FEATURE/Find Your Valentine Online This Year with PalTalk's Instant-Message, Voice and Video-Based Dating Service, 'PalTalk Personals' and 'InstaDate'.Feature Editors FEATURE... NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 2003 PalTalk's Instant Messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or creates instant gratification in the online matchmaking Matchmaking Matricide (See MURDER.) Kecal marriage broker whose plans are foiled by a pair of lovers. [Czech Opera: Smetana The Bartered Bride in Osborne Opera, 32] Levi, Dolly scene Are you a single person out there who thinks you'll be the only one home alone without the fragrance of fresh flowers or fancy chocolates this Valentine's Day? Then hop online to PalTalk.com, the industry's fourth largest instant-messaging provider, before February 14, to explore the possibilities of a potential love match -- if even for the day. Using the power of Instant Messaging, voice and video, PalTalk's Instant dating service is different from the other dating and matchmaking Web sites. Easier and faster, consumers find it more convenient than ever before to sift through a list of potential mates and chat one up in time for the big red-letter day. Instant messaging allows instant chat -- faster time to bond and faster time to move on to another online pal as you explore the possibilities. According to PalTalk CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and founder Jason Katz, "Our community of PalTalk.com members has encouraged quite a few love matches and weddings. Of course, we emphasize that safety should be the first consideration in any online match situation. Therefore, we have structured our PalTalk personals site in such a way that no identification is revealed until the consumer feels comfortable doing so." PalTalk.com's interactive "Personals" also allows users access to special events while looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the perfect new friend. To accomplish this, PalTalk has created special online areas called "lobbies" and a unique InstaDate event feature. When consumers enter an InstaDate lobby, they are given an anonymous nickname to protect their privacy. The service's matching process then pairs the user with someone else in the lobby, based on information filed in the PalProfile created by the user. If there is a potential match in the lobby, the user secures a ten-minute dating rendezvous. If there is no match, the user gets priority during the next session. Matchmaking sessions take place approximately every 15 minutes. The service is currently in its free trial period. To register, users go to PalTalk.com and fill out a PalProfile that outlines preferences in terms of gender, sexual preference, age, geographical location, ethnicity, religion, marital status marital status, n the legal standing of a person in regard to his or her marriage state. and other basic information. Unlike the complicated registration processes associated with some online dating communities, the PalTalk sign-on procedure is quick and easy to execute, allowing a potential dater to be up and online checking out the scene within a few minutes. "PalTalk has created the first interactive online dating service A Net dating service, also known as online dating or Internet dating, is an example of a dating system and allows individuals, couples and groups to meet online and possibly develop a romantic or sexual relationship. that incorporates Instant Messaging, bringing online dating to a whole new level" said Jason Katz, founder and CEO of PalTalk.com. "PalTalk Personals means no more email tag - just instant communication. Best of all, once candidates have screened a potential new friend, PalTalk's instant messaging feature allows them to stay in touch in real-time." For consumer stories and examples involving online dating, or to speak to a PalTalk executive, please contact Cindy Morgan-Olson or Mark Morris at Coltrin & Associates, 212-221-1616. About PalTalk.com PalTalk.com is a New York-based, privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. that produces software enabling voice conferencing (VOIP (Voice Over IP) A digital telephone service that uses the public Internet as well as private backbones instead of the traditional telephone network. Many companies, including Vonage, 8x8 and AT&T (CallVantage), typically offer calling within the country for a ), video conferencing, instant messaging, voice e-mail and video e-mail over the Internet. PalTalk.com was founded in June of 1998 and was the first company to launch video and voice combined with an on-line contact list in one package. PalTalk software offers more functionality than any of the popular instant messengers, including AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). and Yahoo. PalTalk.com's user base expanded nearly 600 percent over the last year and includes customers in over 140 countries. The company currently handles over 350 million minutes of voice communication per month. PalTalk.com has relationships with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , AT&T, DeltaThree, Earthlink, Doubleclick, L90, Valueclick, and Advertising.com. |
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