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we-R-you Corporation and Avatrait Digital Galleries Form Joint Venture to Market Second Life(R) Art(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) CHICAGO, IL, October 30 / MARKET WIRE/ -- Avatrait Digital Galleries, the Second Life gallery dedicated to bringing the art of some of the world's leading artistic visionaries to a real world audience, has teamed up with the we-R-you Corporation (PINKSHEETS: WERU) to use their fully integrated social network platform, coRe?, within the existing Avatrait website. The we-R-you coRe software is designed to allow any website to easily and quickly provide secure and private social networking and the ability to quickly, easily and effectively monetize an existing website such as Avatrait. By using coRe, Avatrait has created a more complete and social experience for the buying and selling of digital art in the space of a few days. According to Philip Linden of Second Life, "One of the unexpected results of Second Life is the emerging of an entirely new art form, which has been dubbed 'Digital Impressionism,' based on the visions of virtual world residents. These artists are re-defining what personal identity means, when expressed in a world where anybody can be anything, can do anything, and can create virtually anything. Their visualizations form the core of this exciting new art." Greg Houston, CEO and Managing Director of Avatrait, said, "I'm amazed on a daily basis by what these artists create, and in our 'credits' section, we include the coordinates for locating the builds and landscapes shown within these pages. All you will need is a computer and an open mind." Robert Wagner, Chief Operating Officer of we-R-you, pointed out that we-R-you and its coRe software is "strategically positioned to capitalize on consumer demand for an optimized online experience. By design we-R-you and coRe don't just blend the most powerful features and customer retention components of a portal with those of the world's leading social networking sites; they raise the bar to another level. The result is an optimized site that integrates social networking, security, communication, contact management and productivity solutions." Wagner added, "I am astonished that so many companies spend hundreds of thousands of dollars promoting their website only to send prospective customers away to another website where control of information is lost. "Our solution is to bring the social network stickiness aspect to your website creating longevity and retention to your expensive and heavily promoted website." Mr. Houston added, "In today's economy, the concept of plugging into we-R-you's coRe platform is vital to Avatrait and other web sites as they look for cost-effective ways to quickly implement technologies that will monetize their site traffic beyond the current advertising models available today." About AVATRAIT Avatrait is a company dedicated to bringing the art of virtual worlds to a real world art audience. Based in the Second Life? environment, Avatrait began as a service that let users order high-quality framed images of their in-world "avatars." However, as the company worked with the S.L. art community, it evolved to being an "advocate" for the virtual art form now being called "Digital Impressionism," and developed one of the most popular virtual Galleries where the Avatrait artists' images are available for purchase in various formats, both inworld, and real-world. The Avatrait web presence has also developed, from a basic e-commerce site where specific images were available to order, to the just released new Avatrait.com which encompasses social networking, image sharing, web storage, and other features provided by the "coRe" engine of the we-R-you Corporation. The new site will allow all users to offer their virtual images for sale, as well as the ability to interface with the thriving Second Life art community, and the possibility of becoming an Avatrait Gallery artist. In addition, Avatrait has also opened a publishing division, starting with a full-color hard-cover "coffee table" book, "AVATRAIT: From Second Life to Florence," which art event in Florence, Italy. Featuring the art of 47 of the Avatrait artists, a foreword by Second Life's founder Philip Rosedale, and other info on the growth of digital art, and is available for direct order at http://avatraitbooks.com. About we-R-you we-R-you is a next generation secure and private social networking portal converged with online photo and video albums, a music library, a personal, private and secure remote hard drive ("cloud drive"), integrated SMS, IM, and VoIP, significant security enhancements above using the "public internet" and many more productivity tools. we-R-you is strategically positioned to capitalize on consumer demand for an optimized online experience. By design we-R-you doesn't just blend the most powerful features and customer retention components of a "portal" with those of the world's leading social networking sites; we-R-you raises the bar to another level, including original multimedia entertainment content and product and the experience of its executives in the marketing and distribution of that product. The result is an optimized social networking site that integrates security, communication, contact management and productivity solutions. we-R-you untangles the mess of using 5 separate programs to do 5 separate things. It simplifies interaction with contacts, improves productivity, increases virus protection and virtually eliminates the likelihood of losing data. It's an environment where everything is online. "SAFE HARBOR" STATEMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995: The statements contained in this release which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in or implied by forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include the Company's entry into new commercial businesses, the risk of obtaining financing, recruiting and retaining qualified personnel, and other risks described in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The forward looking statements in this press release speak only as of the date hereof, and the Company disclaims any obligation to provide updates, revisions or amendments to any forward looking statement to reflect changes in the Company's expectations or future events. For more information on core? follow this link: http://www.topkat.com/core_presentation.htm ? and ? 2008 we-R-you, Corporation All Rights Reserved Contact: Allen LeWinter 973-287-7493 Robert Wagner 630-699-1145 Copyright ? 2008 Marketwire |