EU takes dating to the streets
Paris-based Meetic.com is hosting Valentine’s Eve street parties. The festivities will include DJs and speed-dating stands, where singles have only a few minutes to chat up a potential partner. Predictable, online dating in Europe is taking off as expected, a...Match launching member magazine
In an article highlighting the all-too-familiar slowdown of the online dating industry, Janet Page, a psychotherapist who teaches the Emory University night class “I Will Be Married in a Year,” believes the industry has long taken its members for granted....Sprint launches two mobile dating services
In time for Valentine’s Day, Sprint has launched two mobile data services for its PCS Vision customer base. SMS.ac allows users to flirt for 25 cents per text message and Match.com Mobile gives users the chance to browse potential mates for free, but actually...Tickle V-day research
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, online matchmaking service Tickle Inc. today released findings from its Valentine’s Day Bedroom Behavior Study. The study reveals that 69 percent of respondents to Tickle’s TrueMatch Personality Test have an...Animal dating site PR reaches fever pitch
If I get another press release from a Pet-ster, Ham-ster or Date-my-fish style site copying Friendster I’m going to scream. This is a perfect example of where industry consolidation is good. We only need one (ok, a few) sites with lot’s of categories for...iDate presentations
Most of the iDate presentations are available. If you would like me to provide a link to your presentation, email it to me with any special instructions. Date.com – Download PDF Trufina – Download PPT Relationship Exchange – Download PPT Userplane...New Sitras website
Sitras has a new website. Newsetters, iPod giveaway and something called SitraPoints are found on the new home page as well as links to regulatory information. The site is all in frames so it’s impossible to link to specific pages, bummer. I see that STRACon III...Plentyoffish comments on comments
Markus comments on readers commenting on his comments. More interesting than it sounds, really.Internet stock blog on Meir’s iDate speech
The Internet Stock Blog writes about the dating industry, specifically Meir’s speech at iDate. Basically it’s a transcript of his speech, worth a read if you didn’t catch it the first time around. Meir’s as well as many other presentations, are...
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