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Anonymous Calling,
chat
I came across a service called Hello my number is.
HELLOmynumberis.com is a fun new way to meet people!
The process is simple. All you need to do is signup for an account, generate some Tag Numbers, and then anonymously give the Tag Numbers out to people you would like to meet. You can do this by [...]
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Anonymous Calling
Beemask is an anonymous calling service looking to partner with dating sites. Geek.com wrote them up. Beemask is free, which I don’t understand. Didn’t they learn from Jangl and Match? I thought that perhaps anonymous calling would take off in the online dating space. It didn’t. People just pick up the phone and call each [...]
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Anonymous Calling
Several executives at top dating sites have contacted me to discuss the effect the mass exodus of top management from Jangl would affect MatchTalk, which is powered by Jangl.
Today I heard back from Michael Cerda, founder of Jangl, about the current situation. Jangl was acquired by Live Universe and continues to power Match.com and Adult [...]
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Anonymous Calling,
jajah,
jangl
Jangl, which powers the anonymous calling feature on Match.com and several social networks, has expired. The founders are going to work for Jajah, which powers eHarmony’s anonymous calling service.
Sorry to hear the news, I like the Jangl team and their PR team was top notch. Hopefully Jajah will find a place for them where they [...]
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Anonymous Calling,
jangl
Jangl and all the other anonymous calling services are preparing to insert advertising in the beginning, middle and end of calls routed through their system via partners like Bebo. I wonder how these plans may change now that Bebo is an AOL property.
I assume that Match members (Jangl powers Match anonymous calling) will not have [...]
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Anonymous Calling,
jangl
Social communications company Jaxtr has just released a new destination called Jaxtr Cafe. Jaxtr is creating a social network on the go, allowing you to participate in your favorite discussions while mobile. Jaxtr has successfully completed eleven months of beta testing and today released version 1.0 of its service. The centerpiece of the 1.0 [...]
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Anonymous Calling,
jaxtr
I’m near the Jersey Shore meeting with TelTech. They are demoing their LoveDetect, Liar and Spoof phone services. Fascinating technology and applications and the discussion about how dating and social sites could use the services has been interesting.
I have meetings all day Friday in Manhattan. Nice to be back, it’s been a while. A few [...]
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Anonymous Calling,
image_analysis,
Innovation,
voice_analysis
Lately the online dating industry has seen a lot of activity in anonymous calling and what I call progressive communication, where dating sites offer services which facilitate bridging the gap between the first wink, email and phone call to set up a date.
To that end, and to cover the whole disclaimer issue (unlike some other [...]
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Anonymous Calling,
Audio-Video,
progressive_communication,
widgets,
zingdom
There are scores of companies focused on connecting people on the Internet. But what about people without computers, or prefer to communicate by phone?
Ccube, in Cupertino, CA, is making it easier for billions of people without computers to communicate. To use the CCube Service, one only needs a phone. after a brief web-based signup [...]
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Anonymous Calling,
anonymous_calling,
ccube,
jangl,
match,
social-networking,
tom_friedman