It's 3PM on a Tuesday, and your friend bails on dinner. What are you going to do? Try this: Fire up OKCupid's new app, CrazyBlindDate, and make yourself some romantical plans for the evening. Maybe you'll find love. Maybe you'll get laid. Maybe you'll meet an insane person. Adventure! The app, which launches today in Android and iOS flavours, aims to be your go-to-source for last-minute-love. Read More >>
Featured comment by Kamira:
"I'd say don't knock it until you've tried it, but as you have a wife unit it's probably safer to avoid the moaning protocols." More »
Physicists need love, too. Just ask Paul Frampton, the physics professor who was sentenced recently after an alleged scam involving drugs and a bikini model. Read More >>
Everyone wants to be happy, and there are a million and one tips, mantras, books and belief systems that are supposed to give you a helping hand -- for a price, of course. And with one in five Britons suffering from depression, it's no wonder that we'll pay up. But even if you think that you're doing OK in the happiness department, the question still remains; how can you be absolutely sure you're not faking it? Read More >>
Featured comment by FRISH:
"Surely 1 in 5 is wrong, the only stat I found was 1 in 5 for older people. Otherwise I'd wonder why more people don't just give up." More »
It's not totally unlike online dating but Noriko Higashi, a programmer at a social gaming company, posted a request for a boyfriend on GitHub, the social coding platform, outlining what she wants in a partner. If you can code, you have a chance at love. Bonus points for running your own server. Read More >>
Featured comment by spudhed:
""all you have to worry about is not smoking and be able to tolerate social gaming companies like Zynga, GREE, or Mobage"
well thats me out then" More »
One time I went on an OKCupid date with a guy who ordered hot wings, licked his fingers, and wiped a fountain of sweat off his forehead with a paper napkin. Needless to say, I never went out with him again. It was a very dark time. And if you're at an equally low point with your living situation, the people over at the most desperate dating site on the internet want to match you with your next roommate. Read More >>
Ladies, we need to talk. Everyone needs advice sometimes, but some of the texts you are sending into the cool/sad website HeTexted are just awful. Read More >>
Featured comment by irononreverse:
"Sometimes it'll be "That girl at the checkout probably likes me, oh no! Some terrorists have stormed the building and now it is on fire/a hostage situ..." More »
Marriage proposals are getting ridiculously over the top lately, almost to Hollywood production levels. These love declarations are crazy too, but a lot bigger. So big that you can see some of them from space. Read More >>
This headline might sound like the subject line of a crass spam email—but wait! You actually can use Facebook and Twitter as tools to get a date. No, really—shut up, we're serious here! Just play it cool.Read More >>
Featured comment by Aevolve:
"So not creepy just gathering 'intel'. What about tracking someone's movements from a black sedan using large Zoom lenses on a camera to gather 'intel'..." More »
Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy. Boy loves boy. Girl loves girl. Whatever. It all works. The only important thing is that you love each other and that you can keep playing your video games in any situation—including a stand-up subway cuddling session. Read More >>
After the split, you're left with an abandoned attic's worth of stuff: on your phone and hard drive, in your inbox. It's stuff that used to matter, and still does. It's stuff that hurts. It's stuff you loved. What do you do with it? Read More >>
While Google might be the largest search engine giant on the internet, with a wealth of information that could cripple many, the company's informal motto of 'don't be evil' is in full effect. It's put aside world domination for the moment while launching 'Legalize Love', a campaign to encourage countries to adopt same-sex marriage. Read More >>
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"Google actually walks the walk as much as it talks the talk. This is not just a PR exercise. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2387297,00.asp" More »
In Singapore, you can hug a vending machine and get a free Coca-Cola in return. Coke is, apparently, planning to roll the campaign out across Southeast Asia. Would you hug a machine? Read More >>
You love playing first-person shooters. You also love your significant other. Wouldn't it be great if you could somehow combine the two? Then you could love everything, all at once. Yeah! Read More >>
For those of you hoping the internet would prevent a lifetime of isolation, some bad news: online dating is a lie, according to Smart Scientists. The good news is it still sort of works by accident, and might cause sex! Read More >>
Featured comment by camholder:
"I did online dating for a while and the truth is, nothing can replace the first 5sec you meet someone. Doesn't matter how much you have chatted to th..." More »
If there's one platform that knows our mating habits better than we do, it's probably Facebook. So you should probably listen up when it rattles off a bunch of stats about relationships, and how yours is probably doomed this summer. Read More >>
Featured comment by BobbySweetTooth:
"My girlfriend and I got together on a Monday inbetween Christmas and Valentines day, does that make me special?" More »