Ze Frank on True.com
This is hilarious. Ze Frank, who hosts a great daily videoblog, has a segment about the True.com video ads that are showing up in places like Myspace. Watch him chat back and forth with the video ad, thinking the girls in the ads are actually chatting live with him,...Sony Playstation, The Next Dating and Social Networking Platform
Over the past several years online dating has moved from static profiles in your web browser to mobile phones, cable television channels, YouTube and the nascent SecondLife virtual environment. Today I saw something similar to SecondLife that specifically mentioned...Speed Dating Study: Selectivity Is Ultimate Aphrodisiac
Attention speed daters, the key to success is not to act too desperately. Conventional wisdom has long taught that one of the best ways to get someone to like you is to make it clear that you like them. Now researchers have discovered that this law of reciprocity is...Internet Dating in Iraq
The Los Angeles Times writes about internet dating in Iraq, and the online sociology of warzones. Between arranged marriages, little time alone with the opposite sex and the ever-present threat of violence, Iraqi citizens are relying more and more on the Internet to...Eharmony Operational Details
Markus has details about Eharmony operations from job postings. I’m waiting for Markus to talk about grid hosting like at Media Temple (my blog host, the best!) and Amazon’s S3 service, a combination of the two would most likely accomplish what Markus has...Is Dating All About Dopamine?
Mark Brooks mentions an email he received from Chemistry.com announcing a Feb 2007 Playboy interview with Dr. Helen Fisher titled Chemical Romance. I’m working with Chemistry to launch a blog for Dr. Fisher, who is responsible for the matching system at...Online Dating Gender Balance
Hitwise has issued a report on the balance of the sexes on popular dating sites. The numbers measure traffic, not membership on the specific sites. Right there I see a red flag. Without transparency into how Hitwise figures out if you’re a man or a woman, what...Mobestar Announces the Appointment of Nomad NetWorX
Mobestar Holdings Plc are pleased to announce the appointment of Nomad NetworX as the exclusive sales and marketing agent for their mDate product set in Australia and New Zealand. Nomad will be identifying and developing opportunities for Mobestar solutions and...Other Uses for Eharmony
Andrew Chen thinks that eHarmony’s matching mechanism is useful for other problems. I’ve often though this as well, and was interested to read the post, but Andrew only comes up with job hunting and service providers. What other types of industries could...
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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