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PR WEB — Jan 25 — TheMeetery.com will host a singles event at The Sandbar, Brielle, NJ in conjunction with WADB-AM Radio 1310.  TheMeetery.com is a new and unique online approach to finding someone to meet and finding somewhere to eat.  The Sandbar will offer a complimentary buffet.  RELEASE @ PR WEB

ECOMMERCE TIMES– Jan 26 — The Internet  and e-mail help to expand and strengthen the social ties that people maintain in the offline world, according to a new report released today by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.  The report, "The Strength of Internet Ties," highlights how e-mail supplements, rather than replaces, the communication people have with others in their network.  The study concludes that one major payoff comes when people use the Internet to press their social networks into action. With the help of the Internet, people are able to maintain active contact with sizable social networks, even though many of the people in those networks do not live close to them.  FULL ARTICLE @ ECOMMERCE TIMES

Mark Brooks: I'm surprised we haven't seen a social network adopt PIM/CRM (Personal Information Manager/Customer Relationship Manager) functionality yet.  Power users (i.e. 'connectors') need more tools for organizing their considerable networks. 

Jan 28 — A friend of mine, Jenifer Jourdanne, has been running this unique site since 1998.  So There, 'It's About Closure,' publishes closure love letters, daily. – Mark Brooks

ONLINE MEDIA DAILY — Jan 25 — Sisterwoman, slated to launch by March, is targeting women ages 28 to 50–closer to iVillage's demographic than to MySpace's younger crowd. Visitors will be encouraged to create closed circles of friends as well as open hobby- and location-based circles. Savarino, who helped launch the streaming media company Unicast, believes that advertisers and publishers are just now catching on to women's unique Internet usage habits. 

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

Mark Brooks: iVillage advertising is among the most premium priced on the net today. 

RESPONSE SOURCE — Jan 24 — SnogLondon presents the opportunity to really find out about the person behind the profile. Through the use of interesting and fun questions including “dream dinner guests”, “if I could be any animal for a day, I would be…” and “in my bedroom you will find…” as well as profile content specific to London; for example favourite venues, best & worst things about living in London etc, which allow subscribers to learn more about each other. Individuals can also engage in online games such as “Blind Date”; and “Who Wrote That?” where members match profiles and photographs to quotes.

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

Mark Brooks: Other sites in their niche network include Over50sRomance, VeggieRomance, YogaRomance, GothicSouls, OtherSingleParents

Jan 26 — Online Registration for iDate2006 has been extended one day.  Register before Friday, January 27^th 5pm EST and save $100.  See you there – Mark Brooks

Jan 25 — Some rooms have freed up.  You can call Wyndham Miami Beach Resort, (4833 Collins Avenue, Miami) at 305-532-3600.

INQ7.NET — Jan 22 — Friendster Philippines has quietly launched its new service for Filipinos to post text-based advertising. 

Mark Brooks: Friendster meets Craiglist…in the Phillipines.  Friendster has enormous traction in the Phillipines.  Orkut is big in Brazil. 

U-WIRE — Jan 22 — Campus police at Northern Kentucky University and the University of Kentucky have taken action against underage students shown drinking in dorms. In discussing subscriptions to legal music systems, administrators have already ceded that, to some degree, they are responsible for protecting students in the digital realm. The University of New Mexico installed software barring access to Facebook from university computers.  FULL ARTICLE @ THE DEPAULIA

DAILY HERALD CENTRAL UTAH — Jan 22 — Deputy county prosecutor David Sturgill asked the judge to dismiss one of two 2004 cases against Parkinson in which police say the man met a woman on an LDS-themed dating Web site in September 2004, took her to his home and forcibly sexually abused her. Though investigators and prosecutors said he had again used an Internet dating site to meet the woman, they said his methods had evolved as he had used alias names on more than one dating site and with the accuser. He faces 10 first-degree felony counts of rape, two of forcible sodomy and one count of aggravated kidnapping in the latest case and is being held in the Utah County Jail on $250,000 cash-only bail.

The full article was originally published at Daily Herald Central Utah, but is no longer available.

Mark Brooks: Might background checks have caught this guy?