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AAN — Nov 9 — Tele-Publishing International and Sutcliffe Associates have reached an out-of-court settlement, putting an end to TPI's patent infringement lawsuit against Sutcliffe who will license TPI's patents and other intellectual property.  The TPI patents pertain to various aspects of matching users based on the characteristics and criteria they provide and the integration of interactive voice and online technologies. 

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

ONLINE MEDIA DAILY — Nov 8 — In the near future, TiVo subscribers will be able to use their televisions to view digital pictures from Yahoo!'s photo databases, as well as weather and traffic reports provided by Yahoo! 

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

Mark Brooks: …and how about online personals profiles on Tivo?  Yahoo and Google are getting ever more imaginative these days. 

ONLINE MEDIA DAILY — Nov 8 — In the near future, TiVo subscribers will be able to use their televisions to view digital pictures from Yahoo!'s photo databases, as well as weather and traffic reports provided by Yahoo! 

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

Mark Brooks: …and how about online personals profiles on Tivo?  Yahoo and Google are getting ever more imaginative these days. 

BIZ REPORT — Nov 7 — Microsoft aims to fold its MSN Internet service into a venture with AOL. Any agreement would be several weeks away.  One issue that has yet to be resolved would be how the venture would be governed. Time Warner does not want to cede control unless it receives a "very rich offer," the NYT said. Other suitors seeking a stake include Google, Comcast, Yahoo and News Corporation. 

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

Mark Brooks: AOL and MSN are currently partnered with Match.com for online dating.  Yahoo might want to change that.

BIZ REPORT — Nov 7 — Microsoft aims to fold its MSN Internet service into a venture with AOL. Any agreement would be several weeks away.  One issue that has yet to be resolved would be how the venture would be governed. Time Warner does not want to cede control unless it receives a "very rich offer," the NYT said. Other suitors seeking a stake include Google, Comcast, Yahoo and News Corporation. 

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

Mark Brooks: AOL and MSN are currently partnered with Match.com for online dating.  Yahoo might want to change that.

SUNDAY MAGAZINE — Nov 6 — Here's a short glossary of acronyms used online and for SMS messaging on cell phones…  GNBLFY – Got Nothing But Love For You, GYPO – Get Your Pants Off, IDKY – I Don't Know You, ILU – I Love You, IYKWIMAITYD* – If You Know What I Mean And I Think You Do, KFY – Kiss For You, RBTL – Read Between The Lines, RUMORF – Are You Male Or Female, RUUP4IT – Are You Up For It.  More than 250 million SMS messages are sent every month in Australia. In some ways, cyber-flirting is also a return to a more old-fashioned style of courtship, in which prospective partners spent rather more time getting to know each other and writing love letters before jumping into bed together. On the other hand, it can also be akin to having a virtual harem ready to lead you astray.

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

HERALD NEWS — Nov 3 — If you are a South Asian seeking other South Asians the playing field gets that much smaller.  Our first-generation immigrant parents – from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka – never had to worry about finding the right someone, growing up in countries with mostly homogenous populations. Don't get me wrong. We're not all looking to date only someone of the same ethnic background. But when you have parents desperate to cling to a romanticized homeland, marriage is a link for preserving tradition. (Flirteve.com) 

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

Mark Brooks: beyondentertainment.com also runs Asian focused speed dating in the California Bay Area.  click2asia.com also.  Speed dating is finding success within demographics beyond simple age range limitations. predating.com, hurrydate.com, and 8minutedating.com are America's leading national speed dating outfits.

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Nov 3 — The social networking Web site MySpace.com has launched its own record label in a joint venture with Interscope Records hoping to capitalize on its broad reach among music-savvy consumers. MySpace Records will feature independent and unsigned artists as well as compilations that include top groups from other labels.  The first release will be a compilation of tracks which will feature songs from groups such as Weezer. "MySpace Records: Volume I" goes on sale Nov. 15 at major retail locations. MySpace is expanding its brand in other areas as well, including a satellite radio channel that will launch in the next six months. The company is also considering starting its own film imprint,
DeWolfe said.

Mark Brooks: There’s  a lot you can do with 36 million eyeballs.  How far can they stretch/extend the MySpace brand?

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Nov 6 — Suicidegirls.com, an online social network of amateur pinup girls (with an online dating element) said it logged 500,000 downloads of the sexy "featurettes" – three- to five-minute video clips – in the first 24 hours targeting the new iPod-toting crowd.  Two in five Internet users visited an adult site in August, according to tracking by comScore Media Metrix. 3% of all Web traffic and 2% of all surfing time involved an adult site.  FULL ARTICLE @ USA TODAY

Mark Brooks: Suicidegirls has done very well with it’s unusual niche of porn meets online dating.  Tattoos and piercings abound.  There truly is something for everyone.  www.alt.com and www.bondage.com are the all-out online personals variants for the whips and chains niche.  (Viewing discretion advised)

MARKET WIRE –Nov 3 — Notifications and alerts are directed to members’ mobile phones through SMS or via MMS (multimedia message service) technology, which allows for photos, members’ profiles, sound clips and, in the future, video to be sent direct to members’ handsets.