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Old-growth social network Tagged has raised $15 million. As the other top social networks struggled in a Facebook-dominated world, Tagged was busy acquiring its competitors and complimentary services to firmly position itself as a competitor to MeetMe and Badoo. It...OkCupid: Building the Data-Driven Brand
OKCupid CEO Sam Yagan gave a presentation at the Digiday Data Marketing Summit. This is a fantastic slide deck, required reading for the entire dating industry. Complete with all sorts of juicy stats on member demographics, messaging trends and even some dating tips....Online Dating Industry News 6-22-12
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...Facebook Acquires Israeli Facial Recognition Company
Facebook has acquired Face.com, the company that has been providing you with the ability to automatically tag people in photos on Facebook for the last two years. Back in January, Face.com launched KLIK, A Real-Time, Facial Recognition Camera App For iPhone. Connect...Calling All Players: Match.com Wants You
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...
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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