Friday 8-25 Links: JDate, Apple, Tribe.net, SkaDate, Facebook
JDupe: PocketChange mag dupes women into meeting mirage Richard Nouveau via JDate. Re-Tribe: Mark Pincus is back as CEO of Tribe.net after being ousted in April. (possible hoax?) Ex eDonkey (file sharing service) CEO starts YADS (Yet Another Dating Site). Supposedly...True Hits 10 Million Members, eHarmony 12 Million
True.com has reached the 10 million member mark. In other news, pigs are flying and the troops are coming home. Members must mean free and paid. And while we’re at it, let’s be clear, Myspace traffic is not the type of demographic that is shelling out cash...Friendster Raises Additional $10 Million
While I was away for the weekend at a bachelor party, Liz Gannes at GigaOM (congrats on the move Liz!) wrote that Friendster has raised another $10 million dollars. This appears to be separate from the company’s $3.1 million recapitalization round earlier this year....National Singles Week
For the first time ever, married couples have lost their status as the dominant household type in the United States. National Singles Week, the only week dedicated to the recognition of the special contributions of all singles, will be celebrated September 17-23,...Balancing Privacy With Emerging Business Models
Markus doesn’t get the point about dating sites opening up their database to third parties. He’s worried legal headaches and privacy issues. The point is that dating sites can make more money by opening up their member database to third parties who share...Facebook Opens Up
Marc Cantor is ecstatic to hear that Facebook is opening up it’s walled garden by providing developers with a public API (Application Programming Interface). This makes retrieving information from Facebook and displaying the results in any application a snap....Clown Dating
I received an email from PodDater saying that someone had left me a message. Imagine my surprise when I found out it was a spam from the Clown Dating Agency. Circus is a magical business, but it can be difficult to meet new people and form lasting relationships when...My Little Dating Buddy
What’s in a moniker? Dating concierge, virtual wingperson, call it what you will, the time is ripe for avatar-based helpers on dating sites. Clippy the Paperclip and Microsoft Bob are faint memories when it comes to helpful talking heads. Today’s avatar...Dating Site Insurance
A reader is attempting to locate a professional association that supplies general liability and errors and omissions insurance to dating services. I would think the larger dating sites have insurance underwriters, is this the case? This is not something I have spent a...
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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