The Attention Economy
Dan Gilmore writes about the Attention Economy this week, the phrase and it’s derivatives are starting to gain hold in tech media circles. I wish I could have seen the Root Vaults database tour at eTech. Cookies have been around since the dawn of the web....Alexaholic
A while back I created a script for comparing the Alexa ranking of a group of websites. Alexaholic has done the same thing, albeit much nicer looking. Glad to be able to replace my hack with a nicer option. I hear that Alexa is now using dating from sources other than...Myspace Instant Messenger Beta
Myspace is launching an Instant Messenger service. MySpace Messenger account with your own MySpace UserName! IM your MySpace friends anytime! One-click login to your mail, blogs, and more! Get instant notification for add requests, messages, and comments! Find and...Joan Rivers on Match.com
Slow newsday, Defamer sez that Joan Rivers has a profile on Match.com. Supposedly she mentioned it on Howard Stern. MySpace user Not a 12 Yr. Old Girl found her profile. Technorati Tags: joan+riversShaadi.com Does $8 Million VC Round
From Venture Wire: Indian Online matrimonial service Shaadi.com said “I do” to an $8 million round, finding a suitor in WestBridge Capital Partners. This is the first round of capital for Mumbai-based Shaadi, whose official name is People Interactive Pvt....Judge Overthrows IMBRA
A Temporary restraining order against the U.S. Attorney General and the Justice Department from enforcing the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 (IMBRA) against an broker in Georgia was issued by the United States District Court for the Northern...Why Apple Should Start a Dating Service
Today’s Joy Of Tech cartoon has Steve Jobs heckling the audience, complaining that they sit around all day obsessing about Apple and to go get a life. The punch line is that an audience member thinks that reading between the lines of Jobs’ speech that...Interview with Webscribble
I recently found out about a company called Webscribble, which has a private-label dating site software solution called webDate. The only other major offering I’ve come across that approached the same feature set is from AE Webworks. Since I get asked about...FastCupid Review
It’s been a few months since the migration from SpringStreet to FastCupid and time to see how the new site is functioning. FriendFinder and FC have always been among the first to roll out features way before any other sites. They were among the first to offer...
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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