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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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I was quoted in an article about the Playboy deal with Lavalife.
Adweek onThe Peeq:
A sexy community where like-minded adults learn from and contribute to a shared philosophy that dares us to explore the quirky, humorous, embarrassing and sublime sides of sex.
Robert X. Cringely gets lightly roasted for his depiction of Quechup.com.
UK dating site First Move [...]

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Telliss Billing offers alternative billing solutions for dating services: LEC, Direct or SMS monthly, chat, per minute, 900 or 700 calls.

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Using your cell phone to meet people and hookup makes more sense than using a spoon to eat soup. Its a match made in heaven. At least that’s what we figure. Phonefling is the only mobile dating site you should be using. Why? Because its [...]

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Enpocket
Since 2001, Enpocket has been delivering on the promise of the rich possibilities of mobile. In that vein, we have developed the industry leading technology platform for delivering rich and relevant mobile marketing and advertising. From building brand awareness to maximizing revenue potential, Enpocket is uniquely qualified to help companies develop, target [...]

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Trilibis SmartPath™ Mobile Publishing Solution empowers you to easily create and manage customized rich content mobile applications that run on 90% of mobile handset models – and you can get these applications to market in just a few weeks.
WebDate Case Study.

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Trilibis, creators of WebDate Mobile, have released data on WebDate users. You may have read that WebDate is going back to a free model, after unsuccessfully attempting to shift to with paid memberships the past few years. Webdate Mobile remains $4.99/month.
Mobile dating popularity growing: In December 2006, there were 91,700 Mobile Webdate users, up [...]

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Thumbplay has introduced irreverent “Valentones�, or pre-recorded verbal messages that can be set as the ringer on your mobile phone to publicly announce your status as a single person in need of a Valentine’s date. For example, imagine hearing “I Need a Date!� or “Will you be my Valentine… please?� every time you received [...]

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Crush or Flush, a mobile version of Hot or Not, is launching soon, with an added twist. Users can tag hotties or flush them. Flushing is really just the ability to ignore people. I’d rather see a 1-10 style rating system, but then again I’m not 25 and can think of a lot of things [...]

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Online Dating Insider sponsor Thomas Technologies announces LoveandFriends has integrated Thomas’ web-dating suite 1.0. Thomas hopes to show that Thomas’ tools can be tailored to any demographic be it Jewish, Catholic or any other niche. LoveandFriends is a UK based site with a reach of over 100, 000 members targeted towards “thinking people”.

Reader Karen alerts [...]

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