After less than one year DownToEarth, a free dating site run by Match.com's has relaunched as Stir.com. The new brand will focus on offering young adults ideas for where to go on dates.

“We’re thrilled to announce that Stir.com is going live today to give 18 to 25 year olds suggestions about the best places to go, and people to go with, based on their interests,” said Jacob Solotaroff, General Manager of Stir. “We learned a lot from our trial with DownToEarth.com and know that we have a unique way to help college-aged people interact with one another. Stir.com will help them mix up their nights.”

All of DowntoEarth.com's members have been rolled over to Stir.com. Older members will be incentivised to try Match.com.

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A New York man sued dating website Match.com on Tuesday for misleading members by posting profiles of prospective dates who are unable to respond to any interest in them because they do not have a paid subscription.

Sean McGinn, of Brooklyn, who filed the lawsuit in New York federal court, accused Match.com of causing "humiliation and disappointment" for some members who feel rejected when their attempt to contact a prospective date gets no reply.

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The website of popular online dating service Match.com is being used to spread a trojan called Papras over the web, according to a security alert from a major network security company.

The attack involves messages claiming to be from someone on the dating website who wants to show the user pictures and videos, to lure the user into visiting a malicious website, according to today's security alert. When the user starts the video on the malicious site, they are prompted to install a video player which is a trojan with relatively low anti virus detection, the alert said.

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Match.com introduce new Daily5 feature for its members .Daily 5 does the matching for you, you simply do the choosing. It works like matchmaking system and may help you to find a soulmate. Continue reading this article to know how Match.com Daily5 system works.

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Match.com, one of the world's leading online dating service providers, announced today that its members have exchanged over one billion winks.

Much like an in-person wink, a Match.com "wink" is an easy way for members to flirt and express initial interest in one another without a formal email introduction. With over 735,000 winks sent globally each day this year alone, Match.com members clearly believe in the universal flirting power of the classic gesture.

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AskMen.com the male lifestyle web portal and largest world dating service Match.com announced that they had launched a new dating service. It is hoped that AskMen Dating, which launches today (October 27), will appeal to younger men. Speaking honestly this is not a new dating site but new co-branded version of Match.com on AskMen.com.

The site will offer readers of AskMen access to Match.com's nationwide database but will have a "slick, male-oriented" site. It will have a quick search function that will allow users to browse profiles before registering.

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