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Gorilla Nation, ProFlowers, eHarmony See February Traffic Surge

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The latest comScore Media Metrix ranking of top growing Internet properties shows that, among Southern California's Internet companies, Gorilla Nation , ProFlowers , and eHarmony saw big gains in their Internet traffic in February. million visitors; and eHarmony, the number one personals site for February, up 82 percent with 5.0

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HipGeo Expands Reach

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The company's app, which is free, runs on the iPhone and allows users to post information about their travels, document their movements, share photos, and more. executives Ash Patel and Michael Marquez, Galen Buckwalter, the former Chief Scientist of eHarmony, and San Diego angel investor Robert Bingham. READ MORE>>.

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Four Local Startups Who Are Helping You Find Romance For Valentine's Day

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Everyone knows that Southern California is already home to quite a few online dating sites, like eHarmony , but how about startups? The San Diego startup puts together tables of ten single people around a table at a local restaurant, in hopes that you'll connect with someone in that group. Let's Date.

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HipGeo Launches Updated iPhone Travel Blogging App

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The company said the redesign came after finding that users were interested in using its tools to create blog-like travel and trip journals, rather than the original, animated slideshows the tool provided. READ MORE>>.

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How DinnerDate.com Takes Online Dating Offline, with Andrew Connell

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Andrew Connell is the CEO of DinnerDate.com , a startup which has been in beta in San Diego for the last few months, and is just now expanding out to new markets. Robert Earl, who founded Planet Hollywood, the restaurant company and I both knew the management at Universal Music. Andrew Connell: It was fortuitous.

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Interview with Rich Rygg, HipGeo

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Earlier this month, Fullerton-based HipGeo (www.hipgeo.com) announced a $500,000 funding round from Morado Venture Partners, the seed fund of ex-Yahoo executives Ash Patel and Michael Marquez, eHarmony's Galen Buckwalter, and San Diego angel investor Bob Bingham. How did the company come about? Explain what HipGeo does?

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Of Catfish & Fickle Lovers: Aste CEO Talks Online Dating’s Downsides

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But the ease of creating an online dating profile—and the lack of oversight by the companies running such services—means that users can, and often do, misrepresent themselves. There are millions of fish in the sea, and dating apps have made it easier to quickly find and connect with a lot more of those would-be catches.

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