| SayHeyHey: Online dating gets video site
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Many online dating sites seek to connect soul mates, to bring together those looking for eternal and everlasting love. The latest Internet dating site, recently launched in Palo Alto, is not one of them. "It's not about marriage," said Alex Gurevich, co-founder of SayHeyHey.com, the first free all-video online dating site. The new site eschews the typical format of online dating sites where users carefully word profiles and post photos "from 10 years and 20 pounds ago," Gurevich said. Instead, users of SayHeyHey post videos of themselves talking, wakeboarding or — in co-founder Soudy Khan's case — utilizing a beer bong. If a visitor is interested in someone else's clip, he or she can send a video introduction.
Beliefnet launches social-networking site
NEW YORK, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Beliefnet has launched a social-networking service intended to bring together religious devotees, spiritual leaders and faith groups, the U.S. Web site said. The idea behind Beliefnet Community is to provide a forum for connecting religious individuals and groups, or those seeking spiritual inspiration, through social-networking tools common in sites such as MySpace and Facebook, Beliefnet said. An estimated 82 million people in the United States, or 64 percent of U.S. Internet users, perform spiritual and religious activities online, a 2004 Pew Internet & American Life Project study found. "Social networks aren't just about dating or bands anymore; they've evolved into powerful and very real communities," Beliefnet.com Chief Executive Officer Steven Waldman said in a statement.
Brisbane widow tricked by online beaus
A BRISBANE widow is on the verge of bankruptcy after being seduced out of $60,000 in successive online romance scams. The 65-year-old first-time internet user was also new to dating when she went looking for love online last year. After joining a meeting website for seniors, the woman was approached by a man claiming to be an English professor of physics who was building a robotic tractor. The woman, who wants to be identified only as Shirley, quickly fell in love with "James" who over several months sent photos of himself, his children and his passport. "I wanted to meet like-minded people," she said. "We were supposed to be married this Christmas. He asked if I could assist him with his project and I didn't hesitate because we were a couple. I borrowed $20,000 on a personal loan and sent him the lot." Shirley, who had been on her own since she was widowed 10 years ago, also sent him $10,000 for airfares.
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