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PR WEB — Jan 9 — UK based company Liquid11 offers “Stay Safe” which enables online dating users to obtain their own temporary telephone numbers which connect directly to their mobile phones.  Users can hand out their new temporary number to people they meet, whilst remaining in control as to whether they take any future calls.  The system works by routing a temporary number to users existing mobile phone, which they do by sending “SAFE” to 80876 at a charge of just £1.50. 

Mark Brooks: Throwaway numbers and anonymous phone calling are solutions to the same problem.  People want to talk on the phone sooner, before they go on the first date.  Email me at mark@onlinepersonalswatch.com if you’d like a copy of the white paper ‘Overview of Anonymous Phone Calling Services Providers.’

PR WEB — Jan 9 — Cell phones are a convenient way for busy singles to find and contact other singles. Mobilook posts an updated list of dating/personals services that provide mobile services to help their members find companionship.  RELEASE @ PR WEB

Mark Brooks: Webdate, Lavalife and Match are offer the leading online mobile dating products.

RELISH NOW — Jan 5 — Sniffin’ for love: We’ve seen speed dating, online dating and something even called gazing dating, where singles silently stare into each other’s eyes. In 2006, the courtship process will morph into smell dating. "Sniffin’ for Love" parties will involve blindfolded lonely hearts who take turns sniffing each others’ hair, neck, shoulders, and, for the adventurous, armpits. Singles have to keep sniffing strangers until olfactory desires match up.

TIMES ONLINE UK — Jan 5 — The dramatic rise of online dating over the past decade is a perfect example of technological Darwinism. Ever lengthening working days are reducing opportunities for socialising.  Growing geographical mobility is cutting people off from family and social networks.  Chance encounters with friends of friends that might one day lead to romance are becoming less likely. Online dating offers the advantages of speed, anonymity, an enormous pool of "candidates" to choose from and the chance to turn someone down without having to look him in the eye.  FULL ARTICLE @ TIMES ONLINE

PR WEB — Jan 5 — Multiply integrates social network-based communication with tools for photo sharing, video sharing and blogging in real-time. Multiply’s new Live Replies allow these discussions to happen in real-time. If multiple users are viewing a photo album or blog entry at the same time, replies added to the thread instantly appear on the screen, turning the content into a real-time chat room on the fly.

NATIVE TIMES — Jan 3 — A California entrepreneur and his wife have set up a dating website for Native Americans.  E-Snag.com will help bring these people together regardless of where they live. 

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

THE NEW YORK TIMES — Jan 2 — MySpace noticed that any references to YouTube, a video-sharing site and competitor, were erased or blocked from appearing on MySpace. Ever-sensitive to corporate meddling, many MySpace users got angry. "My friends and I are trying to make the blogging community aware of a stealth censorship campaign that is being conducted by MySpace," one MySpace user, Ellis Yu, wrote to the Blog Herald, a Web site about blogs. "They are not admitting to it, and are trying to do this in secret." The incident underlines the peril corporations face as they buy blogs and networking sites like MySpace, which depend on the good will of their users.

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

I-NEWSWIRE — Dec 31 — Singles Limited will launch its new dating software system in late January 2006.  As the Gold sponsor of the Miami dating conference iDate in 2006, Singles Ltd are perceived by the few that have previewed their new system, "as creating a seismic move forward in the industry of online dating" and a vision of what the future may look like for us all. 

The full article was originally published at i-Newswire, but is no longer available.

Mark Brooks: aewebdating (software), Spring Street Networks (network) and Vintacom (network) are the main choices for those wanting to start their own dating site.  Plenty of room for another player. 

PR WEB — Dec 29 — Swiss psychologist Carl G. Jung, whose research in archetypes was the foundation of the Myers – Briggs personality test (MBTI), conducted astrological experiments with 483 married couples' birth charts, published as "Synchronicity" in 1952. He found significant correlation of some astrological aspects. This valuable knowledge been resurrected at Compatti.com.  RELEASE @ PR WEB

THE DAILY MONITOR — Dec 29 — Mark Musoke of Global Internet café says that online dating has become as much a part of peoples' lives as the Internet is. What makes online dating even more fascinating are the high levels of privacy that are maintained. Most dating sites keep the details of their clients private and allow users to report incidents of harassment.  Dating online is very convenient and a lot more comfortable than real life experience. Online dating grants women security from premature physical advances from men, granting them and opportunity to study the date well before getting involved in a serious relationship.