Big day today, talking to a company about creating an online dating credential that can be used across multiple dating sites, pitching a VC and hoping the weather holds off for a roofdeck party.
Sponsor iovation has a new whitepaper titled, “Online Dating: Keeping Your Members Safe from Online Scams and Predators.â€
Talked to OnlineBootyCall this week. They are launching new sites with a unique twist, stay tuned for more.
Did a Vindicia webinar this week. Company is making inroads into the online dating industry. If you have problems managing chargebacks you should check them out.
Working out the final details of the dating commercial auctioned off here last month. Can’t wait to see how it fares at Cannes.
A major media outlet is doing a story about the legalities surrounding online dating, from safety to terms of service to billing practices. This is going to be a major shockwave throughout the industry.
White Label Dating hired a lot of new people recently. Here come the brits.
Match.com’s Downtoearth seems to making a re-entry.
New Twitter Research: Men Follow Men and Nobody Tweets – Conversation Starter – HarvardBusiness.org
Jaltcoh: 17 online dating profile cliches that women should avoid
Industry Moves: Online Textbook Rental Firm Hires Former Ask.com CEO Safka | paidContent.org. Previously Jim Safka was the CEO of Match.com.
Microsoft understands the power of Facebook connect. Facebook Coming to Xbox Live This Fall – Now You Can Share Xbox Games with Facebook Connect. Dating sites, who’s implementing FB connect?
Online dating sites can learn a lot from gaming theory. This Google tech talk, Putting the Fun in Functional: Applying Game Mechanics to Functional Software is fascinating, especially the part at 15:30 about social feedback driving engagement.
Online Personals Watch: Interview With Marc Simoncini, CEO Of Meetic
Vooji, new dating site entirely based on video.
Is anyone planning on going to Social Networking World Forum, California?
iPhone Zensify Keeps track of your aggregated social networks.
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Here come the Brits?
Last time someone from Boston said that a tea went bad eh? :)
I wish we could still claim to be entirely British, but we’ve now got Kiwis, Aussies, South Africans and Americans working in the team!! We’re growing our US team considerably – always on the lookout for talent!! :)
R
Good luck on your VC pitch though I’m not sure how I feel about a unified OpenID style login system for dating sites from the admin side of things. It might make it even easier for spammers to proliferate across all the sites.
And I’m, not sure about unified OpenID style login system for dating sites from the admin side of things. I totally agree with you, it opens a tunnel for spammers.