by David Evans | Social: Dating & Networking
WPP has invested in the Chinese venture capital firm which is spearheading the launch of MySpace in China. The marketing services group headed by Sir Martin Sorrell has ploughed an undisclosed sum into China Broadband Capital Partners, a Beijing-based investor in the...
by David Evans | Social: Dating & Networking
Playboy is launching a social network for college students called PlayboyU, billed as an exclusive college-only non-nude social network. I have a feeling this isn’t going to work out so well for Playboy. Why don’t they sponsor an area on Facebook or...
by David Evans | Social: Dating & Networking
IamFreeTonight has launched on Facebook, although I can’t find the service in the applications listing. Talking about launching HotOrNot on Facebook (which isn’t a dating site IMHO), Markus at Plentyoffish says: As for growing pageviews via facebook I...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups, Social: Dating & Networking
I am going ga-ga over the new Facebook platform. Compared to what Facebook is doing to change the face of social computing (there’s your real Paradigm Shift, Markus), the recent space of failed dating site acquisitions and summer doldrums leaves me hungry for a...
by David Evans | Dating Site Technology, Social: Dating & Networking
I can’t believe that the Facebook Platform is three weeks old and I’m just getting to it. Busy with clients, moving and life in general, plus the usual summertime blogging malaise has set in. I really need to get a Treo so I can blog on the run, as I...
by David Evans | Social: Dating & Networking
Mycircles seems to have launched as a beta, again. I thought it was supposed to be adult dating, seems like something for everyone this time around. Lame intro Flash animation, what is it, 1998? Is it dating, social networking, or both?