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Match.com to Screen Users in Sex Offender Registry

Match.com to Screen Users in Sex Offender Registry

Singles website Match.com said Sunday that it will begin screening its users against the national sex offender registry after a woman filed a lawsuit against the company saying she had been assaulted by someone she met through the popular dating service.

 

Woman sues Match.com, says date assaulted her

Woman sues Match.com, says date assaulted her

A California woman has sued popular website Match.com, saying she was sexually assaulted by a man she met through the online dating service.

 

Top 10 Cities For Online Dating Ranked By Match.com

Wondering where can you find the most singles looking for love online? Curious what U.S. cities have taken to e-dating--and which are hesitant?Dating site Match.com has used data on online activity between June and August to rank the top 10 cities for online dating in the U.S. (Fun fact: according to Match.com, Labor Day "is historically one of the most active days online.")

 

Dating App Pulls In Facebook Data, Funding From Playdom Chairman And Others

Here's something different from the world of online dating. "Wings," a Facebook app from a company called Triangulate, pulls in data from your account and analyzes and uses what it finds to populate your dating profile page. You can also opt to let Wings access data from your other social and media accounts on Netflix, Twitter, Pandora or Foursquare. It was built around the concept that actions speak louder than words.

Senh: Wings has an interesting concept, but there are probably privacy concerns. I'm not sure people would be willing to let this app pull in their private information from various social networking sites to get a date. It's kinda creepy. It's good concept, just not sure, with the recent flare-up from Facebook users regarding privacy settings changes, if people will actually their personal info to be sliced and diced by a third-party app.

 

Twitter dating for tech-savvy singles

For tech-savvy singles who are unlucky in love, shy or just looking for a new way to meet people, Flitter could be the answer.

 

Gay dating site's Super Bowl ad rejected by CBS

Gay dating site's Super Bowl ad rejected by CBS

CBS, the broadcaster for this year's Super Bowl, on Friday rejected an ad from ManCrunch.com, a gay dating Web site.

 

eHarmony Agrees to Settle Gay Discrimination Lawsuit

The online dating service eHarmony has agreed to settle a California lawsuit that claimed it discriminated against homosexuals.

 

Police: Man arranged wife's rape on Craigslist

A North Carolina man is accused of arranging to have his wife raped through personal ads on the Web site Craigslist, police said Wednesday.

 

Lindsay Lohan Pokes Fun at Her Personal Life With Fake Ad

But does the video accomplish what Lohan intended, or is it simply a sad reminder of a talented actress whose star continues to be on the decline?

 

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