Month: November 2012

JDate Partneres With 92nd Street Y

Posted on November 5, 2012

Jdate logo newMARKET WATCH – Nov 4 – JDate and 92nd Street Y, the nonprofit community and cultural center in New York, announced a strategic partnership aimed at furthering their shared mission of building and strengthening Jewish communities. JDate members will have special access to the organization's most popular events, classes and Jewish Life programming, with offers including VIP access, priority tickets, specialty cocktails and other benefits.

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

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Cupid Diversifies From Dating Into Property

Posted on November 5, 2012

Roomwise logoTHE SCOTSMAN – Nov 4 – Cupid Plc is moving into the property market. Cupid's new website, Roomwise, allows customers to rent out rooms, whole flats or even caravans and tents. Cupid will use its database of 62M users to market the properties as part of its plans to use its IT infrastructure to move into new business areas. Cupid said that it had spent less than £100K developing Roomwise, which it described as being “a very early-stage project in beta testing”. Brian Gruber (GM of Cupid), who came up with the idea for the website and who is acting as its general manager for Cupid, said: “The project grew out of my own travel experiences.” Whenever he travelled, he could only choose well-publicised options, such as hotels. But then he would meet people staying in much nicer accommodation they had found through “a friend of a friend”.

by Peter Ranscombe
See full article at The Scotsman

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Vantiv To Acquire Litle & Co.

Posted on November 5, 2012

Litle&co logoPR NEWSWIRE – Nov 4 – Vantiv, a provider of payment processing services and related technology solutions for merchants and financial institutions, has signed an agreement to acquire Litle & Co. for $361M. Litle & Co. is a leading independent eCommerce payment processor, providing a fully-integrated payments solution for companies that sell goods and services to consumers over the internet and through direct response marketing.

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

PolishDatingUK.co.uk Launched for Polish People in UK

Posted on November 5, 2012

Polishdatinguk logoSBWIRE – Nov 2 – A new dating site PolishDatingUK has been launched for polish people in UK. Members consists of Polish people as well as those who want to start relationships with Polish men and women.

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

Dubai Blocks iDating, But Lets People Discovery Sites Off The Hook

Posted on November 3, 2012

Dubai pictureOPW – Nov 3 – Irena and I
were in Dubai for a few days so we thought we'd see which dating sites
were blocked and which made it past government filtering. Specifically
any 'Internet Content that contradicts the ethics and morals of the UAE
including Nudity and Dating' get blocked. iDating doesn't fit the
religion and culture of UAE. Matrimonials sites, on the other hand, are
ok.

Match, Plentyoffish and OKCupid were blocked. I thought
World Singles Arablounge.com might make the cut, but no. It was
blocked. China dating sites Zhenai, Baihe and Jiayuan were all blocked
as well. We got through to Facebook and thought we'd have more luck
with people discovery services. Badoo was blocked but Tagged and Meetme
were ok. Matrimonials sites made the cut. Shaadi, Bharat Matrimony
and Jeevansathi were all available in Dubai. We were especially pleased
that Online Personals Watch and Social Networking Watch were available
as well. Of course, as soon as I fired up my VPN I could get to
everything. Dubai Internet City also enjoys open access and alternative
ISP Du is more lenient than Etisalat. [Full Disclosure: POF and Meetme
are clients of Courtland Brooks]

UK Global Personals Allegedly Used Fake Profiles

Posted on November 3, 2012

31_datinggraphicCHANNEL4 – Nov 1 – Global Personals is one of the UK's largest internet dating companies. Headquartered in Windsor it makes £40M a year, has 130 staff and runs 7,500 dating sites. Two former employees have described how the company duped daters into parting with their cash. Ryan Pitcher and Tom (not his real name) were recruited to join Global Personals to set up and run fake profiles on the company's network of sites. The team members would scour social networks and steal people's photos to use on their fake profiles. Each team member would be running as many as 15 different personalities. In a statement, Global Personals said: "Global Personals was one of the first online dating companies to stop using fake profiles. For almost three years we have actively encouraged other online dating businesses to also stop this practice." The success of the company's pseudo team means it has built up a database of 2.2m people. Trading Standards in Windsor said it has had "ongoing dealings" with Global Personals regarding the company's alleged use of fake profiles.

