http://blog.intrysted.com Fri, 09 May 2008 05:21:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday, following a study that showed declining interest in Facebook from the social network’s developer community, we posted a poll asking if you were fed up with Facebook. The results were a fairly resounding “yes.” In our most active poll ever, only 13% of you said that you are “Not ... http://blog.intrysted.com/?p=16 Originally published on Mashable ["This is part of coverage of unfolding events regarding the demise of Jangl. For previous coverage, see the following stories: Interview with Michael Cerda Rumors of the Death of Jangl Were Greatly Exaggerated Jangl Calls the Whole Thing Off; JaJah Reaps the Benefits] I’ve been particularly well looped in on ... http://blog.intrysted.com/?p=15 SOURCE: Marcus's Blog  - Excerpt from his blog: After reading David evans secret to creating  successful dating sites I am left wondering if any new players will enter the market. 3 Years ago david was promoting niche sites as the future of the industry,  now 3 years later are any niche sites ... http://blog.intrysted.com/?p=14 It’s interesting to see what catches VC’s interest given the current investment climate. Most are pure tech plays, other are media plays and then there are the outliers who will listen to any pitch whatsoever. Balancing a game-changing concept and paranoia with getting face time with people holding vast sums of ... http://blog.intrysted.com/?p=13 ENLASO Corporation, a leading provider of translation and localization solutions, and partner Lingoport, a leading provider of internationalization services, today announced that the two companies will present a live training course on Thursday, June 12th, 2008, titled “Global-Ready Applications: Programming for the World.” The course, taught by Cary Clark, Lingoport’s ... http://blog.intrysted.com/?p=12 Alex Moskalyuk at ZDNet draws a bead on online dating advertising spend: Spending for the top ten dating services represents 91% of total spending for this industry ($356.5 mln of the $379.6 mln total), according to Nielsen. Match.com led the way, spending $145.5 mln in January - October 2007, almost doubling ... http://blog.intrysted.com/?p=11 In the U.S., there are close to 1,000 dating sites, led by Match.com, eHarmony and Yahoo! Personals. The industry rang up $649 million in revenues in 2006, according to Jupiter Research. Of the 92 million unmarried Americans, about 16 million have tried online dating, according to the Pew Internet & ... http://blog.intrysted.com/?p=10 At the global headquarters of eHarmony in Pasadena, Calif., one blue wall is papered with testimonies of love: snapshots of couples who met on the Internet matchmaking site and subsequently got hitched. There are older couples, military couples, kissing couples, couples with physical disabilities, couples dressed in wedding whites. Soon, ... http://blog.intrysted.com/?p=9 Retirees, Followed By Boomers, Will Redefine Retirement According to a report from The Media Audit, adults who are nearing retirement are now one of the fastest growing demographics in the country. 17.9% of all U.S. adults are now retired, a figure that has increased by 6% in the last five years and will rapidly increase as Boomers exit the workforce over the next ... http://blog.intrysted.com/?p=8 INTERVIEW -- Apr 18 -- Nielsen Online, comScore and Hitwise are kind enough to give us the official industry rankings each month. On occasion we interview their analysts. Alex Burmaster is the internet dating and social networking specialist for Nielsen Online. Here's the latest news and analysis from him ... http://blog.intrysted.com/?p=7