Online dating, it’s now universally agreed, has its limits. Among the two biggest glitches: dates who look nothing like their profile pictures and dates who are happy to email but decline to ever actually go on a bodily, non-virtual date. In an effort to combat such digital diversionary tactics, one of the biggest online dating [...]
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Jiayuan to Hold Annual General Meeting on June 15, 2012
May 18th, 2012
Botts BEIJING, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ — Jiayuan.com International Ltd. (“Jiayuan” or the “Company”) (DATE), operator of the largest online dating platform in China, today announced that it will hold its annual general meeting of shareholders (“AGM”) at 10am on June 15, 2012, Beijing / Hong Kong Time at 22/F, Bank of China Tower, 1 Garden [...]
When an Online Relationship Leads to a First Date
May 18th, 2012
Botts Who pays for a date in the online dating world, especially who pays for the first face-to-face meet? When that question came up during my interview on the Dating Playbook (Sirius channel 104) last Friday for the release of my new book, Essential Manners for Men 2nd Edition (William Morrow), a firestorm erupted. That first [...]
The Risks Of Online Dating
May 17th, 2012
Botts 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 four dating couples met online. Researchers say [...]
New Take On Dating On Facebook
May 17th, 2012
Botts NEW YORK, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Today, BestDailyDates.com, a free online dating site famous for its simple online dating formula – accept a date, post a date, ask people out – launches a new Facebook dating app: TradingSingles. The app allows users to select their single friends to be “traded in” for matches in [...]
Kiwis get first crack at online dating Facebook feature
May 16th, 2012
Botts Mac Planet: New MacBook Pro, anyone?(2 comments) Macs were once actually made in California, although I think the first one I ever bought, in 1989, was assembled in Ireland… Article source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10806378&ref=rss
Online dating site launches events to bring singles together offline
May 15th, 2012
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Jiayuan to Report First Quarter 2012 Financial Results on May 23, 2012
May 15th, 2012
Botts BEIJING, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ — Jiayuan.com International Ltd. (“Jiayuan” or the “Company”) (DATE), operator of the largest online dating platform in China, today announced that it will report its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012, after the U.S. market closes on May 23, 2012. The Company’s management will hold [...]
Cafe4tune Releases Details of Privacy Policy as Social Network and Online Dating Competitors Face Security Concerns
May 15th, 2012
Botts SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Social network and online dating site Cafe4tune.com (http://www.cafe4tune.com) will release the details of its privacy policy (http://www.cafe4tune.com/Home/Privacy) today that has attracted tens of thousands of new members to the site since its beta launch in March. Cafe4tune’s move to spell out its privacy policies on the site is aimed squarely at [...]
Physical fitness is a virtual reality with smart devices, online trainers
May 14th, 2012
Botts NEW YORK — Even in the vastness of the online fitness universe, it all comes down to the human touch on your touch screen. The latest, smartest devices and websites are enlisting online dating and gaming technology to forge real relationships in the virtual fitness world. “We sell the relationship between trainer and client,” said Jeff Marinucci, [...]

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