by David Evans | Audio & Video, Social: Dating & Networking
There are scores of companies focused on connecting people on the Internet. But what about people without computers, or prefer to communicate by phone? Ccube, in Cupertino, CA, is making it easier for billions of people without computers to communicate. To use the...
by David Evans | Dating Markets, Dating Sites & Startups, Social: Dating & Networking
Reader Beth asked about Lavalife Prime, which prompted me to poke around the press release and the website. Lavalife Prime is a social network that looks like a dating site, starting with the search for both men and women front and center on the home page. The text on...
by David Evans | Dating Safety, Social: Dating & Networking
After week of political posturing, the New York Times says that Myspace will hand over to state attorneys general the names, addresses and online profiles of thousands of known convicted sex offenders who have opened up accounts on the service. More than 7,000...
by David Evans | Dating Site Technology, Online Dating Innovation, Social: Dating & Networking
The Firefox browser is going social. The Mozilla foundation, parent of Firefox, has announced Coop, a browser extension that incorporates social networking right in the Firefox browser. Bringing social networking right into the browser is something I have wished for...
by David Evans | Social: Dating & Networking
I logged into Myspace today and was greeted with multiple friend requests from too-good-to be-true women, all within two minutes of each other. That’s the first sign of spam, or is it that Myspace Friend Train I joined last year? Looks like it’s a...
by David Evans | Dating Research, Social: Dating & Networking
Hitwise has released research findings showing smaller alternative social networking sites continue to gain traction. Lots of good stats if you follow the link. My favorite is that nearly half–48%–of brand marketers plan to use social marketing tactics in...