by David Evans | Social: Dating & Networking
The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs has a great piece on Facebook hiring away Sheryl Sandberg from Google to run Facebook. Fake Steve explains that Facebook is an investor shell game: You have to remember what Facebook’s core business is about. It’s not about...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Social: Dating & Networking
Two important deals being announced in Massachusetts today. Web analytics firm Compete was acquired, and Mzinga has acquired Prospero. Prospero’s community platform powers some of the largest social nets around. The combined company will become a market leader...
by David Evans | Social: Dating & Networking
Have you seen the new Facebook Cablight application? Cablight is a way to play matchmaker for your friends. You don’t have to be single to join Cablight. You can set up your friends privately so they don’t have to “friend” each other. If you...
by David Evans | Dating Safety, Dating Site Technology, Dating Sites & Startups, Marketing, Social: Dating & Networking
Boston is getting a lot of snow today, tonight the snow shoes come out! I’m sorry to say that Consumating is joining the TechCrunch Deadpool on March 15. I talked with founder Ben Brown many times when they were starting up and during the transition after CNET...
by David Evans | Marketing, Social: Dating & Networking
I finally got around to installing Match.com’s Little black Book Facebook application. I thought it was going to be a welcome respite after doing 7 interviews in a row today. The opening screen wasn’t very inviting (see blank screenshot), and on the next...
by David Evans | Social: Dating & Networking
MySpace kicked off its developer program by providing API’s and development tools to tens of thousands of developers, with some unique diistinctions, and restrictions, that it hopes will result in high quality apps. Tom Foremski at ZDNet thinks the submission...