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NEWSHOUSE NEWS — Aug 23 — Islam forbids unsupervised dating, so the gathering of young, unmarried Muslims in the banquet hall of an Edison restaurant was billed not as a singles party but as a Muslim Matrimonial Event.  Chaperones roamed while the 100 unmarried "candidates" got to know each other through small group talks. Muslim gatherings like this have sprouted up around the country in the last few years. Singles both defend and fret over the prospect of arranged marriages in person and on Internet sites like http://www.islamicaweb.com.

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

Mark Brooks: Shaadi is the leader in muslim online personals.

BUSINESS WIRE — Aug 22 — MatchFlick, for movie lovers, adds nine new film industry Columnists.  "Since its inception in January, MatchFlick has grown to more than 30,000 visitors each month," said MatchFlick Founder and CEO, Seth Leonard.

NEW ZEALAND HERALD — Aug 21 — A new online dating service is attempting to weed out the wonderful from the weirdos by allowing only beautiful people to join up. theBeautiful has about 200 members from almost 400 applications and has special ways of “validating” applicants suspected of palming off snaps of models as themselves.

The full article was originally published at New Zealand Herald, but is no longer available.

ONLINE PERSONALS WATCH — Aug 22 — A white paper on anonymous phone calling services/enablers is in process (in addition to OPW's mobile dating white paper).  Phonematrix, Voice Star, gNumber and PrivateTel have identified themselves as having service offerings in this category.  Do you know of any others?  Please contact me at mark@onlinepersonalswatch.com.

GLOBES — Aug 05 — Israeli company Arcode Software Solutions is launching a new dating service, entitled "I Pick You" (IPQ). People meeting accidentally can contact each other through the IPQ website.  People who met by chance in a bar, exercise room, library, or supermarket, and who lacked the nerve to start an immediate conversation, can send an IPQ dating card to a person they like. The two people can use the card code later to contact each other through the website.  Arcode's revenue comes from sales of dating cards. FULL ARTICLE @ GLOBES

Mark Brooks: What kind of response rates will guys get.  1 in 20?  What do you think?  Your comments please.

AP — Aug 17 — CANANDAIGUA, New York (AP) – A farmer, in place of posting a newspaper advertisement to search for a mate, resorted to planting a message in a cow pasture in 50-foot letters made from corn stalks. "S.W.F Got-2 (love symbol) Farm'n." Single White Female Got to Love Farming. Underneath was a long arrow pointing to his house.

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

PRWEB — Aug 16 — SavvyInsider.com is a new lifestyle web magazine for savvy singles. Savvy Forums allows singles to interact and meet.

INTERNET NEWS- Aug 15 — The already crowded social networking space added another player today with the launch of Imeem; with privacy features, a strong open source foundation, integrated IM, blogging, file and photo-sharing features.   Imeem's business model is based on advertising. FULL ARTICLE @ INTERNET NEWS

Mark Brooks: Imeem offers a downloadable desktop app.  Nice site/service, but a little late to the game.

INTERNET NEWS- Aug 15 — The already crowded social networking space added another player today with the launch of Imeem; with privacy features, a strong open source foundation, integrated IM, blogging, file and photo-sharing features.   Imeem's business model is based on advertising. FULL ARTICLE @ INTERNET NEWS

Mark Brooks: Imeem offers a downloadable desktop app.  Nice site/service, but a little late to the game.