November 28, 2005

Online dating in Asia goes VoIP

"One of the largest online dating sites in Asia has added VoIP (voice chat) and video support for their members. According to Vivox, 'Vivox will provide the platform for WFN's half-million English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean online daters to interact using their own voice. By implementing Vivox's technology, WFN becomes the world's first online dating service provider to give its users an integrated Web-voice-video-IM communications platform.'

"I've actually been wondering why the popular U.S.-based Match.com or Matchmaker.com haven't added VoIP & video support already. Seems like an obvious feature to have and a competitive advantage considering how competitive online dating has become. Heck, Match.com is even accused of sham dates on the company payroll to keep the membership renewals rolling and Yahoo's personals is accused of posting ficticious personal ads."

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