| People often assume that the person they’re dating will change once they are married; that the bad habits, character flaws or troubling tendencies will all miraculously go away once they say, “I do.” Why?
Is it the magic tux he’s wearing? Her special-powers veil?
What is going to miraculously take away his wandering eye or tendency to drink too much? What will instantly remove her problem with overspending or telling the truth? I’m telling you, folks, it’s not the wedding ceremony, or even t... | Only 12% of South Africans have used the Internet to find love. This is compared to 29% of the French and 21% of Filipinos interviewed in a global survey about dating perceptions, use of the Internet to find a romantic partner and the level of success that they have had.
Synovate surveyed 4 368 people from South Africa, Brazil, France, Korea, the Phillipines, Singapore, Romania and the United States. Over one third of those interviewed who aren’t online daters believe only “desperate people” us... | The worldwide market for online video content will grow tenfold in the five years leading to 2010, according to a report released Wednesday.
The market for online content services worldwide is expected to expand by a factor of 10, growing from about 13 million households during 2005 to more than 131 million households by 2010, reports high-tech market research firm In-Stat (via MediaPost). Of all broadband households today, 12.8 percent are already regularly viewing professional content via onl... |
