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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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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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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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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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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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