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Rant: Updating Profiles, Mobile Dating

August 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

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Mobestar Gets Together with World Dating Partners

August 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

Mobile community applications developers Mobestar has announced a partnership with Datech Limited. Datech provides dating services to 7,000 web sites around the world via its World Dating Partners brand. The partnership enables Datech to offer fully integrated web and mobile dating solutions to its clients.
World Dating Partners’ clients will now be offered the opportunity to [...]

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Jangl makes Anonymous Heavy Breathing Easier

July 27th, 2007 · No Comments

Jangl is on a real tear. Now that Match.com took the bait, every large dating and social network is inviting anonymous calling companies to pitch their services. Baaaa! (that’s my sheep sound.)
The latest to enter the game is Various Inc, which owns the FriendFinder network. Adult FriendFinder is the only property that anyone I’ve ever [...]

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Tuesday 7/24 Links

July 24th, 2007 · No Comments

Diesel Dating: Love the interface.
ForeSee Pairs Up with eHarmony to Measure Customer Satisfaction.
iRovr Launches Mini Social Network for the iPhone.
Peepsnation is a Mobile Hot or Not.
Sparkleroad.com is for sale. Sitepoint has the Sparkleroad listing. Owner says it has over 100k members with 6 localized domains and over 15,000 photos uploaded by the members.

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Back in the Saddle

July 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment

Vacation was fantastic. 18 relatives in a rustic camp on a beautiful lake in the mountains. Re-entry is proving difficult (or I’m just feeling lazy), we’ll stick with links for this week while I get back into the swing of things.
Meetic vs. Match. France versus Texas. Top two UK sites are free, fighting for leftovers. [...]

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Mobile Dating: IceBreaker Raises $7.2 Million

June 6th, 2007 · 1 Comment

IceBreaker which I wrote about back in November, has landed $7.2 million in new financing, money that the Bellevue startup will use to continue marketing its mobile dating service Crush or Flush.  Crush or Flush is similar to a mobile version of HotorNot.
IceBreaker plans to use funds to bolster a research and development center in [...]

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