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Cosmopolitan
Speedy Recovery
Don't bother wetting your feet. Jump in! Whether you're getting over an ex or have been too swamped at work for a dating life, make the time for a couple hours from your month and try this out! Attend one of these amazing events. Time to live your dating life in the fast lane!
The Sun
Can politics make strange bedfellows?
Can a Conservative and Liberal ignite fire in not only heated political debates, but also in the bedroom? That’s what 24 single Torontonians are about to find out in a event dubbed, the “Political Speed Dating Party” on April 14 at Libra Lounge.
Winnipeg Free Press
Like to drink, fool around? You're popular
Toronto-based FastLife.ca reports this week that, based on its analysis of some 40,000 speed-dating interactions, men and women who "drink often, smoke occasionally and enjoy frequent rolls in the hay are considered more attractive by the opposite sex" than people who exercise greater self-control in those areas.
National Post
Love money: Finding success in the matchmaking industry
FastLife International has 12 full-time employees in Australia and Toronto. It calls on 120 hosts in about 65 cities across Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Britain to organize and run 2,400 annual events for 60,000 singles in the English-speaking world.
Sweetspot.ca
Fast and Sweet
I was truly impressed by the event and actually had a lot of fun. I met guys that, normally, I probably wouldn't have the opportunity to converse with (and several of them were quite easy on the eyes).
Popfi
Singles Mingle Via Twitter
When it comes to interacting with people in public, people are having more and more difficulty with face to face interfacing. That’s what Flitter parties are all about; they use Twitter as a way to facilitate flirting and conversation. They’re like single’s dances, except nobody’s dancing and everyone’s got a Blackberry or iPhone in front of them the entire time, or like dating websites, except you’re face-to-face with other people.
Reuters News
Twitter dating for tech-savvy singles
For tech-savvy singles who are unlucky in love, shy or just looking for a new way to meet people, Flitter could be the answer.
CTV.ca
The art of flirting, in 140 characters or less
"Flitter," a flirting game that will debut at events hosted by speed dating company FastLife, will give singles the chance to tweet flirty messages to others at the event.
Speaking to CTV's Canada AM earlier this week, FastLife founders Justin and Annabelle Parfitt said flirting through Twitter allows people to come out of their shells and begin to interact.
CBC News
Finding true love in 140 characters or less
Just in time for Valentine's Day on Sunday, there's Flitter, a singles event in Toronto on Saturday that will tap into both Twitter and smartphone technology.
Organized by speed-dating service FastLife, Flitter will allow singles to fire off a tweet on their BlackBerry or iPhone to someone who might be catching their eye...
Reuters Life
Hopeful singles tweet their way to a Valentine's date
Hundreds of tech-savvy singles armed with their smartphones will gather for FastLife's Flitter parties across Canada on Saturday hoping to land a date in time for Valentine's Day.