Opinity Announces OpenID & Cardspace Integration
Identity services provider Opinity (a client), has announced that you can now use both OpenID and Microsoft’s CardSpace at Opinity. This means that if you have established an OpenID–for instance, through Verisign PIP or LiveJournal–you can use that...Dogster Raises $1 Million Bones
Congrats to Ted Rheingold, who has managed to turn animal social networking a viable business model with Dogster and Catster. Ted raised an additional $1 million from a group of high-powered angel investors. Dogster makes 95 percent of revenue from advertising and...An emotional month so far
In the last three weeks my father suffered head trauma (that will teach him to never fight an 8 foot pry bar), a close friend got married, then my dad had another small stroke (he’s recovering well) and a very close friend told me has cancer (she’s just...Aloone Features Launches
There’s a new dating site in town, Aloone.com. Actually it’s not in town, it’s in Switzerland. Why would I mention a Swiss dating site? Because it features a novel visualization technique unlike any other I’ve seen. The application was...Spark Networks News
Spark Networks Board of Directors as authorized the Company to seek approval of a share repurchase plan at its next Annual General Meeting. The company intends to to authorize the potential repurchase of up to an aggregate of approximately 2,000,000 of the...Facebook to Open up to Everyone
Facebook membership is being expanded through 500 geographical regions, filtering access based on location. Under its new system, Facebook will create new networks for 500 geographic regions, and it will allow anyone to join them. In the default setting, people in the...Online Dating Site Does Criminal Background Checks
Shore Network Connections LCC is offering paid members of its dating site, TheBadge.org, free access to background check provider investigationsnow.com. TheBadge members are mostly cops, firefighters and EMTs can use the service to find out if that special someone is...True.com Sued, Twice
True.com is being sued for spamming in once case and trademark dilution, trademark infringement in another, along with co-defendants Spark Networks and Yahoo. I’m waiting to hear back from the Lawyers involved with both cases. Technorati Tags: spark+networks,...Facebook Follow-up
Fred Stutzman on how Facebook Broke its Culture. PaidContent on startup CEO’s stepping down and making way for more experienced leadership. Fred Wilson weighs in and actually takes the time to create a Facebook profile unlike many commenting on the situation....
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