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Month: May 2010

Internet Dating Conference To Be Held In LA On June 16-18

Posted on May 5, 2010

Idate logo dalsi MARKET WIRE – May 5 – The 6th annual West Coast Internet Dating Conference (iDate) will be in Los Angeles on June 16-18, 2010. The iDate is the leading business trade show for the online personals, social media and matchmaking industries. It discusses management, technology, business strategies and marketing. Current speakers at the West Coast event include executives from: Google, Harvard Business School, ge.la.to, Zoosk, Online Personals Watch and others. Additional speakers from Fortune 1000 companies are also being added as well.

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

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Dating 4 Divorcees With Fifty Free Emails

Posted on May 5, 2010

Dating4divorcees logo BIG NEWS – May 5 – Divorced or separated singles can find a new love at Dating4Divorcees.com. Unusually for dating sites, the first fifty emails are free, so members get to try before they buy.

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

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Skout’s iPhone’s Dating App Gets A Makeover

Posted on May 5, 2010

Skout logo PR WEB – May 5 – Mobile dating app SKOUT.com, which works like a dating
gps, now boasts new features such as virtual gifts, a "Look-at-me" game
that allows you to bid for attention, and the "Wink-bomb"- drop a
wink-bomb and reach hundreds of potential sweethearts in your area at
once. FULL ARTICLE @ PR WEB

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A Dating Site For Apple Fans

Posted on May 5, 2010

Cupidtino logo TECH CRUNCH – May 4 - A new site called Cupidtino is preparing to launch. It’s a dating site for Apple fanboys and fangirls. The site’s name is a play on Cupid and Cupertino, California, where Apple is headquartered. Cupidtino will launch in June 2010 exclusively on Apple platforms. FULL ARTICLE @ TECH CRUNCH

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Match.com To Open Office In Mexico

Posted on May 4, 2010

Match.com logo dalsi EL FINANCIERO – May 4 – Match.com is planing to open a new office in Mexico in Q2 2010. In
Mexico, there are currently 8M singles who are looking for love and
~150 000 people register for Match.com every day. Claudio Gandelman, GM
for Match.com Latin America said: "Match.com is doing very well in
Mexico. The singles market in Mexico has a big potential and is similar
to USA 3 years ago and Brazil 6 years ago. FULL ARTICLE @ EL FINANCIERO

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messmo Launches Support For Android And Blackberry

Posted on May 3, 2010

Messmo logo new PRESS RELEASE – May 1 – messmo has announced immediate availability of Android and BlackBerry support for the messmo Mobile Community Solution. messmo’s Mobile Community Solution lets dating and social networks interact with the members on mobile. It provides a fully site branded mobile web app which is available across both Smartphone and legacy handsets, as well as native app solutions for iPhone, Blackberry and Android platforms. FULL ARTICLE @ OPW

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Mobile Dating Solution Provider messmo Launches Support For Android And Blackberry

Posted on May 3, 2010

Messmo logo new messmo has announced immediate availability of Android and BlackBerry support for the messmo Mobile Community Solution. In announcing availability, messmo CEO Brendan O’Kane, commented “Dating and Social Network Site owners are looking for simple, cost effective solutions to interact with their member’s on mobile. By extending support to Android and Blackberry based platforms, as well as the existing iPhone platform support, messmo lets site owners quickly offer a world class solution to their members at a fraction of the cost of building native apps across these platforms. At the same time, the members benefit from the latest Push technologies so a site can notify them of new events such as a new message”.

Mike Baldock, Director of Marketing at Courtland Brooks commented “This is further vindication of the increasing demand from members and users for an enhanced mobile experience. The success of high profile Apps such as the iPhone Facebook App should be a wake-up call to site owners, that their members are well and truly embracing mobility and looking for 24 x 7 mobile access. Recent comments by Google that they are developing for mobile first, confirms that mobile support is now a requirement for site owners. At Courtland Brooks we have been researching the mobile ecosystem for the past few months, and will shortly be publishing our first Mobile White Paper”.   

messmo’s Mobile Community Solution lets dating and social networking sites interact with the members on mobile. It provides a fully site branded mobile web app which is available across both Smartphone and legacy handsets, as well as native app solutions for iPhone, Blackberry and Android platforms, giving the site high visibility across the most popular App  and Market stores. By providing an integrated approach to Provisioning, Publishing, Push and mobile Payment solutions, messmo takes the complexity out of integrating with mobile.

About messmo

messmo is a leader in mobile messaging solutions for dating, personals and social network communities. messmo’s Mobile Community Solution, together with expertise in high value text messaging solutions lets messmo provide quick but sophisticated solutions for dating and social networking sites. messmo specialises in maximising member take-up and mobile usage by focusing on Provisioning, Publishing, Push and Payment technologies.  messmo is headquartered in Brisbane, Australia and has a global focus. For all enquires about messmo contact: info@messmo.com.

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How To Protect Your Credit Card While Online Dating

Posted on May 3, 2010

Credit-card-heart-smallCREDIT CARD – May 3 - A study about online dating and credit habits by ProtectMyID.com, Experian's identity theft protection program, found that 50% of the respondents never verify the authenticity of their chat mates, and ~10% sent them their SS numbers or bank account. According to ConsumerFraudReporting.org, as much as 30% of online personalities are bogus. More, sharing personal details is intrinsic to forming a relationship, but it also can expose you to fraud, says Paul Falzone CEO of eLove. They may ask for your home or work address to send you a gift." Such tidbits are invaluable currency for identity thieves. Of course, online dating companies strive for customer protection. For instance, eHarmony's publishes safety tips on their home page, in "5 Dating Rules You Should Never Break," including "if a potential date's actions or words set off an internal alarm system, you owe it to yourself to pay attention and act accordingly." Falzone, though, recognizes that it can take more than caution to stay safe when conversing over the Internet. Their members all go through criminal background checks, but filtering fraud is not guaranteed. eLove is making an extra effort, however, with a new product called eLove Select. Before getting the company's seal of approval, participating daters must physically go to one of their 50 locations and get checked, screened and cleared. FULL ARTICLE @ CREDIT CARD

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Littlehint Helps Match Single Friends

Posted on May 3, 2010

Littlehint logo TECH CRUNCH – May 3 - Littlehint is a new startup which aims to take your Facebook friends and bring in the ones who want to go on a date, along with the ones who might help you find one. It sucks in your network via Facebook Connect and asks you to fill out your profile. The difference however is that in the future they plan to offer the ability to submit your DNA as well. The founders are Anju Rupal, CEO, who has been involved in various startups as an investor at board level, and Bill Liao, co-founder of XING, Germany’s LinkedIn. FULL ARTICLE @ TECH CRUNCH

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South Asian Parents Embrace Online Matchmaking

Posted on May 3, 2010

Shaadi logo NATIONAL POST – Apr 30 - To date, more than a million South Asian couples are claimed to have emerged from Shaadi.com, the world's largest matrimonial matchmaking website, and many have their parents to thank. Roughly a fifth of Shaadi.com profiles were created by parents. The trend of pursuing dates via matrimonial websites such as BharatMatrimony.com or Apnavichola.com has spread so feverishly in Canada that India-based Shaadi.com chose to open its first North American centre in Mississauga two months ago.

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