Month: January 2007

The Dating Game, 21st Century Style

Posted on January 11, 2007

Spl_grlNEWSWISE — Jan 10 — Online dating, speed dating and other modern matchmaking techniques may seem less romantic than the arrows from Cupid’s quiver. It is a sign of the times, says Michele Adams, assistant professor of sociology at Tulane University. Michele Adams is working on two studies about contemporary dating. One study is about "speed dating;" the other examines online personal ads. FULL ARTICLE @ NEWSWISE

Mark Brooks: Academics would love to work with internet dating sites. The intelligence they reap from poring over your data can be very valuable to you.  Make friends with some PhD students. Try MIT (Ariely), the University of Hertfordshire (Wiseman) and  Queens University, Belfast (Whitty). I guess I should start a section on OPW for this resource. Do you know of any other academics I could reference? 

The Dating Game, 21st Century Style

Posted on January 11, 2007

Spl_grlNEWSWISE — Jan 10 — Online dating, speed dating and other modern matchmaking techniques may seem less romantic than the arrows from Cupid’s quiver. It is a sign of the times, says Michele Adams, assistant professor of sociology at Tulane University. Michele Adams is working on two studies about contemporary dating. One study is about "speed dating;" the other examines online personal ads. FULL ARTICLE @ NEWSWISE

Mark Brooks: Academics would love to work with internet dating sites. The intelligence they reap from poring over your data can be very valuable to you.  Make friends with some PhD students. Try MIT (Ariely), the University of Hertfordshire (Wiseman) and  Queens University, Belfast (Whitty). I guess I should start a section on OPW for this resource. Do you know of any other academics I could reference? 

MySpace Launches French Site

Posted on January 11, 2007

Myspace_11REUTERS — Jan 10 — MySpace launches its French site this week as part of it’s move into Europe. A beta site has been running in France for several months and officially goes live on Thursday. MySpace competes against Skyblog — part of a larger company called Orbus. Skyblog grew out of a French rap radio station and has been working on English, Spanish and German blogging services. According to latest data from comScore Media Metrix, Skyblog had 7 million uniques in France in November, compared with 1.3 million for MySpace. MySpace UK had 6.9 million uniques.  In Germany, MySpace’s beta site has more than 2.4 million monthly uniques and is expected to launch in a few weeks. An Italian site should be live within a couple of months.

This post also appears on Social Networking Watch.

MySpace Launches French Site

Posted on January 11, 2007

Myspace_11REUTERS — Jan 10 — MySpace launches its French site this week as part of it’s move into Europe. A beta site has been running in France for several months and officially goes live on Thursday. MySpace competes against Skyblog — part of a larger company called Orbus. Skyblog grew out of a French rap radio station and has been working on English, Spanish and German blogging services. According to latest data from comScore Media Metrix, Skyblog had 7 million uniques in France in November, compared with 1.3 million for MySpace. MySpace UK had 6.9 million uniques.  In Germany, MySpace’s beta site has more than 2.4 million monthly uniques and is expected to launch in a few weeks. An Italian site should be live within a couple of months.

This post also appears on Social Networking Watch.

Meez Avatars For Profiles

Posted on January 11, 2007

MeezPR NEWSWIRE — Jan 10 — Meez has integrated Meez's 3D avatar services directly into their user communities. CBS SportsLine.com, Glam Media, Paltalk, YouthNoise, and DoSomething members can easily create their own unique and customized avatars.

Mark Brooks: Fun, and very cool. Love it! The Meez characters are engaging and allow an unbelievable amount of customization.

This post also appears on Social Networking Watch.

Meez Avatars For Profiles

Posted on January 11, 2007

MeezPR NEWSWIRE — Jan 10 — Meez has integrated Meez's 3D avatar services directly into their user communities. CBS SportsLine.com, Glam Media, Paltalk, YouthNoise, and DoSomething members can easily create their own unique and customized avatars.

Mark Brooks: Fun, and very cool. Love it! The Meez characters are engaging and allow an unbelievable amount of customization.

This post also appears on Social Networking Watch.

University of Winchester Internet Dating Lecture

Posted on January 11, 2007

Logo_bpsBPS — Jan 10 –  For those of you in the UK, you might want to attend this 6pm Valentines day event at the University of Winchester to see to see an evening lecture on online dating by Dr. Monica Whitty from Queen's University, Belfast. Who is doing it and how successful are they at it?  Hosted by the British Psychological Society. Dr Whitty has done extensive research on Internet relationships.

The full article was originally published at BPS, but is no longer available.

University of Winchester Internet Dating Lecture

Posted on January 11, 2007

Logo_bpsBPS — Jan 10 –  For those of you in the UK, you might want to attend this 6pm Valentines day event at the University of Winchester to see to see an evening lecture on online dating by Dr. Monica Whitty from Queen's University, Belfast. Who is doing it and how successful are they at it?  Hosted by the British Psychological Society. Dr Whitty has done extensive research on Internet relationships.

The full article was originally published at BPS, but is no longer available.