Monday Links
Stupid Investment of the Week: Carmen on Luvoo. She cooed a sultry hello. She started to talk about dating. I quickly pinched myself to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. And then, the former “Baywatch” babe said two words that really turned me on:...iDate Background Check Conference Poll
1) Are you going to the iDate Background Check Conference in San Francisco next month? The 9th Internet Dating Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco on July 13-14, 2006. The event will cover hot topics that affect the current state of the online...Ingenio Unveils Ether ‘Voice-Commerce’ App
Today Ingenio announced Ether, which according to Greg Sterling of Sterling Market Intelligence, “creates a range of interesting e-commerce opportunities for experts who sell advice rather than products.” I thought this launched months ago, I wrote Ether...Meetro Client Imports Myspace Info
From the department of location-based presence detection, Meetro has released an new version of their chat client. Meetro let’s you see who is nearby, based on zip code, and includes a basic profile. They have a Myspace importer that pulls in your About, Music...Jellyfish Launching Monday Jun 26
Interested to see what this is all about. Unfortunately their feed is clunking. Empowering the consumer by building a new ad model. Hmm, where have we heard this before? Technorati Tags: attention, comparison+shopping, jellyfishTrue Increases ad Spend
True.com has been ranked as the nation’s No. 1 dating site, according to Hitwise’s May 2006 report on lifestyle dating Web sites. I’m glad to see this finally happen, what with Match, Yahoo and PlentyofFish saying they are so popular, I’m glad...Rapex Anti-Rape Condoms
From the department of inventions you didn’t see on American Inventor. Rapex is selling anti-rape condoms. the inventor claims they are easy to use, prevents STD’s and comfortable(!) to wear. Comfortable if you think walking around with a razor-sharp...Smutvibes Adult Social Networking
From TechCrunch, straight out of Jamaica comes Smutvibes, the newest adult social networking service from Vibesnetwork. Explicit photos are encouraged. Absolutely 100% NSFW (Not Safe For Work). Update: Smutvibes is no longer operating. Check out some other similar...Myspace Doesn’t Heart SingleStat.us
TechCrunch says that Myspace has gotten rid of SingleStat.us, the experiment where people could find out when someone became single again. Vallywag has more on David Weekly, the web 2.0 entrepreneur with what surely ranks as the shortest startup to flameout ever....
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