YNOT – As 2012 drew to a close, research consultancy Juniper Research drew up a list of predictions for the coming year, all neatly wrapped up as the top trends for the mobile and wireless industry for 2013. The No. 1 Prediction: Big data will become big business. While the scale...

By Erika Icon YNOT – Aria Aspen made a splash in the adult world in 2011 with her “alt” look: tats, piercings and jet-black hair. Then, almost as quickly as she appeared, the exotic beauty was gone. In mid-2012, after appearing in fewer than 20 XXX movies, she left the industry...

YNOT – SexDateCash is nothing if not responsive to its affiliates. After the adult-dating company announced a contest offering the top-performing affiliate a 1200 Harley Davidson Sportster with Screamin’ Eagle package, representatives heard some smaller affiliates felt left out...

YNOT – Fetish performer-director Julie Simone has revamped her flagship website, combining five destinations into a single mega-site requiring only one membership fee. JulieSimone.com now incorporates content from JuliesBitchBoys.com, SmokingTV.com, POVDommes.com and...

YNOT – Niched casual-dating sites are cropping up with all over, offering consenting adults all kinds of opportunities to find exactly the kinds of partners with whom they’d like to consent. Affiliate program DatingGold isn’t about to be left out of the stampede to satisfy the...

By Erika Icon YNOT – Porn is everybody’s favorite whipping boy. In recent months, not only have adult websites been accused of distributing malware to unsuspecting surfers, but exposure of porn viewing also has become hackers’ favorite threat on which to hang ransomware scams.

YNOT – Adult director Michael Ninn has tapped MetArt to manage his official website and affiliate relationships. In a career spanning two decades to date, Ninn has established himself as an innovative auteur whose stylized approach to adult filmmaking arouses not only the body,...

YNOT – In its ongoing quest to uncover the ins and outs of Americans’ sex lives, Adam & Eve popped the most risqué question yet in December’s survey question of the month: “Have you had sex with more than one person in 24 hours?”

YNOT – Adult industry trade association Free Speech Coalition has unveiled the slate of 14 nominees to fill nine expiring terms on the organization’s board of directors. Nine of the candidates are incumbents; the other five are first-time nominees. Only FSC members in good...