Anthony Weiner Could Have Used This: Fadeaway is an Android and iPhone app that lets you control the life span of your sent and received text messages on your smart phone. Talk about a perfect tie-in with Ashley Madison.
I am bullish on Hanginout. Consider it an expanded version of your dating profile. I could see people on dating sites linking to their Hangingout profile once they open up the service to everyone. Perhaps your Master Profile will live on a third-party site like Hangingout that pulls info from Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm, etc. Dating sites would use an API to connect to the site and pull relevant information for matching.
Senators introduce location privacy bill. This could possibly affect location-based dating services.
Me, Myself and I: Helping to manage your identity on the web.
Obama’s Solution for Online ID? Let Silicon Valley Take the Lead.
First Quarter 2011 Highlights FriendFinder Networks financials: Income from operations increased 52% year-over-year to $19.7 millionAdjusted EBITDA increased 33% year over year to $27.2 million.Adjusted Cash flow increased 60% year-over-year to $14.3 million.Net loss decreased from $0.60 per share in 2010 to $0.27 per share in 2011Raised $50 million in gross proceeds from Initial Public OfferingRepaid $65.3 million in outstanding debt since December 31, 2010
“We had a strong first quarter, highlighted by a 33% increase in adjusted EBITDA and a 60% increase in our Adjusted Cash Flow,” said Marc Bell, Chief Executive Officer of FriendFinder Networks Inc.
The company had outstanding debt of $543.5 million.
Nerve.com’s Fifteen Courtship Blunders.
Nice writeup of Thomas Edwards, known as the Professional Wingman.