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Happy Days for Gays?
The adult industry is recession proof. Amateur Internet porn is the wave of the future. DVDs are going the way of the dodo. Fact or fiction?
The Marriage of Microsoft and Yahoo
Yahoo and Microsoft are joining forces and their partnership will breed big changes in search, especially for the adult space. Officially, the two recent allies are calling their union the Yahoo-Microsoft Search Alliance.
XBIZ Obtains Clips4Sale's Proposal to Lindsay Lohan
XBIZ has exclusively obtained the letter Clips4Sale sent to Lindsay Lohan, offering her $50,000 to blow up, pop and play with balloons.
Generating Bzzz
New Sensations President Scott Taylor knew what he was up against when his well-established adult studio took a step into the unfamiliar world of adult novelties.
Director's Chair: Sam Hain - Born to Porn
Afew decades’ worth of bad horror movies has convinced many Americans that the Celts were an ancient race of robed warlocks. It’s not true, of course, but it doesn’t help that one of their festivals eventually morphed into Halloween. Dividing the year into two seasons, the Celts called the light season starting May 1 — “Beltane,” and the dark season starting on November 1 — “Samhain,” (pronounced sa-win) or summer’s end.
Executive Seat: Hooked Up
One of the fastest growing membership markets in mainstream or adult online marketing is the dating niche. In recent years consumers have seen the dating market dissected into very narrow niche segments, promoted as a way to find fleeting love, casual sex, lasting friendship or the perfect spouse.
Does the Summer Slowdown Still Exist?
Wanna know how summers used to be in the jizz biz, back in the good ‘ol VHS and DVD days? Well, I’ll tell you.
Company Profile: Euro Leader
When American adult webmasters do business in Europe, they are reminded of the fact that ecommerce is as much of a way of life overseas as it is in North America.
XBIZ.net Embraces, Connects U.K. With 4th Gathering
Close to 50 adult professionals from the U.K. convened yesterday in casual fashion at a London location known only amongst members of XBIZ.net’s qualified social network for another successful installment of the grass roots London Gathering networking event.
Executive Seat: Michael Lucas – Activist, CEO
Stories of warrior monks who personify strength and bravery with an intellect as sharp as the swords they yield are the stuff of larger-than-life leaders.
Trend Watch: Open Source, Licensing
Open source” — the phrase conjures up image of gratis software, propped up in popularity by the unwashed masses, who while possessing mad technical skills, lack the budget to buy a premium proprietary solution and thus labor over what is freely available.
WIA Profile: Angela Mustone
Each month, industry news media organization XBIZ spotlights the career accomplishments and outstanding contributions of Women in Adult. WIA profiles offer an intimate look at the professional lives of the industry's most influential female executives.
XBIZ Launches Website for Upcoming Retail Expo
XBIZ has announced the launch of XBIZRetailExpo.com, the official event website for the 2011 XBIZ Retail Expo and Conference - a groundbreaking new trade event developed specifically for the adult retail marketplace.
Bare Necessities
Dennis Paradise has a bold prediction: By the end of the year, he expects to see big box retailers like grocery and drug stores selling sex toys. That’s right, the shelves at Target and Walmart may soon be getting a little more risqué, thanks in part to the bottom line — but also due to a more comfortable consumer. If the prediction holds true, the adult industry can thank a fastgrowing segment for helping to ease the transition: Companies specializing in personal care items with a sexy twist have helped society grow increasingly more secure with its sexuality.
Trouble With .XXX
In a reversal of position, ICANN has decided to authorize ICM Registry to offer and oversee a new “.XXX” TLD regime. Whatever you may think of ICANN’s decision, for now it’s a reality to be dealt with. So the question becomes whether you, as an owner or operator of adult websites, should participate in this, eh hum, brave new world.
XBIZ.net Santa Barbara Gathering Gets Rave Reviews
California’s first XBIZ.net industry networking event got “big props" for bringing together distinguished members of the adult business community.
Have a Seat, Get Comfy
XBIZ delves deeper into the whole milieu of sofas, swings and super-electric surrogates to say — or ask, rather — exactly what ARE some of these products all about? Which ones are most popular? What folks actually buy this freaky furniture and twisted technology? And, eventually, where and how might one purchase these truly erotic pieces of fornicatingly far-out yet, nonetheless, fully functional, objet d’art?
Wi-Fi - Security First
One of the benefits of modern mobile technology is the ability of many devices to connect to the Internet — wherever and whenever wireless signals are available. From laptops to Smartphones and other devices, users are surfing the web, checking emails, sending and receiving instant messages, monitoring their online bank accounts and more — all while on the road and away from their home or office.
High Jinks, High Profits
From childhood people learn they can rely on jokes and various types of shenanigans to put a smile on their faces. On the retail front, gag items ranging from G-rated classic rubber chickens, snapping gum and squirting products to poop and T-shirts with offensive images or slogans, have long been commonplace fixtures at gift shops — sometimes even constituting their own specialty store.
Using Open Source Databases
As the Internet matures, so will the amount of traffic packets and raw data will also grow. For a small startup, this amount of data is easy to deal with, but as a business expands simply storing endless files on disk just doesn’t cut it. You need software that organizes and protects data — a relational database.