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Online Dating Insider delivers cutting-edge insight and commentary on all aspects of the online dating industry. Topics include industry news, site reviews, emerging trends, analysis of dating site features, discussion about safety safety, finance and other issues important to the online dating market. Don’t miss our Tools & Services directory, useful to anyone running dating [...]

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Speaking of dating and video, a Saul M. Detofsky wrote me, saying, ” Call me soon. It’s later than you think when I get on TV.” Of course I had to check him out, as I had no idea what he was talking about.
Behold, the Let’s Meet TV Show:
Let’s Meet is the first to showcase [...]

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ON Dating is a new Internet dating advice program produced by NBC Universal Digital Studios for ON Networks. The show functions as a virtual dating coach, dedicated to helping viewers navigate the sometimes treacherous terrain of online romance.
Each “ON Dating” episode serves as a 3-8 minute primer on how to
date in the 21st century, offering [...]

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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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AVChat is a flash video/audio chat software for use on user based websites. Custom development services are also provided for extending the functionality of the software to better fit the needs of the customers and integrating the software into any existing website.

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Vivox provides online games, virtual worlds and other online communities with robust, integrated communication services that deliver superior quality voice, video, Instant Messaging (IM) and presence – all of which greatly improve gameplay and social interaction. Today, Vivox is bringing voice to over one million subscribers in more than 180 countries.

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Userplane is the premier provider of communication software for online communities. Five hosted web apps comprise the application suite – each adding core, must-have features to thriving websites. The apps are robust yet lightweight, cross-platform with no user installation, and customizable for a site’s specific needs.
Userplane Webchat delivers full-featured, text/voice/video multi-user chatting.
Userplane Webmessenger provides [...]

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Userplane, a long time sponsor of Online Dating Insider, is launching a new feature called Userlist, which launches on Tuesday after a month of testing on selected partner sites. is now available on the instant community page.
Pete at Mashable was hoping for a cross between MeeboMe and MyBlogLog. I love MyBlogLog, which creates community [...]

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This is hilarious. Ze Frank, who hosts a great daily videoblog, has a segment about the True.com video ads that are showing up in places like Myspace. Watch him chat back and forth with the video ad, thinking the girls in the ads are actually chatting live with him, gave me a big chuckle. Ze [...]

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