Match Discontinues Voice Services
This was in my mailbox this morning. They never promoted this service. I think I got one email about it. I posted my audio clip when they started the beta. I never receive a “hows it working out for you” type email which was a shame. Match spends all...Friendster layoffs, CEO out
Friendster news from Rafat Ali, Jeremy Zawodny Rob Hoff and VC Bill Burnham. CEO Scott Sassa is out. Replaced by Taek Kwon, evp-product and technology at Citysearch.com. Five people laid off (out of 55). More VC funding on the way. Yahoo! is looking to hire...Lemontonic acquired by Silverback Media
Two press releases about Lemontonic today. First is that Lemontonic will be acquired by Silverback Media. The second states that energy company Pioneering Technology is doing a reverse takeover of Lemontonic. Silverback release here, takeover release is here....Google Maps + 4ppl Free Personals
Take a roomful of programmers, a beta Google web service and the concept of geo-targeting singles and you have 4ppl +GoogleMaps. The service works by merging 4ppl’s database of singles and overlaying it on top of Google’s super GoogleMaps service. Enter in...CityDate
Highlights from the press release on new dating site CityDate: It’s totally free and no advertising. The service provides live customer service reps who call new members by phone and walk them through the features of the site to make sure each member...
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