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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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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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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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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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Eharmony has launched anonymous calling. Given how long it takes to decide on a  solution, integrate, test and roll out, this has been in the works for a while. They must have heard how successful the Match Jangle integration was.
eHarmony Secure Call is the private, secure way to talk one-on-one with your eHarmony matches over [...]

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Ccube is a new over-the-phone social network launching today. The service lets you connect with friends and business prospects on sites like MySpace and eBay with the click of a button. Members can search for and talk to anyone for free. The service lets users link a Ccube username to their favorite connectivity device, including [...]

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Over the years, dating sites like Match.com have toyed with audio and video on profiles. Impediments included the need for special infrastructure, i.e special phone numbers to call into, or developing applications to record low quality video from sub megapixel webcams. And who do you know that had a webcam in 2003?
With ever-falling bandwidth prices, [...]

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