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How We Did It: Catherine Cook and Geoff Cook, founders of myYearbook.

Social Discovery app Ntro launched months ago, backed By $1.7 million in funding, via TechCrunch. Other similar apps have been pulled from the marketplace, yet Ntro raises $1.7 million. Have you heard of or used this app?

Here Are Almost All Of The Possible Reasons Why You Were Dumped, In A Drop-Down Menu  via Forbes.

MusicPound gives users deeper insight into those they are compatible with by analyzing their music. Unlike tastebuds, MusicPound does not require any manual entry, the app uses a patent-pending process to seamlessly scan the user’s iTunes and extract information about not just the music they listen to, but how they listen. Eye2i is looking for interested parties to either license the technology or partner. Check it out: www.musicpound.com. Inquiries can be sent to sherif@eye2iapps.com.

More social dating startups, connecting friends-of-friends with Acquaintable. Not a great signup process, who’s idea was that?

Discover your personality type with MyType.

Mate Out Speed Dating.

I’ve been talking about ways that dating sites can further monetize their members. How about captcha’s as games? Supposedly, ad captcha’s don’t work as well as brand captchas.

The Top Questions Asked At A Y Combinator Interview. Startup founders should be very familiar with most, if not all of these. If you can’t answer these, you probably shouldn’t be running a dating site, or any business for that matter.

Insights in Human Knowledge, From the Minds of Babies. Nothing to do with dating, but I love hearing researchers talk about their work and someday maybe someone in a dating lab somewhere will have an egads! moment and figure out how to match people more efficiently and effectively than what we have today.