See full article at Channel4

Ross Williams states: …We appreciate the acknowledgement that Global Personals has received for being one of the only online dating businesses not to be carrying out this practice. We continue to campaign against pseudo profiles and ask the rest of the industry to stop this practice.

Your comments please…

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Dating Factory To Speak At iDate Sydney

Posted on November 2, 2012

Idate2012 logoWEBWIRE – Nov 2 – Dating Factory CEO and co-founder, Tanya Fathers, will be speaking at the Internet Dating Conference in Sydney on November 8-9. DatingFactory.com is a leading private label dating platform with over 12,000 partners worldwide.

See full article at Benzinga

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MilitarySingles.com Poll: Military Singles Voting For Romney

Posted on November 2, 2012

Militarysingles logoPRESS RELEASE – Nov 2 – MilitarySingles.com, which was recently acquired by Avalanche, LLC, conducted a poll of its members and the results are in. 75% of male voters are planning to elect Mitt Romney, while 57% of female voters are supporting current President, Barack Obama. The poll included a number of hot-button topics, including same-sex marriage and Medicare reform and tax cuts.

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

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MeetMe – Fact Sheet

Posted on November 2, 2012

Meetme logo news July 12
MeetMe® is the leading social network for meeting new people in the
US and the public market leader for social discovery (NYSE MKT: MEET). MeetMe
makes meeting new people fun through social games and apps, monetized by
both advertising and virtual currency. With 60% of traffic coming
from mobile, MeetMe is fast becoming the social gathering place for the mobile
generation. The company operates MeetMe.com and MeetMe
apps on iPhone, iPad, and Android in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

  • myYearbook launched in April 2005
  • Merged in November 2011 with Quepasa Corporation
  • Rebranded to MeetMe, Inc. in June 2012
  • Headquarters: New Hope, Pensylvania
  • Public company (MEET: NYSE MKT)
  • Key people: John Abbott (CEO); Geoff Cook (COO and co-Founder myYearbook), Catherine Cook (VP Brand Strategy and co-Founder myYearbook) Robin Shallow (EVP Communications and PR)
  • Revenue: $11.6 million in Q3 2012
  • Employees: 139
  • Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese
  • 3.93M monthly active users
  • 1M+ US Daily Active Users
  • 1.94M mobile monthly active users
  • Corporate Website: http://www.meetmecorp.com
  • Website: http://www.meetme.com

History:

  • 2012 (October) – MeetMe launches Photoboard, a feature that enables meeting new people and making new friends through photos tagged by location.
  • 2012 (August) – MeetMe launched Spanish and Portuguese language options on web and Android. iPhone app followed in September.
  • 2012 (June) – myYearbook was renamed MeetMe. The rebranding of the site proved to be successful.
  • 2012 (April) – Quepasa Corporation Announces Global Rebrand to MeetMe
  • 2011 (December) – myYearbook launched an iPad app in an attempt to reach the tablet market.
  • 2011
    (July) – myYearbook announced it had agreed to be acquired by Latino
    social networking site Quepasa for $100 Million In Cash And Stock. The
    purchase was finalized on November 11, 2011.
  • 2010 (November) – myYearbook launches Live which combines realtime video chat and social games so you can see who you play.
  • 2010 (May) – myYearbook launched an iPhone/iPod Touch and Android
    application designed to bring the Live Feed real time feed to mobile
    devices.
  • 2010 (January) – rolled out a new site design aimed to
    appeal to an older demographic. Of note is the “winning” site design was
    chosen through crowd-sourcing its members
  • 2009 (November) – myYearbook launched Live Feed, a real-time stream
    that incorporates media sharing and gaming to help bring members
    together.
  • 2008 – myYearbook raised $13 million dollars in a Series B round      
  • 2006 – myYearbook raised $4.1 million from US Venture Partners and First Round Capital
  • 2005 – launched by two high school students, Dave and Catherine Cook, and their older brother Geoff, as MyYearbook

Match.com Partners With Stellar For Customer Care

Posted on November 1, 2012

Match.com logo dalsiCALLCENTRECLINIC – Nov 1 – Match.com has partnered with Stellar to provide customer care and billing inquiries & support. Stellar is a leading contact center and business process outsourcing provider. The partnership began on September 24, 2012.

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

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