by David Evans | Dating Safety
I had lunch with Ed from MaxMind today. The weather is still warm enough to eat outside which is great, as we Bostonians are counting down the days until the first frost. IT execs at dating sites know what MaxMind is, due to the popularity of their GeoIP and Minfraud...
by David Evans | Dating Safety
Chris Nguyen at Cupid.com wrote in to announce the launch of a safety feature called FollowMeCupid.com. FollowMeCupid is one of those services where you enter your date details and a contact into the website. If you don’t check in on time your contact is, well,...
by David Evans | Audio & Video, Dating Research, Dating Safety
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...
by David Evans | Dating Safety
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...
by David Evans | Dating Safety
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...
by David Evans | Dating Safety
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....