Archive for November, 2005

Lawsuits Accuse Online Dating Sites of Deceptive Practices

Wednesday, November 30th, 2005

LOS ANGELES (AP) - After looking for love on the Internet and failing to find it, frustrated lonely hearts are heading to court, accusing online dating sites of engaging in deceptive practices. A recent lawsuit against Match.com charged the matchmaking service with sending a female employee out on a date with a male subscriber as […]

Mature singles for up-to-date dating — ‘Speed’ events, online matches let them ease in

Tuesday, November 29th, 2005

BERLIN, Md. - Forgive Charles Walsh if he’s a little slow to join in the rounds of speed dating going on around him. Not only has the 55-year-old divorced father never tried speed dating - he hasn’t been out at night except for work events in about a decade.”I was married for 20 years, and […]

Graying set seeking love finds inspiration in dating mores of young

Monday, November 28th, 2005

Forgive Charles Walsh if he’s a little slow to join in the rounds of speed dating going on around him. Not only has the 55-year-old divorced father never tried speed dating — he hasn’t been out at night except for work events in about a decade. “I was married for 20 years, and now I’m […]

Speed dating? Older adults taking their cue from younger counterparts

Monday, November 28th, 2005

BERLIN, Md. — Forgive Charles Walsh if he’s a little slow to join in the rounds of speed dating going on around him. Not only has the 55-year-old divorced father never tried speed dating — he hasn’t been out at night except for work events in about a decade.“I was married for 20 years, and […]

Miami - Internet Dating Conference - Dates Changed to February 2-3, 2006

Monday, November 28th, 2005

PRNewswire — Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. announces that it has rescheduled the dates of the next Internet Dating Conference (http://www.InternetDatingConference.com). The event will be held on February 2-3, 2006 in Miami Beach at the same hotel, the Wyndham Miami Beach Resort.The dates were changed by one day from February 1-2, 2006 to February 2-3, 2006 in […]

TRIBUNE DATING TEAM UPDATE

Monday, November 28th, 2005

Over the coming months, the Tribune will track the dating adventures of a few brave Great Falls singles. Watch for updates on their progress and stories on a wide range of dating issues in the Tribune’s Life pages. This is the fourth installment in the dating series. By TRIBUNE STAFF Don’t get down on dating […]

SITES SEEK TO CRACK DOWN ON CONVICTS, WALNUT CREEK: MAN WHO LOST HIS MEDICAL LICENSE AFTER SOLICITING A MINOR FOUND LOOKING FOR LOVE AT SEVERAL SPOTS ONLINE

Monday, November 28th, 2005

WALNUT CREEK — Robert Wells advertised himself on an online dating service as a semiretired physician who enjoys wine tasting, “The Sopranos” and reading science fiction.But a woman surfing the Web site recognized the Walnut Creek man from another dating site she’d used a year earlier. She told the current service, Dallas-based True.com, that Wells […]

WorldFriends Networks’ Online Personals Community Selects Vivox to Enrich Member Communication; One of Asia’s Largest Online Dating Services Will Allow Users to Cultivate Relationships through Live Voice Chat

Monday, November 28th, 2005

Vivox Monty Sharma, 508-270-5090 monty.sharma@vivox.com or SHIFT Communications Kara Armit, 617-681-1232 vivox@shiftcomm.com Vivox, a pioneer in context-specific communications services, today announced that it will power WorldFriends Networks’ (WFN) new WorldFriends Phone service, which will allow WFN’s half-million global users to communicate with each other via live text, voice or video chat. In doing so, WFN […]

Searches filling up online time

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

The use of Internet search engines to solve life’s daily little mysteries has become the second-leading online task, behind e-mail, according to a new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project.Until recent months, search and news had been running about even for the No. 2 spot, said Lee Rainie, the project’s director, but […]

Matchmaker sites may get court dates Lawsuits claim Web personals use deceptive tactics

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

LOS ANGELES - After looking for love on the Internet and failing to find it, frustrated lonely hearts are heading to court, accusing online dating sites of engaging in deceptive practices. A recent lawsuit against Match.com charged the matchmaking service with sending a female employee out on a date with a male subscriber as “date […]