PR NEWSWIRE -- June 13 -- Date.com (two million active members) launched DateMobile, a new cross-platform mobile dating service in North America. DateMobile was created via a partnership with...
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PR NEWSWIRE -- June 12 -- DoubleDate.com gives friends the opportunity to socialize in pairs; creating a more honest, less stressful and more relaxed environment for meeting new people. Safety in...
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NEW SCIENTIST -- June 9 -- "I am continually shocked and appalled at the details people voluntarily post online about themselves," says Jon Callas, chief security officer at PGP, a Silicon...
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YAHOO NEWS -- June 8 -- 85 million users and counting -- Myspace grew 14% in April, 1 million new users every four days. Fox was among the first studios to take full advantage of what MySpace could...
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Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on June 12, 2006
THE NEW YORK TIMES -- June 11 -- When a small consulting company in Chicago was looking to hire a summer intern this month, the company's president went online to check on a promising candidate...
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OPW INTERVIEW -- June 9 -- You'll often see Nate Elliott (and David Card) cited in the press. Nate works for Jupiter Research and is a leading analyst for the online personals industry (internet...
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YAHOO NEWS - June 7 -- Shaadi uses a combination of prime-time TV and the Internet to shake up a conservative Muslim culture in which family networks usually decide who weds whom. Regular dating is...
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PR NEWSWIRE -- June 8 -- YouthNoise, the (non-profit) social network for young people who want to create social change, raised $2.5m from a consortium of the Omidyar Network, the Surdna Foundation,...
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JEWISH EXPONENT -- June 08 -- According to Jewish Distinctiveness in America: A Statistical Portrait, '72-'80, 75.4% of jews were married, as opposed to 64.6% from 1991-2002. According to the...
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Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on June 08, 2006
OPW -- June 8 -- Evan Katz, of e-cyrano.com, has authored a cool new book. "Why You're Still Single: Things Your Friends Would Tell You If You Promised Not to Get Mad" Very cool....
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Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on June 06, 2006
BOSTON.COM -- June 4 -- They're having babies alone, vacationing alone, buying homes alone. And they couldn't be happier, especially in Boston, where record numbers of single people are...
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PR WEB -- June 5 -- TagDeaf was developed by Alex Chu, founder of the popular deaf forum at AllDeaf. It provides searchable information of interest to the deaf community. FULL ARTICLE @ PRWEB......
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STUFF -- June 4 -- Bebo.com is beating MySpace hands-down in New Zealand and giving it a run for its money in Britain. Other popular teen sites include WeeWorld.com, Friendster.com, Tagged.com,...
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CANADA.COM -- June 3 -- Financial Post LifeMates wouldn't give a quote over the phone, so he visited the calgary office. Two hours later and $2,000 lighter, he left with high hopes and a contract...
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OPW -- June 4 -- The internet dating and social networking rankings from Hitwise, Comscore and Nielsen have found their way to their own site. OnlinePersonalsRankings.com, or OPR1.com for short. -...
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Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on June 05, 2006
MBP -- June 2 -- Perfectmatch (3 million members) signed a season-long deal to be integrated into the storyline of Lifetime channel's new series about a dysfunctional dating service. Perfectmatch...
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REVOLUTION MAGAZINE -- June 2 -- Trinity Mirror wil provide Dating Direct content and access to dating services through the online editions of The daily mirror, the People and the Daily Record (3.7m...
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THE GUARDIAN -- June 1 -- Orly the Matchmaker is a "high-end matchmaking service catering to celebrities, royalties, famous people and all wonderful single men and women out there." Anne...
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LA TIMES.COM -- May 31 -- She paid $125,000 to a Beverly Hills firm but said she received no introductions to appropriate men. She sued, and on Tuesday, a jury awarded her $2.1 million. Majerik, a 60...
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