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Online dating comes to the iPhone

Online dating comes to the iPhoneImpressiveI was expecting some silly widget or "what's your love sign" nonsense, but this is quite a serious application. I particularly like how you can set a "threshold" of compatibility that someone must meet to even see your photos. Unlike most other sites,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Online Dating, iPhone app

Discussion threads 2008-04-29

Sites try new tech to draw love seekers

More than 1,400 online dating sites are operating worldwide, giving love seekers endless choices when tapping the dating pool. To make their sites stand out, developers are testing new formats, such as third-party texting, and new methods, such as Webcams, to help people make connections. On the eve of Valentine's...

Tags: kara tsuboi, online dating, crazy blind date, valentine's day, love, relationships, web sites

Videos 2008-02-14

Brazil -- it's no samba for AOL

Brazil -- it's no samba for AOLfree online dating site in the United States[b]FREE ADULT DATING PERSONALS -- CLICK HERE FREE ADULT DATING PERSONALS -- CLICK HERE BEST ONLINE DATING SITE ...

Tags: America Online Inc., Click Here, FREE ONLINE DATING SITE, online Dating Site, dating site, Online Dating

Discussion threads 2007-05-13

Guide to Online Dating (zip)

The Guide to Online Dating will help you decide whether online dating is something that you should even pursue. Online dating is not for everyone so get the facts. If you do not understand what it is and how it works, you can learn everything you need to know in...

Tags: Advice, Online Dating, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources

Software downloads 2007-04-14

Love is scary: What NOT to do in online dating

Love is scary: What NOT to do in online datingLove is scary: What NOT to do in online datingI am not scarey! :pRe: Lovehttp://www.analogstereo.com/chrysler_town_and_country_owners_manual.htm

Tags: online dating

Discussion threads 2006-10-13

Today's Links on online dating: fake profiles, animal love, Google Romance?

"TODAY'S LINKS" September 16, 2006“Today’s Links” is an eclectic round up pointing to noteworthy news and worthy analysis from all around the World Wide Web.TODAY'S LINKS September 16, 2006 FOCUS ON ONLINE DATING: The Secrets to Finding Love Online? Even Animals Get the Online Dating Tease, Shopping For Your Soul...

Tags: Google Inc., Online, Online Dating

Blog posts 2006-09-16

Most popular ways to find dates: friends, bars, online, work

Online dating is now listed among the top 4 ways to find dates, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. While friend hook-ups and bar scene still lead the list of preferred methods, Internet rivals dating co-workers, and 335 of survey respondents would resort to Internet dating. Preferences in finding dates Method to find dates % using Friends 53 Pubs,...

Tags: Online

Blog posts 2005-08-03

Additional Resources

Twelve best practices for online customer communities

One of the more significant Web 2.0 trends in business this year has been the advent of the Web-based customer community, where groups of like-minded individuals focus around a brand or a set of product and services come together and interact online. Far from the cynical marketing ploy that it...

Tags: Community, Best Practice, Customer Community, Deloitte, Community Management, Marketing Research, Social Networking, Marketing, Online Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2008-07-25

1.4 bln Internet users in 2008

Roughly 1.4 bln people ill use the Internet on a regular basis in 2008. This number is expected to surpass 1.9 bln unique users, or 30% of the world’s population, in 2012, according to IDC. Users will access the Internet through more than 1.5 bln devices worldwide in 2008, including...

Tags: Internet User, Mobile, Internet, NB

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Software makers may sue eBay

Tired of being "stiff-armed" by eBay, the Software and Information Industry Association is signaling its ready to sue over pirated software sales on the dominant online auction site, PC World reports. SIIA has offered eBay several suggestions for stemming the sale of pirated software on...

Tags: Software, Software Information Industry Association, eBay Inc., Tiffany, Tools & Techniques, Piracy, Sales Strategy, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sales, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-25

50% of all Internet users will make online purchases in 2008

China’s online population is forecast to grow from 275 mln users in 2008 to 375 mln users in 2012, according to IDC. Nearly half of all Internet users will make online purchases in 2008. By 2012, there will be more than 1 bln online buyers worldwide making business to consumer...

Tags: Internet User, B2C, Internet, B2B, E-business/E-Commerce, NB

Blog posts 2008-07-25

GMail adds "https:"-only connections but still not by default

Google has added a new "Browser Connection" feature to GMail to allow users to force e-mail sessions to always use the more secure "https:" protocol but, strangely, this is not turned on by default. In the Settings tab, at the very bottom, GMail users can now select...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, HTTP, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-25

How OpenDNS, PowerDNS and MaraDNS remained unaffected by the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability

The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein DJB, author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying basic math principles to raise awareness on what's to turn into the "sky is falling" critical Internet vulnerability in 2008, in...

Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Anomaly, Attack, OpenDNS, MaraDNS, NSS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarity

Microsoft's financial analyst meeting was a tale of a technology conglomerate: You heard a lot about search, a decent bit about the enterprise and all sorts of projects in between. But amid all the coverage--see Mary Jo's laundry list of stories--I can't help but wonder if Microsoft's...

Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Enterprise, IBM Corp., Game Players, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Scrabble-Scrabulous standoff spells L-A-W-S-U-I-T

Hasbro said it has filed suit in the Southern District of New York against Rajat Agarwalla, Jayant Agarwalla, and RJ Softwares, better known as the creators of the popular Facebook application Scrabulous. It was only a matter of time before the Scrabble-Scrabulous feud came to a head, and that...

Tags: Facebook, Hasbro Inc., Games, Intellectual Property, Personal Technology, Research & Development, Business Operations, lawsuit, Scrabulous, Hasbro, Tom Magrino, GameSpot

News items 2008-07-25

Click fraud in 2nd quarter of 2008 more sophisticated, botnets to blame

Whereas the overall click fraud rate isn't increasing, it's not decreasing either, remaining flat for the first two quarters of 2008, according to data gathered from the Click Fraud Network, consisting of more than 4,000 online advertisers and agencies. Click Forensics report for the second quarter of 2008, indicates that...

Tags: Click Fraud, RK West, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Gallery: Google's Knol takes on Wikipedia

Google has unveiled its own "unit of knowledge" with a competitor to Wikipedia called Knol. Google's online encyclopedia promises to lend some credence by identifying the authors. by Andy Smith

Tags: Google Inc., Google Knol, Wikipedia, Online Communications, Andy Smith, Google, Knol, wiki, encyclopedia

Image galleries 2008-07-25

News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...

Tags: Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Microsoft confirms IE 8 will ship this year

Microsoft Senior Vice President of Online Services and Windows, Bill Veghte, just told attendees that Microsoft will release the final version of Internet Explorer IE 8 to the Web "later this year." by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spending

Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spendingBallmer Justifies Bottomless PitIt's called his STOMACH.Where is the return on these investments?They are no closer to competing with Google than before Ballmer started this spending spree. When people think "search" they think Google. It's that simple. No one thinks Yahoo or...

Tags: Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, 3M Co.

Discussion threads 2008-07-24