by David Evans | Audio & Video, Dating Industry Finance
I just got off the phone with Userplane CEO Mike Jones after taking a few much-needed days off the grid in Vermont. I met Mike a few years ago in San Francisco and have always liked the way we approached chat in the dating and social networking spaces. Mike has been a...
by David Evans | Audio & Video, Legal
Today I decided to search for videos tagged as “dating” on YouTube. After quickly tiring of Dating Advice on Threesomes and Dating Boot Camp I finally came across some talent, in this case Vince Vaughn, who “wants to make some bad decisions.”...
by David Evans | Audio & Video
Today Ingenio announced Ether, which according to Greg Sterling of Sterling Market Intelligence, “creates a range of interesting e-commerce opportunities for experts who sell advice rather than products.” I thought this launched months ago, I wrote Ether...
by David Evans | Audio & Video
Userplane sent out new stats for their communications suite. (Userplane is a long-time sponsor of ODI). 40 million, 60 million live conversations between users in 20 countries each month. The company is adding 5,000 new communities to its roster each week Ad network...
by David Evans | Audio & Video
As I just mentioned, Lavalife has integrated Skype with their dating platform. Now we have Yahoo launching serious competition for Skype, which brings up a question that is bogging down hundreds of business plans, how to decide which VOIP-enabled messenger client to...