Skyecandy Video Speed Dating using Skype goes Live!

Sydney, NSW February 14, 2010 –Today, Skyecandy.com announces the official launch of video speed dating using Skype for singles all around the world. For the first time, single men and women are being matched for five minute, face-to-face Skype video speed dates to meet someone special or make new friends, all from the comfort and security of their home.

Skyecandy members can freely exchange contact details with successful date partners or choose to remain completely anonymous.

At Skyecandy’s Livestream Launch event today, Skyecandy presenters, Eddie and Dan invited Skype singles everywhere to kick off the video dating and find their Valentine on Skyecandy. The launch event gave friends and singles a closer look at how Skyecandy works and showcased world-first features that sets Skyecandy apart from other online dating experiences.

Skyecandy Launch Special Guests
Logitech Australia “We’re excited about Skyecandy’s launch, and love the fact that a webcam is being used. So I hope you find true love on our webcam this year,” said Nick Angelucci, Product & Marketing Manager at Logitech Australia, Skyecandy’s launch promotional partner.

Eroute.net
“We are so happy that people are finally getting a chance and an opportunity to start using this great channel… All you singles out there looking for love and friendship, best of luck,” said Natasha Popovich of Eroute.net, Skyecandy’s Web Hosting partner.”

The Skyecandy Moderator
Introduced as a special guest at the launch event, the Skyecandy moderator is responsible for ensuring members are using the video dating service appropriately. The Skyecandy moderator can be matched to speed date with anyone, male and female, randomly at any time. This is a brand new way of moderating live video dating.

Skyecandy has a zero tolerance policy for any unsavory use of the service and gives the Skyecandy Moderator the authority to suspend or terminate any member abusing the service, including uploading any inappropriate profile pictures.

Skyecandy works just as in real life speed dating events
What users will like about Skyecandy is that the video speed dating works, just as it does, in real life speed dating events. You check in for 1 to 10 dates, and Skyecandy matches you for a date with someone who is also checked in, based on a few specifics that you have decided on. A Skyecandy date is simply a five-minute video call. At the end of each date, the call disconnects, and you get a chance to say Yes or No to whether you liked the person or not. If you both say Yes, you can exchange Skype contacts. This means you can talk over Skype for free, in your own time, at your own pace, and from the comfort of your own home.

What you see is what you date
Because Skyecandy handles video dating over Skype, users can talk and see each other with high quality audio and life size, full screen video, limited only by their hardware and Internet connection. They get to create a true first impression.

“On most online dating sites, users have to create an imaginary feel of their matches by looking at profile pictures. And a lot of women complain that their dates turn up looking nothing like their profile picture in real life. This also adds pressure on getting your own profile picture right,” said Melonie Ryan, Founder of Skyecandy.com.

Instant matches. Instant Gratification
Skyecandy is designed to handle thousands of concurrent speed dating sessions. Each stage of these sessions are synchronized to the second, which allows you to be matched almost instantly, to someone in any part of the world, even if either user checks-in just seconds before the start of a session. With video dating and matching this fast, users can spend more time making real contact rather than sending winks and virtual gestures to attract each other.

With consecutive five-minute speed dates, users can quickly determine a mutual attraction or express guilt free rejection with no obligation to say YES to continue communication. Skyecandy ultimately saves time and eliminates the problem of misleading profiles.

More About Skyecandy:
• Demo
• Getting Started
• World-first features
• Multimedia Gallery

About Skyecandy.com
Skyecandy.com is the first video speed dating service via Skype and allows members to be matched to real people all over the world for five minute speed dates across all time zones. Skyecandy is committed to bringing a fun and friendly experience and introduces Friendly Star Rating, personal Reminder Notes, P.S Notes and Cheeky Notes to its online speed dating community.

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A World First – Skyecandy Set To Launch Video Speed Dating via Skype this Valentine’s Day

Sydney, NSW (PRWeb) February 03, 2010 — Forget blind dates, noisy bars and ‘traditional’ online dating, a new style of dating has hit Skype singles in time for Valentine’s Day. Skyecandy http://www.skyecandy.com announces a worldwide dating event this Valentine’s Day to celebrate the official launch of Skyecandy video speed dating via Skype.

Eddie and Dan, two hopeless romantics, will kick off the launch with a livestream event beginning at 9:00 a.m Sydney Time (EST) on Sunday February 14th, 2010, which will simultaneously stream on Skyecandy, Facebook and Livestream.

Skyecandy matches members for 5 minute video speed dates with real people from all over the world. It offers users the security to interact face-to-face and meet potential partners or make new friends using Skype, without having to exchange any personal information. And you can enjoy this from the comfort of your own home.

Skyecandy is designed with women in mind. “If you’re a woman on the dating scene, it can be such a minefield,” says Skyecandy founder Melonie Ryan, a thirty something Sydney-based entrepreneur. “Video dating promises to be a popular alternative to lengthy profiles searching, misleading profiles and the delayed chat and email-based communication of traditional online dating services. Now with instant face to face dating, in a matter of minutes, you can establish a mutual attraction.”

Video Speed Date sessions run every six minutes. Each video date runs for five minutes with a minute in between that enables you to give a simple answer, YES or NO. If you both vote YES, you can continue to communicate for free using Skype, in your own time, at your own pace. You can also record your thoughts with Reminder Notes about the date and send a little Post Speed Date Notes (PS note) to someone you liked.

At the livestream event on Valentine’s Day, Eddie and Dan will give friends and singles a closer look at Skyecandy and some of these world-first features that make this dating experience like no other. A surprise special guest will share the stage with Dan and Eddie who will kick off the worldwide dating event, inviting single men and women everywhere to find their Valentine on Skyecandy this Valentine’s Day. The livestream event will be archived at Skyecandy’s Facebook Page and Livestream channel.

In another Skyecandy first, the livestream event will be captured using Logitech HD webcams. Logitech comes onboard as a promotional partner for Skyecandy and is providing HD webcams for the launch as well as prizes for Skyecandy’s video contest.

“We see a synergy with Skyecandy as they are capitalising on the exponential growth of social applications like Skype, Facebook and Twitter which are changing the face of the Internet,” says Nick Angelucci, Logitech Product Marketing Manager Australia & New Zealand.

Skyecandy is a Skype Extra third party application. All you need is a PC, Internet access and a webcam. You download Skyecandy directly from Skype’s Tools Menu, Extras, Get Extras in the Community section and register as a user.

More About Skyecandy:
• Demo
• Getting Started
• World-first features
• Multimedia Gallery

About Skyecandy.com
Skyecandy.com is the first video speed dating service via Skype and allows members to be matched to real people all over the world for five minute speed dates across all time zones. Skyecandy is committed to bringing a fun and friendly experience and introduces Friendly Star Rating, personal Reminder Notes, P.S Notes and Cheeky Notes to its online speed dating community.

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