11 posts and columns on dating

To Combat Creepiness, WhosHere Launches In-App Video Chat

in Social on May 23 at 3:35 pm PT

When you’re ready to take it to the next level — visual contact.
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Looking for Love? Find Your Kloutmate.

in News on April 16 at 10:50 am PT

A new dating site says it has found a good litmus test for whether a couple will be compatible and how quickly they will click: similar Klout scores.
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Tobii’s Eye-Tracking Tech Knows What You’re Eyeing on Dating Sites

in Commerce on February 6 at 8:00 am PT

Men like pictures; women like text. You don’t say.
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My Fake Breakup on WotWentWrong.com

in Social on January 25 at 12:59 pm PT

Who needs another dating Web site that pairs people up? Instead, use this app to tell them what you think after things have gone sour.
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With OkCupid Bought, Zoosk Brags About Momentum

in Social on February 8, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Dating site Zoosk says that based on its January revenue, it will have a run rate of $90 million this year.

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IAC Swings to Profit on Higher Revenue

in News on February 2, 2011 at 8:30 am PT

IAC/InterActiveCorp. beat Wall Street expectations with a 27 percent jump in fourth-quarter revenue, thanks to growth in its advertising and online dating business, but its adjusted profit of 26 cents a share fell short of the consensus forecast of 34 cents per share.

News Byte

OkCupid and Match.com to Marry

in Commerce on February 2, 2011 at 7:39 am PT

Match.com gets a little sweeter. The dating site, which operates as part of IAC, says it has acquired OkCupid for $50 million in cash, plus more payments based on future performance. OkCupid, which is mostly ad-supported, targets younger adults by creating low barriers of entry to participate. Once users get a taste of online dating for free, the hope is to introduce them to pay sites, like Match.com and Chemistry.com.

Liveblogging the Yahoo-Microsoft Search Deal Conference Call: The Carol and Steve Show Debuts!

in News on July 29, 2009 at 5:32 am PT

BoomTown was so glad we had this time together with Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, just to have a laugh or sing a song about a major search and advertising deal. I liveblogged the conference call, which I updated as it happened. Did Ballmer scream and jump up and down? Did Carol say something naughty? Read on!
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Finally, a Reason to Bring a Little More Lindsanity to BoomTown

in News on April 15, 2009 at 5:11 am PT

Whatever her personal turmoil, troubled actress Lindsay Lohan–aka Lindsanity–has been the patron saint of the Web’s gossip sites, as well as magazines and more, most recently for the spectacular and restraining-orders-all-around breakup she has had with DJ Samantha Ronson. So where did Lohan go to get some control of the crazed situation back? Why the Internet, of course, with a pretty funny video of a spoof of an eHarmony online dating ad that is now a big hit on the comedy Web site, Funny or Die.
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