FOX NEWS–On Oct. 8, hundreds of people will participate in the Bay Area Flirting Championship (search). The objective: to collect more phone numbers from people in a five-minute period than anyone else in the room. The objective of the contests is to help singles overcome their fear of rejection and encourage them to take a chance. Run by Rich Gosse of MeetYourUltimateMatch FOX NEWS
Month: October 2004
Three Minutes With Craig Newmark
PCW: What are the most popular sections of Craigslist?
Newmark: Jobs, housing, for sale, and personals.
Cable Dating Service Could Be Positioned For National Rollout
INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY–Comcast is preparing to launch national and local versions of its Dating on Demand service. Comcast is trying to blur the line between Internet-based services and digital cable. Comcast teamed with Hurrydate.com to create the service.
Pubs for the Single to Mingle
BANGALORE TIMES–OCT 05, 2004–Is a singles bar the answer for Bangalore? “Most certainly,” says MC Anjaan. “The most interesting people I have ever met, I met at a singles bar in Thailand. Today, people are forced to take up dance classes and foreign language courses in a bid to meet new like-minded people.”…”In the US they have interesting games at singles bars like speed-dating, where people meet several others for a few minutes each and proceed to date them if they hit it off.” TIMES OF INDIA
Lycos (and Matchmaker) Sold to Korean Company for $105 million
10/6–Daum Communications, a Korean Internet company has purchased Lycos Inc ~ $105 million. Includes the Lycos.com site as well as Lycos1 sites wired.com, tripod.com, angelfire.com, matchmaker.com, quote.com and hotbot.com. Spanish telecom and Internet company Terra bought Lycos in 2000 for $12.5 billion in stock.
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Mixing Dating and Politics: First Dates are like First Debates
PRWEB–October 6, 2004 — Tips for how to mix politics and dating with 5 powerful body language tactics. Five success keys for sending out the right signals.
50 Dates in 50 States in 50 Days
TOTALLY JEWISH–A lonely American rabbi’s son is taking the concept of speed dating up a gear by going on 50 blind dates in 50 US states – all in just 50 days. Dan Jacobs, from Santa Monica, is setting off on the ultimate romantic road trip next week. The 22-year-old’s voyage of discovery, part-funded to the tune of $21,000 by friends and investors, will be filmed for a television documentary called A Sensitive Guy on the Road: 50 Dates In 50 States. TOTALLY JEWISH
Globix Hosts Friendster
NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) — Globix announced today that it is providing infrastructure services for Friendster.com (9 million members); advanced data center services. Friendster users have noticed significantly faster response times and page downloads.
Meeting Site Stands Nearly Alone
NY TIMES–In nearly every Internet category imaginable, successful sites have triggered copycats, sometimes by the dozens. But Meetup, which has helped more than 30,000 groups organize meetups remains virtually without competition. Meetup has signed up two million users who rely on it to help find people with similar political or business interests or hobbies. Meetup, based in New York, was created in 2002 and attracted financial backing from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and eBay’s founder, Pierre M. Omidyar, among others. NY TIMES
Meeting Site Stands Nearly Alone
NY TIMES–In nearly every Internet category imaginable, successful sites have triggered copycats, sometimes by the dozens. But Meetup, which has helped more than 30,000 groups organize meetups remains virtually without competition. Meetup has signed up two million users who rely on it to help find people with similar political or business interests or hobbies. Meetup, based in New York, was created in 2002 and attracted financial backing from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and eBay’s founder, Pierre M. Omidyar, among others. NY TIMES