YAHOO FINANCE — Nov 12th — TRUE today announced that actors Brad Pitt and Cameron Diaz are this year’s top choices for a Thanksgiving Day date…More than 79% of singles feel that a few months of dating a person is all that is needed before bringing them home to meet the family. 12% of respondents even said that knowing someone for only a day is sufficient time, so long as they have someone with whom to share the holiday.
Directmatches.com; Where Relationships Build Income
PRWEB — Nov 12th — DirectMatches is the first company in the online matchmaking market to deploy a multi-matchmaking system that helps people locate business contacts, job opportunities and finding dates online. It is the first dedicated match service with a contact management system. The company is also the first company to deploy a direct selling marketing program. PRWEB
Video Phones Act as Dating Tools
BBC NEWS — Hundreds have submitted a mobile video profile to win a place at the world’s first video mobile dating event. The top 100 meet their match on 30 November at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts. The event, organised by the 3G network, 3, could catch on as the trend for unusual dating events, like speed dating, continues. BBC NEWS
Romeo Bannned From British Internet Dating Site
IOL — Nov 12th — A middle-aged Romeo has been banned from an Internet dating agency for sleeping with more than 100 women. Former miner Clive Worth, 55, had 119 dates in five years and ended up in bed with most of them, reports the Daily Mirror. The website has taken him off their books for showing a "lack of commitment". He now plans to sign up with another Internet agency and vowed to carry on until he's 80.
The full article was originally published at Independent Online World News, but is no longer available.
Smile, Dial, Date
NBC5 — Nov 10th — Now, a new use has emerged for mobile phones. Dating services have enlisted the communications medium to bring together bands of lonely hearts. "If you're in the bank in line, stuck in traffic, whatever it is, you can search for dates and flirt with people on your mobile phone," Kristin Kelly, of Match.com, said.
The full article was originally published at Dallas NBC5, but is no longer available.
Compatti.com Releases Social Network and Personality Tests Endorsed by Nobel Laureate
Seattle, WA (PRWEB) November 7, 2004 — Compatti.com’s new feature allows users to create social circles, like in real life, for friends, family, business or romance and find new contacts by personality and relationships evaluation tests. Nobel Laureate, Dr. Kary B. Mullis concludes: “A horoscope that accurately reflects your personality can be cast by a computer if you give it the correct birth data.” Compatti.com uses biorhythmic and astrological compatibility analysis for personality assessment based on date, time and place of birth. PRWEB
EZ2Date.com Launch
BUSINESS WIRE — Nov. 2, 2004 — EZ2Companies announced today that it has launched its EZ2Date site nationally. Allows its members to access over 1,000,000 active member profiles. EZ2Date combines online relationships with local events and partnerships and phone contact service with secure connections through anonymous computer software. BUSINESS WIRE
New NYC Social Networking Club, Dinner Elite
YAHOO — “There are plenty of internet dating companies, and clubs for those under 40, but no social networking organizationm before DinnerElite, for Manhattan’s intelligent, well educated, and successful slightly older single set,” said Maxine Martell, founder of Dinner Elite, who herself is a Wharton MBA/JD in her 40s. No membership fee is required to attend the first monthly dinner on Monday Dec. 6th.
Video Phones Act as Dating Tools
BBC NEWS — Hundreds have submitted a mobile video profile to win a place at the world’s first video mobile dating event. The top 100 meet their match on 30 November at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts. The event, organised by the 3G network, 3, could catch on as the trend for unusual dating events, like speed dating, continues. BBC NEWS
Smile, Dial, Date
NBC5 — Nov 10th — Now, a new use has emerged for mobile phones. Dating services have enlisted the communications medium to bring together bands of lonely hearts. "If you’re in the bank in line, stuck in traffic, whatever it is, you can search for dates and flirt with people on your mobile phone," Kristin Kelly, of Match.com, said. DALLAS NBC5