PR WEB – Aug 15 – Lovestruck was selected by a judging panel who spent the first six months of 2013 researching, interviewing and compiling a list of top British entrepreneurs and Businesses. Laurence Holloway, CTO and co-founder of Lovestruck said: "We are delighted that our growth abroad – in particular Hong Kong and Singapore – has been recognised by the panel of judges."
Month: August 2013
The Rise Of Minimalist Sex Apps
NYMAG – Aug 19 – "We wanted an easy way to find sex," says Pure's co-founder Sidorenko. "We thought it would be cool to use an approach like Uber, where you create the request, and you get a car pretty soon. We thought it would be cool to have something like that to find a sex buddy." From that brainstorm came Pure, a new app that brings the on-demand convenience of Uber to the bedroom. They hope to be part of a cultural change surrounding online sex-discovery. They've enlisted female sexologist Carol Queen to help them reach women, and they're planning a series of marketing events at New York bars in the coming weeks.
LeadingDatingSites.co.uk’s Online Dating Expert Is Fake
MIRROR.CO.UK – Feb 6 – In his assessment of GirlsDateForFree.com, supposed expert Robert Bailey wrote: "Wherever there is a lot of women, men will follow. Bailey gave GirlsDateForFree 3 stars on the review site leadingdatingsites.co.uk, which said: "We've researched in depth the best and most used dating websites in UK." According to leadingdatingsites, Bailey is one of the top opinion makers in the media and has been researching online dating since 2007. But it turns out he is as fake as some of the people apparently seeking love online. The picture of Robert Bailey which leadingdatingsites.co.uk uses is in fact David Burnett, a former law student at Sydney University in Australia who died in an accident in 2008. Leadingdatingsites suddenly removed the pictures of Robert Bailey. It replaced the shots with ones of Henning Wiechers, the CEO of Metaflake, the German company which owns the website.
by Andrew Penman
See full article at Mirror.co.uk
Snap Interactive Q2 Results
PR NEWSWIRE – Aug 14 – Total Q2 revenues decreased 40% YOY to $3.2M. Net loss was $1.5M. SNAP overall advertising and marketing expense for Q2 2013 remained substantially lower (decline of 69% YOY) compared to the comparable period in 2012, resulting in declines in revenues, bookings and subscribers.
The full article was originally published at WSJ, but is no longer available.
Book Teaches Daters How To Perform Their Own Criminal Checks
OPW – Aug 14 – A book called "InvestiDate: How to Investigate Your Date" arms men and women with tools to maneuver through online dating. Readers can learn how to conduct criminal checks, verify employment, gauge marital status, create a Date-a-Base, scour property records, and more. The book was written by Maria Coder, a former crime and general assignment reporter.
Grouper: Group Blind Date
FOX BUSINESS – Aug 13 – Dating site Grouper sets up groups of friends for drinks, to see if there is a potential match within the crowd. The site was created by Michael Waxman who started the site after breaking up with his college girlfriend and moving to New York, finding himself disenchanted with the dating options. The sites sets up drinks between two groups of friends, and is always three-on-three. Each person pays $20 to secure a reservation as well as the first round of drinks. From there, it’s anyone’s game, Waxman says. Grouper is available in 25 cities across the U.S.
by Kate Rogers
The full article was originally published at Fox Business, but is no longer available.
Men Prefer Women Who Cheat
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Tinder: The Casual Sex App That Makes Us Even More Vain
TELEGRAPH.CO.UK – Aug 13 – Tinder is like speed dating without the awkward conversation, and with thousands of potential matches in the room. Tinder isn’t about getting laid or finding love at all, it’s about validation. People randomly indicate an interest in others just to see if they respond. There are pathetic souls who swipe "like" on literally every single person, and then tell their friends how many matches they have. There is science around this. Studies show that Facebook likes and retweets on Twitter give users a dopamine rush, making them feel happier. Even more tragically, there are people in relationships using Tinder, just to see if they’ve still got it.
Elle Launched A Matchmaking Site Powered By HowAboutWe.com
NEW YORK BUSINESS JOURNAL – Aug 13 – Aside allowing singles to find each other, Elle Dating will give members access to one-on-one matchmaking services from the magazine's relationship expert E. Jean Carroll. The matchmaking service will include a subscription plan for two dates per month; personal matchmaking with Carroll; phone consultation and dating feedback; date planning and ongoing dialogue with matchmakers. HowAboutWe.com last month launched a dating service with New York magazine that sends couples on curated dates for $18 a month.