Online Dating Gets a Little Less VirtualNews from TIME: Match.com, one of the largest online dating services, is acquainting itself with the real world via Stir, a new event service that will host up to 3,000 singles parties a year. They’ll be hitting 24 cities come June. By Belinda Luscombe | | May 18, 2012 [...]
The Risks Of Online DatingNews from WOWT: A new report concludes when it comes to finding love — online dating has its pros …. and cons. Social scientists at Northwestern University analyzed 400 studies on the effects of online dating. The report estimates 25-million people a month use web dating sites, and roughly one in [...]
How to avoid online dating scamsNews from Omaha World-Herald: Published Thursday May 17, 2012 By Jim HegartyBETTER BUSINESS BUREAU “;var zflag_nid=”1431″;var zflag_cid=”150/149″;var zflag_sid=”1″;var zflag_width=”1″;var zflag_height=”1″;var zflag_sz=”31″; ]]> We are a nation of lonely hearts. Millions of Americans use social media to find companionship, and according to the Association of Psychological Science, online dating is now [...]
Online Dating Takes a Strong Heart, Mind and StomachNews from A News Cafe: It’s been almost a year since I paid for a 6-month subscription to Match.com. At the time I also signed up for eHarmony, but my computer didn’t like the site’s graphics, so I ditched it within 24 hours and was left with [...]
Online Dating is a Booming Trend in ChinaNews from Uncommon Wisdom Daily: Wow, the column I wrote about Facebook on May 1 generated a lot of passionate response. I guess that is to be expected when you criticize a company with 900 million customers! However, it looks like others — including Facebook’s top executives and [...]
Match.com’s New Event Service Takes Its Dating Algorithms OfflineNews from Mashable: In a move that brings online dating full-circle, Match.com is launching a new service that will use its matching algorithms to fill offline events with compatible singles. Within the next year, the company plans to host 2,000 to 3,000 events across 40 markets. The [...]
Love in Ladue: Taking the Mystery Out of Online DatingNews from Patch.com: Love in Ladue is coming to the Ladue-Frontenac Patch this Wednesday. You definitely won’t want to miss the first chapter of this story. Sex in the City will have nothing on this Patch. Online dating, does it really work? If so, which online [...]
Online Dating, Creationism and Burning BuildingsNews from The Morton Report: I had heard about okcupid.com from several people before I checked it out. All dating sites have creepy old men surfing for younger women. They all have men who lie, like my ex-boyfriend of two years who said he was 5’9″ and divorced. The first [...]
Three Ways Women Fail at Dating Explained by “Love Stylist” on Planet Love …News from Seattle Post Intelligencer: Love stylist and author of the dating book “Menu Dating: Taste Test Your Way to the Main Course”, Tristan Coopersmith was a guest on a recent episode of Planet Love Match® Radio and explained the realities of [...]
New Spotify Apps Dive Into Online Dating Via Listening PreferencesNews from Billboard.biz: Step aside, Chuck Woolery! There’s a new matchmaker in town — actually, two. The latest round of Spotify apps — Tastebuds.fm and Fellody — offer to help people find romance through music.These are by no means the first apps to attempt to match [...]