observer.guardian.co.uk:
Ten years ago, Henry Badenhorst helped a friend find a date online - and the idea for Gaydar was born. But with success came scandal - and the tragic death of his long-term partner. Here, the man behind the world's biggest dating site reveals what makes him click Interview Patrick StrudwickHenry Badenhorst has certainly b (Read More)
The Guardian:
21st-century solution to loneliness or cringe-inducing cyber hell? Nearly five million Britons are searching for love online, but are they looking in the wrong place? Tanya Gold investigatesI am in a cafe in London, waiting for a date. His name is Greg007. He has clicked on my pouting and misleading photograph, read my evas (Read More)
Huffington Post:
By Saritha Rai | GlobalPostBANGALORE -- Bangalore schoolgirl Nitisha Jaykumar's latest acquisition is a Nokia cell phone, which her protective parents gave her when she turned 16 a few months ago. But now, unbeknownst to them, she is on the verge of acquiring a not-so-common schoolgirl possession here -- a boyfriend.Making (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Media savvy Blairite reformer had been hailed as Labour's best hope of avoiding disasterTo many observers, the career of James Purnell has been characterised by uncommon good fortune, a talent for forging connections, and an deft ability to make the most of any opportunity that comes within sight.The sharp-suited work and p (Read More)
paidContent.org:
Facebook may not be rushing to go public, but Digital Sky Technologies, the Russian investment fund that just paid $200 million for 1.96 percent of the social network, does plan to float.CEO, co-founder and former Mail.ru chief Yuri Milner tells Slon.ru (via Yakov): "Our model ... is to exit via IPO ... An IPO's timing is d (Read More)
Huffington Post:
As a director, comedian, and oversexed Lothario, David Wain has met and romanced many a Hollywood starlet. Perhaps that's why his show "Wainy Days" -- in which he plays against type as a bumbling loser at love -- is so psychologically complex (and really funny). With the fourth season currently being rolled out on My Damn C (Read More)
Valleywag:
Julia Allison was paid in cash to blog about her trip Sea World, the "lifecasting" celebrity wannabe has belatedly disclosed. So how have the first few days of the trip gone? Allison, who announced her trip with five exclamation marks, seems belatedly conflicted. After nearly missing her flight, the internet fameball didn' (Read More)
CNN:
Though there's still a certain inexplicable stigma attached to it, I am a huge proponent of online dating. I met my long-term boyfriend that way and the majority of weddings I've been to over the past couple years have been for couples who've met via the Internet.
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TechCrunch:
Babble, a magazine and parenting community site aimed at urban hipsters, has secured $1 million in Series A funding from Greycroft Partners. This round adds to the $2 million Babble raised earlier from Village Ventures in December of 2008. (This is an extension of that round at the same valuation) Born from sex and dating (Read More)
Valleywag:
Had an awesome week? Whatever. It was not as totally awesome as the week of Twittering Facebook chanteuse Randi Zuckerberg (of the Mark Zuckerberg Zuckerbergs). Except for the part where Julia Allison stalked her! Since her brother, Facebook's Aspergerian CEO, is incapable of normal interactions with people on camera (or o (Read More)
Engadget:
This is not the first time we've heard talk of an Apple media download kiosk, nor does it seem any more plausible this time around, but who knows? According to patent docs dredged up by Apple Insider and dating back to the halcyon days of late 2007, the company has certainly put some thought into this, detailing a wireless (Read More)
Mashable!:
Ning, the social network for social networks, recently hit the 1 million networks milestone. But with such a huge user base comes huge user demand for additional features and functionality.Today, Ning is about to deliver some of that functionality to their 700,000 social network creators with Ning Apps, giving them more th (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
As IAC's core business continues to flounder, the company is "effectively now a private equity fund," Bernstein analyst Jeff Lindsay argues in a note following IAC's (IACI) earnings report yesterday.Nice way to put it. Lindsay values IAC at $15/share: $13/share in cash with $2/share of mediocre Internet businesses attached. (Read More)
Huffington Post:
NEW YORK — The recession took a bite out of IAC/InterActiveCorp in the first quarter, as revenue fell 22 percent in the Internet company's media and advertising unit, which includes the Ask.com search engine.Shares of IAC advanced 69 cents, or 4.3 percent, to close at $16.65 Wednesday, however, as investors likely found sol (Read More)