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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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And what a week it’s been. Scientific Match, Vidoop and Iovation interviews. Trade show booths shipped off to iDate. Attended the virtual conference, had several new business meetings and responded to the usual press calls and a broken windshield to top it off. Tonight it’s all about DJ Spooky at the ICA, which is just [...]

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Question: When did anonymous text chat jump the shark?
Answer: Today.

A Russian website called CyberLover.ru is advertising a software tool that, it says, can simulate flirtatious chatroom exchanges. It boasts that it can chat up as many as 10 women at the same time and persuade them to hand over phone numbers.
The program, so far available [...]

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I’m currently working with Matchmine, a startup focused on personal recommendations. Matchmine can also match you to other people, by computing the similarity of your respective MatchKeys. This is very interesting stuff, especially in regards to personality testing. Why take a long test when you can compare your tastes and preferences directly? That’s all I [...]

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When the real estate market is down, NYC real estate and speed dating come together as one. Real Estate Speed Network runs speed-networking events a few times a year. Reminds me of MatchEvents.

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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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How can dating and social networking sites increase market share without breaking the bank? How about translating your site into another language?
Enlaso, a leading provider of online dating and social networking translation and localization solutions, will present a live Webinar March 1st, 2007, titled “Go Global and Localize the Online Dating Experience.�?
Enlaso has performed translation [...]

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