Topic: Match.com LP

Finding Love From Your Couch, or Failing to

A British tech blog is reporting that Match.com is making its services available on select TVs starting this month through a special DVR being sold by U.K. telecom provider BT (seen below). Which begs the question: why would you want ...READ»

The Match Game And How Search Stinks

Today marks the announcement and beta launch of Match.com's new service, Chemistry. (It's now available in Denver, Seattle, San Diego, and Washington D.C., and rolling out nationally early next year.) I'm not on the dating market (if ...READ»

Polarize Me

If you want people to like you, first decide who needs to hate you.READ»

• The Meaningful Investor: Faultless Tower
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Entrepreneurship: Online Dating Gets More Vain?

Online daters live and die by interpreting profile photographs. Sure, interests and hobbies are great, but when it comes to that crucial moment (to contact, or not to contact?) it's the photo that matters. Is it recent? Is it ...READ»

Layoffs Are Coming: Look Busy!

Devising fake projects to make yourself busy is one way to possibly save your job. But there are better uses for that energy.READ»

The New IAC

For more than a decade, Diller has been on a multibillion-dollar shopping spree that created one of the Web's busiest networks. Now he has announced a plan to spin off HSN, Lending Tree, Interval, and Ticketmaster. If the ...READ»

SWF Seeking Job Candidates?

About 4:00 p.m. yesterday, the skies over my Maryland office turned to black coffee and I watched a thirty-something dodge the pelting rain in a crisp, navy suit -- ten minutes early for her mock interview. Mock interviews aren't a ...READ»

Acquisitions and Merger Trends in Internet Media

Amy Webb (not sure if that is actually her real name :) has posted and interesting illustration showing recent mergers and acquisitions and how they've shaped the Web landscape over the last few years. The diagram shows who owns ...READ»

The Business of Being Single

"I think everybody's just trying not to be lonely" -- Billie (Drew Barrymore) -- Lucky You It's no news really that people are obsessed with the idea of falling in love. It's an idea that pervades popular culture like no other -- ...READ»

Fast Forward 2005: <span>50-54</span>

The future is something to get excited about again. Here's our look at the surprising people, ideas, and trends that will change how we work and live in 2005.READ»

Start the Revolution (Again!)

With our November 2005 issue, Fast Company will celebrate 10 years of publication. Each month until then, we'll review our favorite editions from the first decade.READ»

Start the Revolution (Again!)

With our November 2005 issue, Fast Company will celebrate 10 years of publication. Each month until then, we'll review our favorite editions from the first decade.READ»

Friendster Patents Social Networks

Struggling website Friendster recently managed to patent a general form of online social networking. The patent, which Friendster initially filed when the site still had a respectable following three years ago, covers an online ...READ»

Weak Companies, Strong Mergers?

Untangling the WebREAD»

Of Proteges and Pitfalls

A complete plan for getting the mentoring you need.READ»

What the Heck Is Social Networking?

Jonathan Abrams is founder and CEO of Friendster, one of the leading online social network services. With more than 4 million members, the company attracted $13 million in VC money last year. In his well-attended SXSW Interactive ...READ»

Flickr Lays Off Engineering Talent

After posting some ugly first-quarter results last week, Yahoo was due for change. CEO Caol Bartz announced that the company would be cutting around 700 jobs, and the layoffs have begun already. First on the docket: a number ...READ»

Polaroid and the Slow Death of Instant Photography

Having  abandoned the camera business a year ago, Polaroid announced that it is now fleeing the film business as well.  The final, symbolic demise of the once mind-blowing technology comes as no surprise, given that digital imaging ...READ»

Back to the Future - Helloooooo, McFly?!

 Is it time that we turned back the clock, figure out what made the web tick, combine it with recent innovative strategies, and then apply it to our innovation strategy? I think so. Read why. Wow, it really seems like the Web 2.0 ...READ»

Defining Social Media

Ross Mayfield is CEO of SocialText. James Currier is founder and president of Tickle Inc., as well as consumer SVP for Monster. Dan Gillmor works as a technology columnist for the San Jose Mercury News. Reid Hoffman serves as CEO of ...READ»

Is Facebook Helping or Hurting Your Love Life?

A look at how social networks are transforming social lives.READ»

• The Web Business of Breaking Up

Polaroid and the Slow Death of Instant Photography

Having  abandoned the camera business a year ago, Polaroid announced that it is now fleeing the film business as well.  The final, symbolic demise of the once mind-blowing technology comes as no surprise, given that digital ...READ»

She Knows How to Play the Game

The startup revolution is as much about the democratization of capital as it is about the creation of new technologies. So why do women-led companies still receive only 4.6% of all venture funding?READ»