Match.com Announces New CEO
Mandy Ginsberg at Match just called to fill me in on the Match deal with Meetic. I’m busy talking with people about the deal, In the meantime I wanted to let you know that Match has a new CEO. IAC announced today that Greg Blatt, currently IAC’s...Dating Site Usability: How Does Your Site Rate?
Last night I visited the Microsoft Startup Labs in Cambridge for Refresh Boston. The speaker was Matthew Oliphant, Senior Interaction Designer & Usability Specialist at Mathworks, who presented Usability: Getting it Right the First Time. More and more of my work...Speeddate.com Valentine’s Day Extravaganza
Speeddate.com had two women going on speed dates for 24 hours on Valentine’s Day. Sarah, one of the participants, had this to say about the experience. It all began when I entered a contest on SpeedDate.com that a friend of mine saw that I might be interested in...Userplane Founder Moves On To New Startup
Mike Jones, founder of Userplane chat software, has founded an online media network called Tsavo Media. Founded in the fall of 2008, Tsavo is acquiring a variety of blogs and creating others in house. More at TechCrunch.Valentine’s Week 2009 Online Dating Insider Wrapup
What a week. As memories of the iDate conference recede and the online dating busy season comes to a close, I find myself with new clients, nursing a hoarse voice from media calls all week and looking forward to some exciting new projects. Besides a mention in the New...Reaching Online Dating Executives and Key Decision Makers
At iDate, I talked to many companies who are looking to sell to or partner with online dating sites. I spend a considerable amount of time bringing companies together and forging partnerships and the companies below will tell you, you’re not going to get closer...Shake Or Date iPhone Dating Application
I’m not sure how many people are going to shell out $4.99 to take polls and look at profiles that don’t contain photos. This Valentine’s Day Use the iPhone or the iPod Touch to Rate a Date, Fake a Date or Shake a Date with New ‘Shake or Date’...Inside Social Games Blog
The Inside Social Games blog continues to track the convergence of games and social platforms, a key theme emerging in 2009 is the rapid pace of innovation happening in payments. Entrepreneurs are rapidly moving to fill the market need as social game developers...OKCupid’s Red Light, Green Light
A few weeks ago I was on a panel with Sam Yagan, CEO of OkCupid. Sam mentioned the new Red Light, Green Light feature they implemented recently. People with a red light on their profile tend not to reply, those with a green light, do. PlentyOfFish, on the other hand,...
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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