Online Dating Industry Consulting & Commentary
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SpeedDate released a new version of it’s iPhone app that allows users to quickly meet and connect with singles using their smartphones.
Speeddate claims that the application is a giant leap forward in the online dating industry as it’s the first to deliver instant notifications once email messages have been read and allows unlimited browsing [...]
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Received an update about Flirtnet from Wayne Silbermann.
Flirtnet (our sms and wap-based mobile dating service) is growing nicely. We are the leading player in the SA market – we white-label for most of the large players here like Vodafine Live, and our direct to market brand is also doing well. We are mostly staying away [...]
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As companies continue to figure out ways to leverage location-based services, the dating industry has taken a few baby steps in promising directions. Yet the feedback I’m hearing is that the majority of singles are going to remain wary of dating services that let you find singes within your geographic area, at least for the [...]
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Last week my neighbor was playing Vivaldi with the volume at 11 on a Sunday morning. This of course means that he was getting busy. If the music didn’t give him away, I could have figured out what was going on by visiting I Just Made Love, an interactive map that displays the location of [...]
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Mocospace, the 4th largest mobile website in the U.S., has released their 2nd annual data on mobile etiquette. Big survey, 20,000 respondents.
Over 1/3 of the respondents said they used their phone to flirt with someone while on a date with someone else. Ouch!
Nearly 60% have used their mobile phone to break up with someone.
In an [...]
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If competition from Yelp, Gowalla and other location-based checking services wasn’t enough, Facebook Is Working On A Foursquare-Killer. I am an avid Foursquare user (Superuser status) and so are several dating industry executives, judging by the number of Miami Convention Center and Royal Palms Hotel checkins I witnessed while in Miami Beach.
It was only a [...]
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Christian Wiklund at Skout said they are launching a version of Skout (500,000 members) for the Apple iPad.
The new SKOUT.COM iPad app will not only show you singles nearby who are active and ready to chat, it will also boast a new concept: The HotMap. The Map will display a live overview of where [...]
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Talk about starting the week off on a good note. Cyber Monday deals, preparing some exciting new reports for readers and to top it off OKCupid has released an iPhone application.
Team OKCupid did a great job at integrating just about every piece of website functionality on the iPhone. The home screen features recently updates [...]
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Fling.com has gone mobile.
Fling.com’s mobile site is now available. If you have a smart phone, go to fling.com and check it out.
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Layar: First Mobile Augmented Reality Browser Is Your Real Life HUD. Now *this* is a cool mobile application. Imagine being able to hold your camera up to a person and have it display their profile. Scary big-brother implications but this is part of the natural evolution of mate-finding. Location-based mobile dating applications are fast becoming [...]
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