IAC buys AskJeeves, launches Gifts.com
A busy day for Match.com’s parent company, IAC. IAC has announced that they will acquire AskJeeves for $1.85 billion. IAC will integrate IAC’s brands into the Ask Jeeves service; enhance Ask Jeeves’ local search capabilities — a hotly...Premier singles
Premier Singles is showing some life. I received this email about a television show tie in. Not as polished as the PerfectMatch/Dr. Phil promotion but another example of online services working more closely with television. Major Network Seeking Recently Separated or...Yahoo! gets social networking
Yahoo! is getting into blogging and social networking with Yahoo 360. The service is designed to enable Yahoo’s 165 million registered users to pull content from the Web site’s discussion groups, online photo albums and review section to plug into their...Couch dating with Comcast
My neighborhood was among the last to get upgraded to digital cable in Boston. While perusing video on demand I came across the Comcast Dating Channel, which launched on Valentine’s Day. The Dating Channel is based on video personals tied to online profiles on...
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