If you’re a “successful entrepreneur” whose ego is wildly mismatched with his actual value to the human race, you probably just don’t have time to comb through online dating profiles with the hopes of landing Ms. Right. And since you’ve made your bread and butter in Bubble 2.0, why not farm out the trivialities of modern dating life to a willing Craigslist participant? Read More
Love in the Time of Algorithms
If you’re growing tired of the increasingly rational bent of dating sites like OKCupid and Match.com–it’s like these people don’t even care about the New World Order–might we suggest an alternative? If you’re looking for someone who thinks 9/11 truther conspiracies are the best pillow talk, you may want to join Dating Freedom Lovers, the online dating hub from scary person Alex Jones’ Infowars empire. Read More
Love in the Time of Algorithms
Here’s an important cultural milestone for online dating: a digital Bonnie and Clyde! The San Mateo County Times reports it was an “online romance” that led to a recent pair of local robberies. Ah, l’amour.
Nothing like a major religious holiday to remind you if you don’t find a mate pronto you’ll never hear the end of it! Hence JDate is releasing its very own digital edition of the Haggadah, the traditional guide to the Passover Seder. You can read it on a smartphone and/or table! Gee whiz!
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Woodside, California is a quaint, wealthy suburb in San Mateo County, situated about 20 minutes from the tech hub of Palo Alto. Because of its close proximity to big tech companies like Google and Facebook, many wealthy entrepreneurs (including Larry Ellison!) call Woodside home. And now, because of its plethora of eligible rich men, online dating startup SugarDaddie.com, which unites “wealthy, desirable and attractive people,” has offered the town $11.65 million to officially change its name to SugarDaddie.com, USA.
It’s not the worst idea we’ve ever heard. Read More
Love in the Time of Algorithms
A/S/L? 20/F/California here.
Haha just kidding. Like the information contained in one third of New York dating profiles, that was a complete lie. According to a new study, a lot of us are chronic embellishers here on the web. Read More
A woman in Las Vegas has filed a lawsuit against online dating service Match.com after a man she had gone on a date with through the service brutally attacked her in 2010. Mary Kay Beckman is seeking $10 million in damages after her match, Wade Ridley, hid in her garage and then stabbed her ten times before kicking her in the head. Ms. Beckman has had to have several corrective surgeries following the attack. Read More
Love in the Time of Algorithms
The Manti Te’o scam, which revealed that the supposedly dead girlfriend of a Notre Dame football player had never really existed, sparked a maelstrom of hype about the dangers of online dating. The New York Post even discovered a Second Life-type virtual reality world where people can have–gasp–virtual sex! (The only drawback, you’d have to say you met on “Utherverse.”)
Now, the U.S. government has jumped into the fray, offering some helpful tips on how not to get Catfished, or–as they put it–”don’t become the victim of a sweetheart scam!” Read More
Remember that Crazy Blind Date app from OKCupid that purports to set you up with someone who hopefully won’t kill and/or maim you for a night on the town? Turns out it accidentally exposed users’ email addresses and birthdays. Sucks for everyone who lied about their age! [Wall Street Journal]
Google is holding a developer event for Glass. If you paid that $1,500 to get a test pair of Glass, you’re in for a treat. [AllThingsD]
California Rep. Zoe Lofgren has proposed a bill that she hopes will be called “Aaron’s Law” aimed at modifying the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act which many say was abused in the Aaron Swartz case. [The Hill]
New MySpace seems kind of like it’s just a big ad for Justin Timberlake’s new song. [TechCrunch]
The awesome NASA mohawk guy is going to ride with a Mars Rover float in the Inaugural Parade, because America. [Wired]
