Easter gifts and Easter eggs

In a few days it will be Easter and weblin is not skimping on presents. You can see a small selection here:


Make and receive lots of gifts because the weblin Easter gallery is only available for a limited period until March 28, i.e. until Friday next week. With six Easter gifts you can fill the Princess Album. If you receive enough gifts to fill the album, you get the special princess avatar. Have fun and Happy Easter!

Happy weblin Birthday

Weblin is one year old today. On March 19, 2007, zweitgeist decided that enough testing had taken place, the product was ripe and the time had come to get rid of the “BETA” version, a name with which so many a web 2.0 software is tagged for a lifetime. The name weblin was introduced exactly one year ago today and weblins have been populating an unlimited number of websites since then. Of the just 30 animated avatars in the Beta version which were licensed from Rocketbox at the time there are now around 150, ranging from all kinds of creatures, animals, comic figures, branded corporate avatars and fantasy figures. And a construction kit has been available since December. Users can create their own animated figures using the modular principle. So there are now several hundred avatar versions available.

A lot has happened since 19.3.2007 and many new functions have been added. At the beginning there was the buddy list. And then it soon became possible to send websites and bookmarks. New functions include virtual gifts, minigames, quizbots and treasure chests which one can find and plunder on websites. Weblin arranges virtual events and, in the gift sets, one can find special gifts for special occasions, for example Halloween, Christmas or Valentine’s Day, or “Horton hears a who” gifts provided by our advertising client 20thCentury Fox. These special gifts are always only available for a short period.
Today, weblin’s first birthday, weblin users are being given a special gift by weblin: all gifts that have ever been available are available again online today. So make the most of it, you can make as many presents as you can because, in the meantime, you can also exchange gifts and collect whole sets. I have heard that there are some very sought-after items out there which can no longer be sent as gifts in the customary way.
Happy Birthday!

weblin at the Virtual Worlds conference 2008

The Virtual Worlds conference will be taking place in NY on April 3-4 and it is there that weblin will be making its first public appearance in the USA. Virtual Worlds is a small but important conference and exhibition where the who is who of the US scene meet up. From Linden Labs to Sulake, from Multiverse to Metaverse, from IBM to the Electric Sheep Company - they are all there as exhibitors at the relatively small number of 60 stands. weblin has seized the favourable opportunity, when calculated in dollars, and booked stand number 60 :-). We are really looking forward to our first close contact with the US market.

Avatars and freedom of speech at the CeBIT

CeBIT visitors can meet avatars at stand A26 in hall 4. Under the roof of Microsoft, more precisely as one of the companies promoted by the start-up initiative “unternimm was” launched by Microsoft Germany, weblin has the chance to show just where things are going. That is quite ambitious, but weblin has a lot to offer. Making the Internet alive, reclaiming the information highways for the people, that is exactly what we have set out to do. Freedom of speech for everyone, on every website, with no boundaries. “Reclaim the Web” is the objective. Weblin makes the largest virtual world of all, the Internet, come alive. Every person counts. And that is what we want to show the CeBIT visitors. With avatars who can speak freely wherever they may be.

But that is not all. Weblin will be showing selected journalists the prototype of “weblin lite”. weblin lite dispenses with downloading and is not dependent on the operating system. It can therefore also be used with Apple Mac and Linux. weblin lite does not yet have all the features of the Windows client but the core function “reclaim the web” can be experienced by everyone.
The weblin lite version is expected to be accessible to all Internet users by the end of March or beginning of April. Freedom of speech, with no boundaries.

weblin on the way to LeadAward

weblin is on the way to earn further awards in 2008. weblin is currently nominated for the LeadAwards in the category Online - Web Community of the year. The awards show will take place on March, the 5th, in Deichtorhallen, Hamburg.

Kissable weblins with Kiss before Midnight

Kiss before Midnight and weblin are celebrating Valentine’s Day together. The flirt simulation “Kiss before Midnight” and weblin have teamed up and are cooperating as of February 14. How appropriate :-)

Those who are fascinated by the amorous adventures in the PC game from dtp now have the chance of looking for partners on the Internet themselves: For example, all visitors to the game’s web site can see each other in the browser window and chat - or flirt - with one another.

In dtp‘s romance simulation “Kiss before Midnight“, one steers individual characters through amorous adventures in Paris, the city of love. In ingeniously interwoven episodes, it is all about passionate love, jealousy, intrigues and broken friendships. It quickly becomes clear what will lead to a kiss and what will lead to a rejection. The game’s fans can now apply their skills together with kindred spirits outside the game. Just a few clicks and you can create a virtual likeness on the official homepage of “Kiss before Midnight” and, as weblin avatar, get into a conversation with other users on any web site.

Twelve Valentine’s Day presents

Shortly after midday it has become clear that this will be weblin’s ultimate record day as far as sending presents is concerned. More than twice the normal number of presents has already been sent from weblin to weblin.

Under the heading “Valentine“, you will find twelve new gifts. Another 66 gifts are available every day and there are always new ones on special occasions. So, if you have not already sent a gift today, pluck up some courage and send one. It does not necessarily have to be to the person dearest to you. Simply send gifts to the weblins you meet when visiting the Internet today. Your reward will be a grateful smile and perhaps a gift sent in return.