DIGITAL CUPID: VALENTINE'S DAY GIFTS FROM THE HEART
Yahoo! Australia & NZ survey shows 16 per cent of Australians have or think they will meet a loved one online
SYDNEY, February, 6 2002 - Cupid is taking over the Internet with 16 per cent of respondents to a Yahoo! Australia & NZ Valentine's Day poll saying they either had already or expected to find their perfect match online. The three polls running on Yahoo!, the network visited by more than 4 million Australians a month show a growing reliance on technology and the Internet to express true love.
Hundreds of thousands of Australians are expected to log onto Yahoo! Australia & NZ for Valentine's Day to send messages of endearment via email and online greetings, download romantic ringtones, create digital presents, buy gifts or find their own Valentine online. Another of the polls showed that 3 per cent of users would celebrate Valentine's Day by sending an email or SMS message, while a further 3 per cent said they might propose to their loved one online.
Meeting the demands of the growing number of tech-savvy lovers, Yahoo! has made it easy for the lovestruck to create personalised Valentine presents by offering an online site to help users create digital Valentine surprises ranging from e-cards to digital photo albums to home movie extravaganzas.
"Technology and the Internet has opened up a wealth of creative ideas for Australians to truly express themselves this Valentine's Day," said Rachel Watt, producer, Yahoo! Australia & NZ. "Yahoo! offers a myriad of ideas for budding Romeos and Juliets, ranging from ordering flowers online to creating a unique digital gift for your loved one."
Digital Valentines Ideas
For lovers stuck for present ideas, the Yahoo! Digital How To website, sponsored by Intel Australia, provides easy-to-follow instructions on how to create some of the following romantic ideas. All that is needed is a bit of creativity and an Intel. Pentium. 4 processor-powered PC to make it easy and fun to turn your ideaRomantic digital presents include:
- Create your own customised e-Valentine's cards (and send one on the hour every hour!)
- Download all your favourite love songs and burn them onto a DVD
- Compile a digital photo albumn of you and your loved one in romantic settings
- Direct and star in your own digital video to remind your lover - both near or far away - just how romantic you can be.
If time is of the essence, then people can check out Yahoo! Australia & NZ Shopping for last minute gifts and tips on what to buy for him and her from a wide range of retailers and specialty shops. There's even great prizes on offer from the Fiji Tourists Bureaus into digital video and audio Valentine two trips for two to that most romantic of destinations! Just visit the promotion site. Good luck!
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