by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups, Online Dating Industry
Markus says that Yahoo and Match are working together in Europe. I would not have believed it unless I read this article or saw the UK Yahoo! Personals landing page. There is literally zero references to the deal in Yahoo News and a couple in Google. Judging by all...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups, Online Dating Innovation, Social: Dating & Networking
Safe dating site TrueDater has launched a site for bookmarking people across multiple social networks. I’ve been critical of TrueDater in the past. I’m not convinced the service has the audience or features to be considered useful. I think something along...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Spark Networks announced today Michael A. Kumin (bio) has been elected to the company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Kumin is currently a Partner with Great Hill Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, where he is responsible for originating...
by David Evans | Dating Site Technology
NewsForge, the Linux and open source newspaper, has a story about the technical underpinnings of eHarmony. Choice tidbits from Mark Douglas, vice president of engineering and operations: eHarmony.com chooses open source software for its quality, not for its price. 11...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
Tara Weiss at Forbes interviewed Herb Vest. Choice quotes: Internet dating is populated, to a large degree, by criminals and married people. I conquered money, and now I’m looking to conquer love. Our mission is to end divorce in the United States. We cannot...