MASS high tech -- Aug 22 -- "What's the price tag of finding a person for the rest of your natural life?" asks Paul A. Falzone, chief executive officer of eLove. ELove is a marriage...
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PRNewswire -- Aug 23 -- PerfectMatch.comappears prominently in the "Must Love Dogs" movie trailer and throughout the extensive television campaign. PerfectMatch's remarkable growth in...
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by Mark Brooks on August 26, 2005
NEWSHOUSE NEWS -- Aug 23 -- Islam forbids unsupervised dating, so the gathering of young, unmarried Muslims in the banquet hall of an Edison restaurant was billed not as a singles party but as a...
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by Mark Brooks on August 26, 2005
WESTERN MAIL -- Aug 20 -- 15% of single people in Britain are looking for new ways to meet 'the one', and are using speed and internet dating. Researchers at Ohio University say it takes just...
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by Mark Brooks on August 26, 2005
CNET -- Aug 19 -- A new application powered by Google Maps and a personals Web site just might offer a satisfying alternative. Dubbed "HotMaps," it allows users to roughly pinpoint where a...
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GLOBES -- Aug 05 -- Israeli company Arcode Software Solutions is launching a new dating service, entitled "I Pick You" (IPQ). People meeting accidentally can contact each other through the...
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INTERNET NEWS- Aug 15 -- The already crowded social networking space added another player today with the launch of Imeem; with privacy features, a strong open source foundation, integrated IM,...
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CNN MONEY -- Aug 18 -- Online dating has shrugged off its social stigma and emerged as a mainstream means for singles to find that special someone. The U.S. online dating industry is expected to climb...
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by Mark Brooks on August 20, 2005
ENGADGET -- Aug 17 -- Googlejust bought Android which specializes in making "software for mobile phones." Android was founded by the same guy who started Danger (the company which makes the...
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by Mark Brooks on August 20, 2005
REUTERS -- Aug 15 -- News Corp. is considering buying closely held Web search provider Blinkx. Murdochlast week confirmed during an earnings conference call with analysts that the company was in...
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by Mark Brooks on August 20, 2005
Senator Cropsey - Senate sponsor of the Michigan background checks legislation Why do we need legislation for background checks on online dating sites?As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee...
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by Mark Brooks on August 20, 2005
MEDIA POST -- Aug 15 -- As thefacebook, a social networking service for college students, prepares to expand to 1,400 U.S. four-year colleges next month, the company is also preparing to broaden a...
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EWEEK -- Aug 12 -- Friendsteris preparing to roll out an enterprise version of its social media network. Competitors offering similar technologies include Visible Path Corp. and Entopia Inc. During a...
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ABC NEWS -- Aug 11 -- Liz Kelly, author and dating coach, tells her clients to go out and get professional photographs. Web sites such as e-cyrano.com and Lookbetteronline.comhelp singles with their...
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INTERNET NEWS -- Aug 8 -- Googleis expected to announce the acquisition of Meetroduction later this week, a source close to the transaction told internetnews.com. Chicago-based Meetroduction launched...
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BUSINESS WIRE -- Aug 10 -- Robert Coshland, who served as Senior Producer at Disney's Buena Vista Games division, has left to head start up studio Republik Games, Inc. as CEO. The new company is...
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SUN-SENTINEL -- Aug 10 -- A recent press release claimed that 43% of singles have Googled their new hottie before the first date. A press kit from Yahoo! Personalscame in a silver cylinder with a...
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by Mark Brooks on August 16, 2005
WIRED NEWS -- Aug 08 -- Cyworld blends homepage building and social networking with other online activities, including Sims-like role-playing. It's owned by South Korea's SK Communications and...
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by Mark Brooks on August 15, 2005
LINE 56 -- Aug 9 -- LinkedInhas debuted its fourth premium service, enhanced search for power users. The other premium services are a job board, a business-to-business (B2B) service provider...
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PR WEB -- Aug 6 -- Meta4 Networks, a private label Online Personals service in Asia, announced partnerships with several major website operators in Greater China including ESPN STAR China, HiNet...
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by Mark Brooks on August 15, 2005
BBC NEWS -- Jul 29 -- Many of the Dubai's black-shrouded UAE girls say they cannot check out the latest fashions in Zara or sip a smoothie in a cafe without being bombarded with the phone numbers...
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Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on August 15, 2005
DALLAS NEWS -- Aug 4 -- Rhodes showed up his date revealed she had a picture online that was at least 35 years younger. Terri ended up meeting a man who was married with two children. As dating moves...
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