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Urban Signals Takes Love to the Streets

Urban Signals is a new mobile social networking startup that lets you see who is around you, if they are available and interested, and whether or not they are ready to meet up. This is a great app for urban men. I just don’t see women using these apps. Urban...

SinglesNet Ads, Instant Messenger

The incongruity between Match and Singlesnet marketing is amazing. Look at this Facebook ad for OvernightMatch, which redirects to Singlesnet. “We lack men responding to their needs for attention.” Riiiight. I’m testing the new SinglesNet Instant...

PeopleMedia Statistics

PeopleMedia has a nice Media Kit. Based on 2009 numbers, the kit has lots of great information about average minutes per user, per visit, total minutes per month, unique visitors, views, daily visitors and more. Read the People Media Media Kit.

Sex.com Sells, But No One’s Buying

The suitors for Sex.com have been put off for now. An auction for the much-sought-after domain name was canceled Wednesday after three creditors filed a petition forcing the owner into bankruptcy. Escom LLC paid a reported $12 million to $14 million for the domain...

RandomDorm: Chatroulette for the College Set

I remain non-plussed about the majority of Chatroulette competitors. Then I heard about RandomDorm. RandomDorm takes the thrilling serendipity of being paired with an anonymous stranger in a video chat room and limits it to college campuses. Participants need a...

Research Project Seeks Online Daters

Yesterday I spent an hour on the phone with college students working on a project about online dating. We talked about a lot of different aspects of online dating, from it’s history, to current trends and what’s coming in the future. They want to talk to...