by David Evans | Online Dating Industry
An anonymous tipster wrote in asking: You should ask why Vintacom has only one person left from management and why Websourced ceased to exist? The only person left at Vinta is Mike Baldock and a couple of IT people. All have gone on to better (non THK) opportunities.I...
by David Evans | Mobile Dating
Trilibis, creators of WebDate Mobile, have released data on WebDate users. You may have read that WebDate is going back to a free model, after unsuccessfully attempting to shift to with paid memberships the past few years. Webdate Mobile remains $4.99/month. Mobile...
by David Evans | Dating Research
Last week I spoke with Adam DuVander at BestPlaces.net about going solo in the US. Last month, the New York Times published the results of their analysis stating that 51% of U.S. women now live without a spouse. However, Sperling’s BestPlaces discovered this...
by David Evans | Online Dating Industry
Spark Networks plc (Amex: LOV), a leading provider of online personals services, is pleased to announce the appointment of Spark Board Member Adam Berger as the new Chief Executive Officer, effective February 21, 2007. David Siminoff, who has been serving as Chairman...
by David Evans | Marketing
The climb up the Technorati chart continues. January 10 I was ranked 340k. 202,317 as of 1-31-07. Today that number is 195k. Getting back to where I was at 21k is going to take consistent effort. More writing and links are the only way it’s going to happen....
by David Evans | Dating Site Technology
Tiberius Brastaviceanu has created the Matchmaking Device System. This invention combines wireless technology and Internet into a very low-cost device, and enables individuals in densely populated resorts, at large gatherings, in nightclubs, in densely populated urban...
by David Evans | Dating Site Technology
Have you seen Yahoo Pipes? It’s an incredibly easy way to stitch together pieces and parts of many different websites and services. Pipes is based on Unix pipes, which allow the creation of small, focused scripts and programs that do one thing well, avoiding...
by David Evans | Social: Dating & Networking
Om Malik asks if it’s time to rethink the whole concept of social networks: Social networks are now cropping up like mushrooms after a monsoon, most of them slight variations on the MySpace1-Facebook2 model. Unfortunately that trend has pigeonholed the notion of...
by David Evans | Mobile Dating
Thumbplay has introduced irreverent “Valentones�, or pre-recorded verbal messages that can be set as the ringer on your mobile phone to publicly announce your status as a single person in need of a Valentine’s date. For example, imagine hearing “I Need a...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Spark Networks has announced that the Board of Directors has authorized the Company to seek shareholder approval to establish Spark Networks plc as a subsidiary of Spark Networks, Inc., a corporation that will be incorporated in Delaware. Pending shareholder and U.K....