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Spark Networks 2010 3rd quarter financials are in so let's see how they did. Overall revenue is down $1.2 million this quarter to $9.9 million when compared to the same quarter last year. Net income for quarter 3 was $1.2 million. This is up 20% over quarter 3, 2009.

The Jewish Networks revenue was $6.8 million for the 3rd quarter this year. This was 4 percent less when compared to last year. The other Affinity Networks revenue was down 14 percent to $2.7 million and the General Market Networks earned $264,000, a 54 percent decrease over last year.

Average paying subscribers for Spark Networks, as a whole, in the 3rd quarter of 2010 were 158,422. This is a decrease of 4 percent compared to 165,206 for the 3rd quarter of 2009. Subscribers for the Jewish Networks were at 89,792 for the 3rd quarter. This is up 4 percent when compared to the 3rd quarter of last year. The Other Affinity Networks subscribers were down 7 percent to 62,026 and the General Market Networks decrease was 49 percent to 5,888 subscribers.

For the full 2010 Q3 release visit Spark Networks News Room.

Related Story: Spark Networks Second Quarter 2010 Financials

Back in March of 2009 Match.com launched their iPhone app. This month (Nov 12 to be exact) Match.com launched an app specifically for the Apple iPad. Thanks to the large screen real-estate on the iPad you will be able to view larger member photos and more profile information when compared to the iPhone app. Plus, when typing a message to one of your matches the email form floats on top of the profile allowing you to view their information while you type your message.

Other features available on this iPad dating app include sending free winks, editing your profile, uploading photos, rating your Daily 5 and, sending and receiving emails (subscription needed).

To use this new dating app you will need an iPad with an OS version of at least 3.2 and internet access via wifi or cell phone.

For more on this story you can read the official Match.com blog. To find out more about this popular dating site, read our review of Match.com.

Tom Shelly who is the producer of such shows as "Survivor" and "Dating in the Dark" has a new dating reality show called "Love in the Wild" that NBC has given the green light too.

In the reality series 20 men and women will pair together and be sent out into the jungle with only a map. From deep in the jungle, each couple will have to navigate through a number of different challenges. The winning couples will be treated to a romantic night with the option to remain together the next day (or pick new partners).

"Love in the Wild" eight episodes will run next summer.

For more on the story read the TV Guide.

Chemistry is having a free weekend again soon. It runs for 3 days and starts Friday November 19 and ends Sunday November 21. During this free communication weekend all users will be able to communicate by sending emails at no cost and with no credit card required. Creating a profile and receiving matches are also always free at Chemistry.com.

These free weekends at Chemistry always means it will be extra busy at the dating site since more singles will be visiting to take advantage of the free promotion. Chemistry also steps up their marketing efforts by advertising the free weekend on TV.

The last free communication weekend was held in October (see Story). This upcoming one will be Chemistry.com's 11th they have run. For more information on this online dating site that matches you with members based on personality, you can read our Chemistry.com review.

In April, 2010 Zoosk released an instant messenger program for both Mac and PC computers. Well, ZooskTV released a video recently showing us a bit more about this free communication software and how it all works.



Not only does the Zoosk Messenger act as an instant messenger between Zoosk members (Zooskers), it also streams your activities feed and allows you to receive flirts in real-time. You can also search for old and potential new friends through the program as well.

To find out more about this popular online dating site, you can read our review of Zoosk.

Women don’t need to apologize more often than men, and yet they do.

According to a study recently released by psychologists at The University of Waterloo in Ontario, women apologize because they feel as if they’ve done something requiring an apology. Men are just as willing to apologize, but only for what they feel deserves an apology. The difference is that men have a “higher threshold” for bad behavior.

The study showed that men and women both apologized 81% of the time when they felt they had committed a wrongdoing. However, when subjects were asked to rate the severity of the offences (like waking a friend up in the middle of the night), female respondents offered 35% more apologies than male respondents, and believed they committed offenses worth apologizing for 30% more of the time. Women also said they’d been offended nearly 50% more often then men.

Apparently, the biggest gap in perspective appeared from those in romantic relationships. Female respondents currently in relationships identified three times as many offenses as men did.

Social psychologist Karina Schumann who lead the study noted: “rather than assuming that your partner can read your mind or read your emotions accurately, you need to communicate to the partner what you’re experiencing.”

The study was conducted among 33 male and 33 female students at the University of Waterloo, where they were asked to record all of their interactions with others over a 12-day period, and what they considered offensive and worthy of an apology.