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Ask Around One of the best ways to locate a site that might be useful in your dating search is by asking for suggestions from people you know. Chances are good that you have contact with at least a few people who’ve taken these services for a spin, although they may not admit it. If you can’t find anyone in person who is willing to spill the details or if you don’t really want everyone knowing .. more …

Shares of IAC/InterActive Corp. ( IACI ) gained significant momentum following its back-to-back acquisitions of About.com and DateHookup.com. This provider of e-commerce, media and web services delivered impressive second quarter 2012 results in late July and doubled its dividend payout. The stock became a Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) on October 12, 2012, and is scheduled to report third-quarter .. more …

redOrbit Staff Wire Reports ” Your Universe Online While many online dating services promise exhaustive screening processes for those looking for meaningful relationships and possible long-term commitments, new GPS-based smartphone dating apps are increasing in popularity due to their ability for singles to find each other and hook-up quickly.According to CNN reporter Heather Kelly, apps such as .. more …

SAINT JOHN, N.B. – More Canadians than ever ” many of them fathers ” are confronting the plight of the single parent in an age of economic uncertainty and growing disparity between rich and poor, new census numbers released Wednesday suggest.The number of single parents jumped eight per cent between 2006 and 2011, including a 16 per cent spike in the number of single fathers, Statistics Canada .. more …

The internet and dating will continue to be a match made in heaven. With consumers using the internet more than ever before, demand for online dating services is on the rise. Demand from niche dating networks and baby boomers is particularly increasing, and a new wave of smartphone applications will bring the industry to more people. For these reasons, industry research firm IBISWorld has The .. more …

Online dating services have long promised to help people find a mate by using statistical science to predict personal chemistry. But some of the biggest services are now adding a retro twist, Jenna Wortham reports in Wednesday’s New York Times.Several sites are bringing people together the old-fashioned way, with singles parties where people can crowd together at bars while consuming alcohol and .. more …

Cupid plc Acquisition of French online dating company Cupid plc (AIM: CUP), the online dating company, announces today that it has acquired 100% of the French online dating company Assistance Genie Logiciel (‘AGL’) for a total consideration of 3.7m which was payable on completion of the transaction. The AGL dating business delivered revenues of 6.5m in the year ended 31 December 2011 .. more …

Traditionally, dating sites like eHarmony and OkCupid follow the same format. You input your info, browse through all the thumbnails accompanied by A/S/L, and send out a barrage of flirty messages. Then you wait. Maybe you’re hit with some match-type options, but for the most part it’s a lot of browsing/messaging. But a new crop of online dating services have found interesting ways to approach the .. more …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Social network and online dating site Cafe4tune.com ( ) will release the details of its privacy policy ( 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 other social networks and online dating services criticized for .. more …

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 services, Match.com, has decided to get people out from behind their .. more …