If you have ever tried the online dating scene you know how awkward and frustrating it can be. You either spend all your time creating just the perfect profile only to attract losers or people that have nothing in common with you, or you end up with a long thread of messages with nothing to [...]
True Beginnings, LLC, which does business as the online dating service True.com, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Texas Federal Court. The owner of True.com, Dallas entrepreneur Herbert Vest, has filed for Chapter 11 protection as well. This is particularly significant news for affiliate networks, as True.com was a major advertiser with affiliates. [...]
Catherine Holden has an interesting way of supporting her 23-year-old boyfriend Ron Jenkins’ job. This 21-year-old woman doesn’t pack her husband a lunch or give him moral support after a hard day at the office, because she’s set up a completely different line of work for Ron: she sets him up on dates with women [...]
Zoosk is holding a contest on facebook and the lucky couple is going to receive a romantic dream vacation and $10,000 in cash so try not to miss this opportunity. If you or someone you know is in a relationship and want to enter this contest, time is running out. This contest ends August 5th [...]
As society comes to better accept and understand people with different sexual orientations, the asexual population is truly finding their place in the world. Asexuals are people who have no interest in sexual intercourse or other sexual acts. Sometimes, this lack of sexual involvement is due to religious reasons. However, in other cases, the person [...]
Cupid has become a premier brand offering Internet dating services. With revenues around €6.5m last year through sites like serncontrer.com and ulla.com, the company recently began its geographic expansion efforts. The company recently acquired another AGL (Assistance Genie Logiciel) for €3.7m, gaining access to a promising market in France. The company was founded in 1986. [...]
Coffee Meets Bagel Provides a Faster and Enjoyable Online Dating Experience That People Look Forward To Each Day CMB is a new dating website geared towards providing users with a date a day. Rather than taking the seemingly traditional approach of giving users a long list of potential matches that most e-dating websites do, Coffee [...]
Upcoming iDate Conferences in 2012 and 2013 The announcement of 4 upcoming industry conferences are positive reminders that the realm of Internet dating continues to be one of the most active and profitable online ventures. The iDate conferences bring together key players of the Internet dating industry, which is undergoing a renaissance of sorts thanks [...]
There is finally a aiding company that is using the same technique that Facebook used to consolidate information and capitalize off of its user base. Thedatable is a dating site that takes the current data on Facebook and allows people to traffic their single friends into a specialized database in order to find social connections. [...]
Ghost dating is an emerging trend on dating websites. The concept is similar to ghost writing. If a person feels unable to portray their true personality online, they can hire someone to help establish a good relationship before meeting in person. However, this service comes at a price. Many matchmakers are charging thousands of dollars [...]
A new study conducted by the Department of Sociology at Stanford University reveals the Internet leading the way in match-making. Three groups of people who statistically have a smaller selection of single people to choose from have found a way to meet their match and form a relationship through the use of online social networking [...]
The Skout platform and mobile application is now off limits to everyone under the age of 18. The sudden ban on teen access to Skout follows several allegations of rape by teenage children. The Skout app connects mobile users with other people nearby by tracking their location through GPS. The program was originally intended for [...]
eHarmony, a popular online dating site, confirmed rumors of a security breach on June 6, 2012. The security breach caused a small number of eHarmony’s users’ passwords to be compromised. This security breach quickly followed LinkedIn’s recent security breach. The dating site uses hashes, which are cryptographic representations of passwords to keep the data secure. [...]
Entrepreneurs and other people with lot of money to burn may be interested in the Secret Diamond Club, a brand new dating service hailing from Denmark. Both sex may peruse the site for free but must pay a fee to open the lines of communication with other members. What makes it interesting is men pay [...]
Lonely activists seeking love now have somewhere to turn. Kenza Chaouai, or @ManifDating on Twitter, is working hard to help activists in Canada to hook up after meeting at protests and other activist events. Chaouai recently moved to Montreal to take a position as the Public Relations Manager of AskMen.com. After taking that position, she [...]
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In the age of mobile technology, apps are all over the place. If you need to do almost anything, there’s an app for it. Skout, one of the fasting-growing dating apps available, is adding up to 50,000 new users per day. That’s a lot of singles to choose from. CEO Christian Wikilund is not just [...]
Match.com is creating exciting single’s get-togethers in select locations to enhance your online dating experience. The Stir announces Event Nights! These are special, Match.com hosted events for singles only that give dating site members a chance to meet eachother in person and have an incredible time. These hosted events range from wine and tequila tastings [...]
You might not think about iOS apps when you think about South by Southwest, but app developers are using the event as a platform to boost their careers. This is the case with Meexo, a company that first emerged at TechCrunch Disrupt can now call itself the winner of the SXSW Accelerator Competition, which focuses [...]
A report released on May 10 revealed that online scams cost Americans $485 million in 2011. The nature of the scams detailed in the report include identity theft, “romance fraud” and a newly emergent method involving fraudulent auto sales. The data, collected by the Internet Crime Complain Center, indicates a 3.4 percent rise in the [...]
