SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Student Gracinia Lim has made new friends thanks to mobile phone software that alerts her to compatible people nearby. She is an early customer of a service in Singapore called BEDD that uses Bluetooth wireless communications to scan strangers’ phones for their personal profiles. The application joins a swelling number of Internet and mobile phone based services that offer to widen people’s social networks. …"People spend tons of money at dating and matchmaking agencies or on personal ads — for a small amount of money, this software could help change their lives," Carlton said. (57c / month)
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The Funny Odds of Online Dating
NEW YORK (Reuters) Thu Jun 10 – Rick, a Web site developer from Columbus, Ohio, remembers his divorce nearly four years ago with an extra tinge of bitterness: His ex-wife remarried the same day, to a man she met via the Internet. Rick later tried his own luck at a Web dating forum. Review sites listed.
Monster Picks Up Tickle for $90 Million
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) May 24 – Monster Worldwide Inc. (Nasdaq:MNST – news), the parent of job-hunting site Monster.com, on Monday said it bought Tickle Inc., which offers online tests to help people land their ideal job or mate, in a deal valued at more than $90 million.