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TOTALLY JEWISH–A lonely American rabbi’s son is taking the concept of speed dating up a gear by going on 50 blind dates in 50 US states – all in just 50 days. Dan Jacobs, from Santa Monica, is setting off on the ultimate romantic road trip next week. The 22-year-old’s voyage of discovery, part-funded to the tune of $21,000 by friends and investors, will be filmed for a television documentary called A Sensitive Guy on the Road: 50 Dates In 50 States. TOTALLY JEWISH

NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) — Globix announced today that it is providing infrastructure services for Friendster.com (9 million members); advanced data center services. Friendster users have noticed significantly faster response times and page downloads.

OWH–When's the appropriate time to pull your profile off a dating site? The decision to remove your profile is tantamount to taking a date home to meet your parents. And getting to that point can resemble a game of chicken. A guy might call to announce, "I've taken down my profile" just as you're headed out on your second date of the day. Melissa Darnay, author of "Dating 101: The Instant Cure for Romance Blues," encourages daters not to rush.

The full article was originally published at Omaha World Herald, but is no longer available.

BUSINESS WIRE, Sep 30th–Voiceglo, a global, full-service Voice over Internet Protocol communications company and Friendster today announced an exclusive partnership to further expand the Friendster global communications network via VoIP. Friendster will begin offering 'The Friendster Phone' powered by GloPhone, Voiceglo's innovative Web- and PC-based phone service, allowing users to make free calls to their friends anywhere, anytime.

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

WNBC–Finding that someone special can prove to be quite challenging, and sometimes, services that promise to make it easier turn out to be disappointing. With many of the services — dating clubs or online introductions — if the right match fails to appear, it’s not viewed as a loss. But when you invest $5,000 in a service, serious money is expected to yield some serious introductions.  Rita Karmiol is a successful business woman and mother of two teenagers. Between work and travel, she has little time for dating.  That’s why Kate McCabe’s Connections (real world matchmaking service) sounded good to her. Alas. WNBC

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 27, 2004–LookWow, provider of the first web-based photo enhancement service designed for consumers, today announced partnership agreements with online dating site, America's Online Dating and camera-phone photo-sharing services provider, MyQPU.

ANGOLA PRESS–Cape Town, South Africa, 09/27 – Almost 250,000 South Africans have used online dating services – and those who engage in it take it very seriously, according to findings in the report "Online Dating in South Africa 2004". There are between 200,000 and 250,000 people who have tried online dating in South Africa." There are 11 substantial online dating web sites operating in South Africa, with three launched in the last year. About 10 percent of users become paying subscribers who shell out up to 130 rand a month for the privilege of connecting with like-minded individuals.

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

TIMES ARGUS-As online dating quickly expands into a modern-day scene that attracts millions of singles, a new cottage industry has sprung up to help those learning the ropes. For $59.99, you can hire an adviser from Personals-Trainer.com to do a "complete tuneup" of your personal ad. The advisers, who include a former writer from HBO's "Sex and the City" and radio relationship therapist Judy Kuriansky, stomp out cliches and spice up generic gab, delivering the redo within three days. (e-cyrano.com and profile doctore also mentioned)

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

GRAND ISLAND INDEDENT–For many singles in Central Nebraska the promise of romance can sometimes fall flat. Some have outgrown the traditional meeting places, some have limited nerve in pursuing dates and others are so busy that meeting people is almost impossible. (eHarmony, Match and Fastdater mentioned)

PLAYBILL–Ford’s Theatre opens its 2004-2005 season Sept. 24 with a new Mark Lamos production Thornton Wilder’s The Matchmaker, starring Tony Award-winner Andrea Martin as Dolly and Tony nominee Jonathan Hadary as Horace.