by David Evans | Dating Safety, Profiles & Matching
Big news in the world of online dating. Match.com has announced it would begin running members through a sex offender registry. The story began to unfold just over a week ago, around the time I interviewed the rape victim, then called Jane Doe, who was attacked by a...
by David Evans | Mobile Dating, Profiles & Matching
My latest favorite mobile app is Siri. Siri lets you ask it questions out loud and returns results in a chat-like interface. Apple likes Siri as well, so much they brought the company last year. Today I asked Siri about single women in Boston. The screenshot shows the...
by David Evans | Audio & Video, Dating Site Features, Dating Site Technology, Online Dating Innovation, Profiles & Matching
I am having a blast taking people’s photos and running them through FaceReader from Profiler1. Not to be confused with this competing Face Reader. Here are some notes culled from discussion with Profiler1 and pulled from their website. Profiler1 has automated...
by David Evans | Profiles & Matching
In Identity and Reputation as (Social)Currency I mentioned Dave Gordon’s startup, Tru.ly. The following is taken from numerous conversations with Dave in recent months and the tru.ly website. The idea of verification on dating sites has been met with much...
by David Evans | Profiles & Matching
This week I met up with Shawn Broderick. Shawn and I met for a burrito a few years ago when he was launching TrustPlus. Since then he went on to run Tech Stars Boston. Tech Stars accepts a handful of startups every year, providing $18,000 in seed funding and an...
by David Evans | Dating Research, Online Dating Industry, Profiles & Matching
Google’s Marissa Meyer on how much credit card Companies know about us. I read the other week that credit card companies know with 98% accuracy two years before that you’re going to get divorced – that’s crazy. News of this came about last year when...