Fighting Image-Based Fraud And Spam
I am fortunate to be working with Sobayli, a great startup in NYC working on a pattern recognition and proprietary image based solutions for preventing user generated liability. Sobayli is able to block multiple classes of inappropriate content in real time, and they...Changing Times Facing Online Dating Consultants
After spending several years advising and consulting with dating sites, I am seeing a slowdown in the number of dating site startups. On top of that, the companies that are launching are for the most part underfunded, which makes it difficult to work with all the...SpeedDate Hijacks Facebook Users With A Bait And Switch
TechCrunch say that SpeeDate has hijacked over 500,000 Facebook users from other Facebook applications. As far as we can tell, all three modified applications were developed by HappyAppy, so it’s likely that SpeedDate either acquired the company with the $6 million...Matchmaker SmartAgent
Mark Brooks has a funny post about Tara, Matchmaker’s new “live” attendant. It’s like a Turing test gone hilariously awry. You: What side of the light do your mushrooms grow on? Tara Says: Why not start now? It’s risk free, so...Lunch with iovation
Had lunch with Glenn from iovation today. Beautiful fall day here in Boston, perfect for sitting outside and chatting for a few hours. I am seriously getting interested in fraud detection services, lots of interesting solutions, partnerships and deals going on....Engage Launches Facebook application
Engage (blog) has launched a Facebook application and redesigned the site. AwesomeIntros, is a fun game that relies on your intuition to introduce people to a person they’ve never met before. You just vote on the person you think Engage should introduce to the guy...Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: Sept 10, 2008
Jeremiah Owyang’s Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space for Sept 10, 2008 is up. Jeremy covers the social networking space an an analyst and if you read this blog you should at least sign up for his weekly digest. I’m looking at a few white label...Online Dating Insider Links for 9-10-08
Dating Ad Network has posted an interview with Kris Covino and Meir Strahlberg at Date.com. Everyone is talking about virtual goods these days. I’ve been working with Viximo, which provides a complete virtual goods platform to social networks and dating sites....So You Want To Start a Dating Site
Commenter Tobin says this about starting a dating site: The cost of technology is getting cheaper and cheaper. I’d even argue that you can get up and running for under $20k ($50k is very high in my opinion). You’re right that the customer acquisition is key and I...
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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