Youggle.com Launches The Dating Weblog

PRWEB -- Mar 29 -- Youggle.comhas launched; includes a virtual speaking host which guides users though the total sign up stage. Free 1 month introductory full membership trial period. PRESS RELEASE @ PR WEB Mark Brooks: Fill in the blanks... cat in xxxx's chance. First there was Google, then Youggle.com. Gotta love it. "I'll bet Google is drafting the lawsuit documents as we speak." (Thanks to Glenn Millar for the heads up on this one) Youggle's [...] Read More


EasyDate Launches BeNaughty.com The Dating Weblog

PRESS RELEASE - July 20 - July 20 - EasyDate, announces a new web site for flirty people around the world. www.benaughty.com is now live, giving singles the opportunity to chat, flirt and meet like-minded people who find long-term oriented sites too formal and marriage-oriented. All visitors can join EasyDate's new website for free. This site accepts international sign-ups from all singles. FULL ARTICLE @ PR INSIDEMark Brooks: The updated [...] Read More


Mowave Launches GAY.COM Mobile on O2 UK The Dating Weblog

PR WEB -- Oct 10 -- Mobile content provider Mowave announces the launch of the GAY.COMcommunity mobile portal on 02's upcoming i-mode content menu in the UK, adding to the GAY.COM services Mowave currently operates on Vodafone Live! and Orange. The combined three services will reach an estimated 75% of UK wireless content consumers; making the GAY.COM mobile brand the largest combined online and mobile gay content service in the country. Mowave intends to launch [...] Read More


MyNuMo Launches Promotional Tool The Mobile Technology Weblog

MyNuMo, a mobile content community site that allows members to post and sell their own mobile content online, has launched a promotional tool called NuMoMatic. The tool automatically creates an embeddable Flash object (shown here is NuMoMatic showing my content) that displays a member's content, and includes links back so viewers can buy the content from sites other than MyNuMo. I heard about this launch a few days ago but haven't [...] Read More


Orange Pixel Launches YoKiYo! The Mobile Technology Weblog

Orange Pixel have announced the launch of YoKiYo!, a new platform puzzle game for mobile handsets.Princess LiYu needs the help of Yo Ki-Yo! and guess who can help him? Because of a little problem with maintenance, a wall to the treasure room of princess LiYu received some damage and left a big hole in the wall. Now many of the magic coins have been scattered through out the Magic kingdom, and they [...] Read More

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A number of sources (Mashable, Reuters, The San Francisco Chronicle) are reporting that eHarmony has settled (yet again) in a California lawsuit claiming anti-Gay descrimination at its dating website.

eHarmony first settled a class action lawsuit on the Gay issue in California in 2008 by agreeing to run a dating website for Gays. It called the site Compatable Partners. But the site was never acknowledged at or linked to from the heterosexual eHarmony site. And bisexuals had to pay subscriber fees at both sites if they wanted to look for both heterosexual and same-sex relationships. So a second class action suit was filed.

The settlement still has to be approved by a judge. That could happen on February 3rd. If the judge approves the settlement, eHarmony will link its Gay and its heterosexual dating sites. Gays will have access to both sites for one fee and eHarmony will pay out about half a million dollars to the 150 or so plantiffs in the suit. eHarmony will admit no wrong doing or liability under the settlement.

It seems like half the blogosphere has commented on this study by OkCupid on what makes a good profile picture. But I guess I'll point it out anyway, just in case you've been living in a cave for the last few days...

OkCupid is a site run by a bunch of Ivy League geeks who like to crunch numbers and mine data. They look at profiel success and then analyze the profile picture. Was it taken indoors or outdoors? Does it make eye contact? Does it show any skin? The study seems to show that the answer is different for men than for women.

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This seems a little to covert for me, like I'm dating a spy or something. But I guess in the early stages of a relationship with someone you don't know too well, maybe it's not too out in left field.

It's called iTrust.

Basically iTrust uses an image of your iPhone homescreen to fool other people into interacting with the device. It will then record where people touch on the image so you can see any attempts.

The app is 99 cents.

As a cheaper alternative, you could always put a passcode on your phone...

Friendster, Love and Money The Dating Weblog

NY TIMES -- Jan 24 -- Fifteen months ago, Friendsterenjoyed the kind of enviable status that Silicon Valley start-ups dream of: A-List investors and millions of users. The company endured three chief execs during 2004 and has seen a spate of senior executives depart in recent weeks. A younger, flashier rival called MySpace has eclipsed Friendster and Friendster loyalists have groused that the company has done almost nothing to enliven its site. Reid [...] Read More


Friendster Launches Friendster Classifieds in the Philippines The Dating Weblog

asia PULSE -- Mar 29 -- Friendster has launched Friendster Classifieds by Pusit, a Filipino classifieds community designed to serve Metro Manila and the 78 other provinces that make up the Philippines. "Friendster has created a safe, online community for millions of Filipinos who trust us to deliver services that help them keep in touch, meet new friends and share personal interests and experiences," said Joe Hurd, Friendster's director of international bus dev. SMS alerts for Friendster [...] Read More


FOX Uses Friendster Blogs for Pamela Anderson Show 'Stacked' The Dating Weblog

PRNEWSWIRE -- Apr 6 -- Friendsterannounced it is working with FOX to promote it's new series, 'Stacked,' through the use of Friendster Blogs. More than thirty members of the cast and crew, including 'Stacked' star Pamela Anderson, have Friendster profiles and blogs, providing insight and images on the making of the show, and a look at what's going on behind the scenes. The 'Stacked' blogs on Friendster are viewable to the public at http://stacked.friendster.com. Cast [...] Read More


Sale: Buy Friendster.com's for the low low price of $5MM The Social Networking Weblog

The rumors are that Friendster is on the block. But, they can't even sell for a fraction of what they've already sunk into it. Evan Williams, a guy that knows how to sell when the selling is good, ponders what it is worth: This story about Friendster's sales saga is crazy. I don't know whether to believe it. Five million bucks for a site with 8-9 million monthly uniques? I can [...] Read More


How Friendster Lost Chance for a Jackpot The Social Networking Weblog

Jonathan Abrams, Friendster's founder was in a spot in late 2003. He could take the safe bet and accept $30 million from Google for Friendster or sell a stake for $13 million and build Friendster into an online powerhouse worth hundreds of millions, if not billions. Abrams spurned Google and charted his own course. In retrospect, he should have taken the $30 million. If Google had paid him in stock, [...] Read More