San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Mark del la Vina column: Site lets singles speed-date from home.(Column)

Byline: Mark de la ViNa

Oct. 10--It's the latest wrinkle in digital romancing, a Web-camera-based service that lets singles lounge on their couch in sweats, if they so choose, while going on dozens of Internet "dates" in an hour or two.

Unlike such dating sites as Match.com or eHarmony, SpeedDate.com, a San Mateo company that debuted last week, uses Web cameras in combining online dating with speed dating. SpeedDate.com allows singles to stay home and interact with others in three-minute "dates," unlike the traditional speed dating, which is built on face-to-face, round-robin meeting-fests where singles chat in a bar or restaurant.

Dan Abelon and Simon Tisminezky ...

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