Of Topic?? Maybe... Net matchmaking with a real-time twist. If a picture's worth a thousand words, how about a video? A new dating site lets people interact via real-time video in an attempt to attract suitors or meet friends. [CNET News.com]
This dating service - Date.com - uses Macromedia's FlashCom server to implement Videophone flirting. That's funny - 'cause we've got a client who's doing the same thing! Anyway - this is what Jeremy Allaire has been pushing - so I think this a big win for them.
The reason this is interesting and only a bit off topic is NOT that I am single (I have lady!) it's because this approach uses "desktop tools" to create a space that people (singles) get together and share information (in this cases DIFFERENT information) while seeing and hearing the others. Kind of a instant video meeting session. And isn't that just the thing for Collaboration? Always remember that the "sex industry" often drives new technology. The growth of VCR's, personal webpages, and webcams are only a few examples. Stay tuned, and dont blink! Read more at CNET...
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