting and soundbites from bands add a lot of laughs to [...]

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Over the years I’ve seen many different types of virtual helpers, from the ill-fated Microsoft Bob to Clippy the Paperclip. I’ve been doing some research into avatars for dating sites and came across Oddcast. It’s straightforward to create an avatar, upload the text and have the avatar speak the text based on specific conditions. Other [...]

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