Many online dating services are cheap or even free -- a seemingly good deal.
Tell them the dating services you are using, and the singles party you've been going to.
So he pulled the plug on AWS. He's planning to move his dating services to Rackspace, Google or another provider.
The list of functions goes on, more than I will ever need, use or want, like hundreds of video and board games and instant dating services.
The second approach works like online dating services, requiring job seekers and sometimes recruiters to fill out detailed profiles or questionnaires about their goals so that the software can suggest potential matches.
Though Dychtwald, 61, is an optimist, insisting there are nearly endless untapped opportunities for product manufacturers and financial services companies to produce everything from over-50 dating services to longevity insurance, in his sober moments he fears the coming burden on the health care system and entitlement programs.
Team names and names for proposed solutions that borrowed elements of online dating and matchmaking services said it all: Kar Match, eCarmony, Car Cupid and Car Match by Team Love-o-Matic.
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Same-store sales dropped 9.2% from the same quarter a year ago, as ongoing weakness in wireless services dating to a 15-month old struggle in a transition to Cingular from Verizon led to a 25% decline in sales of wireless handsets.
Same-store sales dropped 9.2% from the same quarter a year ago, as ongoing weakness in wireless services dating to a 15-month old struggle in a transition to Cingular from Verizon (nyse: VZ - news - people ) led to a 25% decline in sales of wireless handsets.
These services write dating profiles, fish for prospects and perform the initial online flirting required to set up a first date.
These and other forward-thinking companies are both expanding existing businesses, and creating whole new ones focused on an aging demographic in areas such as financial services, lifestyle, dating, fashion, travel and education.
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Dychtwald's message: Baby boomers, the 78 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964, present a vast market for a potential explosion of products and services, from new dating websites to longevity insurance to new kinds of food.
The year should see investments doubling overall, with a focus on m-commerce and mobile services for food delivery, mobile learning, and even mobile dating.
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Dating Done for You, based in Toronto, takes it one step further by offering the services of a female staff member who will role-play a date with clients over the phone, and then give feedback.
Indeed, a couple of dating agencies have realised the isolation that certain levels of pet devotion can impose, and have set up special services for "animal people".
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