by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Online Dating Industry
Today, Markus incorrectly guessed that Union Square Ventures funded OkCupid to tune of $6 million earlier this year. BZZZZZ Wrong. I just got back from having a coffee (venti chai latte with soy) with OkCupid founder Sam Yagan in the Boston gardens. It was our first...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Online Dating Innovation
Last week I spoke with Rajat Paharia, CEO and founder of Social gaming company Bunchball, and board member Gene Mauro. Gene is a long time video game exec., started and operated several high profile game ventures including Capital Entertainment Group (with the...
by David Evans | Online Dating Industry
Vivox, the Boston-area VoIP community technology company co-founded by Jeff Pulver, is looking for a VP of network operations. Vivox was named by Business 2.0 as one of the top 25 companies that is reinventing the Web by empowering the next generation of online...
by David Evans | Marketing
How well do big breasts drive traffic to dating sites? Copyranter has been paying attention to the breast size of various models in True and Match ads. I’m sure there is some sort of scientific methodology someone could apply which correlates measurements with...
by David Evans | Audio & Video, Online Dating Innovation
Northwestern University has developed an automated news-video program, News At Seven, with help from the National Science Foundation. News At Seven is a system that automatically generates a virtual news show. Totally autonomous, it collects, parses, edits and...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
Google has launched a customizable search engine. I’ve created one for this blog and will add dating and social networking related blogs shortly. It’s Google and it’s beta, your mileage may vary. Industry insiders will appreciate the restricted list...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
Oddcast has announced the availability of 3D avatars. Very cool! No need to break out your 3D glasses to see (and hear) these avatars. Oddcast created some unique three-dimensional talking characters – make em’ talk and let them help you market your latest...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Sites & Startups
I.Q. Webquest to Debut Latest Online Dating: This company can’t even spell eHarmony. eTwine Begins Trading: Interesting features but then they try to do everything: Dating, social networking and event planning. Too much, focus! Date Now!- View Singles available...
by David Evans | Online Dating Innovation
Frequent commenter James Houran, Ph.D. points us to an article he did in Joe Tracy’s Online Dating Magazine in response to my statement about dating sites being searchable static billboards. James says that people can have relationships online. I would argue...
by David Evans | Dating Safety, Legal
Job hunting after college is exciting. Your first real job. But then, on the eve of finding out if you scored that plush job at that Forturn 500 company, you get an email from your head hunter saying you have been dropped from contention. Then they send you a list of...