by David Evans | Audio & Video, Dating Site Features
After writing about Flikdate, I started hearing about Airtime, the new videochat service built on top of Facebook. Remember Chatroulette (lots of posts here)? Huge initial growth, absolute media frenzy, featured live in an epic concert, and the fell off a cliff. Watch...
by David Evans | Dating Markets, Dating Site Features, Mobile Dating
Its July 4th, hope my US readers are out having fun, stay safe! Ex-Googlers Launch Avocado, An App For Couples Backed By Baseline, General Catalyst, And Lightspeed. Via TechCrunch. Facebook testing ‘Want’ button. This is going to be huge. I have been talking to a few...
by David Evans | Dating Site Features, Interviews, Marketing, Mobile Dating, Online Dating Innovation
Gay-spotting mobile app Grindr gets around 1 million monthly visitors. Sex offenders in Louisiana must list their status on Facebook, other social media. What’s next, limiting what they can Like on Facebook? Where will the scarlet letters be featured on their...
by David Evans | Audio & Video, Dating Industry Finance, Dating Site Features, Dating Sites & Startups, Uncategorized
While browsing AngelList, I came across Pinstant Karma which calls itself “A pitch-perfect convergence of match.com and Pinterest that will energize the online dating segment.” With stunning visual pin boards singles can easily ‘like’ and...
by David Evans | Dating Site Features
Lavalife users can now turn off the Instant Messaging feature. Prepare for outrage from male users. With a simple click of a button, Lavalife.com members now have the option of turning off the instant messaging functionality for 10 minutes, allowing anyone who may be...
by David Evans | Dating Site Features, Offline Dating, Online Dating Innovation, Profiles & Matching
Match.com is launching a game service for singles. To play you are required to hack into a government mainframe with a secret password, and the game unfolds like this: Joshua: Shall we play a game? David Lightman: Oh! David Lightman: Love to. How about Global...