Semantic Web meets online dating
David Trastour, Claudio Bartolini and Javier Gonzalez-Castillo have written an interesting paper titled A Semantic Web Approach to Service Description for Matchmaking of Services. The paper (350k) is a super-geeky look at what will undoubtedly become a key technology...Interesting article in the LA
Interesting article in the LA Times (reg. required) talking about Matchmaking in Pakistan. One new television program, in which men and women go on the air and describe their soul mates, then receive e-mail proposals from viewers, has swiftly gone from must-shun to...Match.com Goes With Mullen For Media
Online dating service Match.com has selected Interpublic’s Mullen as media agency of record, the Wenham, Mass.-based company said Tuesday. Match.com launched a new campaign June 14 and will run through the second half, including cable TV, network radio,...True Launches Background Check Legislation
True today announced that it is launching a state-by-state campaign in support of legislation requiring online dating services to conduct criminal background checks or to prominently disclose to its members if an online dating service chooses not to provide this...Lemontonic trims financing deal
Lemontonic Inc., now developing an online dating service through Microsoft Instant Messenger, is trimming its private-placement financing to $1.5 million from $2 million. In a deal with Wellington West Capital Inc., Lemontonic (TSXV:LEM) said Monday it is cancelling...Match Introduces Live Video
Match now lets members video chat live with each other. I’m unclear about their statement “Ready to watch your match change expressions with every message you send?” which implies that it’s not live, but a new static photo with each message....Cingular offers MatchMobile to customers
PR Newswire reports that Cingular announced partnerships with major content providers including Match.com. Deja vu, it seems, the original press release was dated February 10 and can be found here. “MatchMobile’s cross-carrier service provides Cingular...Macromedia unveils Flash Lite
Macromedia unveiled a new technology/service at DemoMobile late last week. Flash Lite is a new framework for distributing Flash content to next generation phones. Carriers will provide phones on their network with a shell application that is played in the Flash Lite...Trip Hawkins gets mobile dating
July WIRED has an interview with Trip Hawkins, founder of Electronic Arts, one-time Apple flack and founder of 3DO. Trip talks about mobile phone gaming, then let’s us know he is thinking about developing a location-based dating service running on mobile phones....
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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