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A group of 20-somethings has created a website called Girls Teach Guys. The idea behind the site is to publish real and uncensored advice and tips from the opposite sex. The advice is provided as video clips, most look like they were recorded with webcams, although some appear to be professionally made.
I just sat through [...]

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I am fortunate to be working with Sobayli, a great startup in NYC working on a pattern recognition and proprietary image based solutions for preventing user generated liability. Sobayli is able to block multiple classes of inappropriate content in real time, and they have been finding a lot of interest in the social media and [...]

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After spending several years advising and consulting with dating sites, I am seeing a slowdown in the number of dating site startups. On top of that, the companies that are launching are for the most part underfunded, which makes it difficult to work with all the talented, driven and fun people I talk to every [...]

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Had lunch with Glenn from iovation today. Beautiful fall day here in Boston, perfect for sitting outside and chatting for a few hours. I am seriously getting interested in fraud detection services, lots of interesting solutions, partnerships and deals going on. iovation is clearly on a roll these days and it’s nice to see dating [...]

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Iovation has several videos out that describe how their anti-fraud device fingerprinting technology can benefit various online constituencies.
Financial Services: http://www.iovation.com/videos/fin_video.html
Online Communities: http://www.iovation.com/videos/com_video.htmlOnline Gambling: http://www.iovation.com/videos/gbl_video.htmlOnline Retail: http://www.iovation.com/videos/rtl_video.htmlCorporate Overview: http://www.iovation.com/videos/corp_video.html
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Online Dating Insider sponsor HonestyOnline is now providing identify verification to speed dating services.

FastLife.com, the world’s largest speed dating service, has partnered with Honestly Online Inc. to launch Prestige Speed Dating, designed exclusively for established singles concerned about the personal history of the people they date. Set to launch Thursday, September 25th in New York [...]

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In Buying a New Online (Device) Reputation, HonestyOnline talks about recent posts concerning how easy it is to circumvent background checks. I think image management, fraud detection and identity verification are going to be a key offering to dating sites. So much that I’m working with all three groups to create a suite of products [...]

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Scott Olson, VP marketing at iovation, has written about how easy it is to bypass background checks. Scott outlines precisely why I believe background check and fraud-detection companies should work together. They are pitching their services to the exact same people at dating and social networking companies and should be collaborating and teaming up to [...]

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According to SFGate, Today is the deadline for any business that accepts credit cards over the Internet to meet new security standards for their Web sites.

The new rule comes from the big credit card brands - Visa, MasterCard Worldwide, American Express, Discover Financial Services and JCB International - and is intended to protect credit card [...]

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