You're just one gadget away from Penthouse Forum

It seems lately like for every new gadget on the market, there is a story about people using it to arrange casual encounters. My guess is that the companies release these stories as part of their advertising campaigns to better reach their coveted single young male consumer. This is the "journalist" version of an advertisement in Maxim magazine where the half-dressed young lady is draped over the newest gadget for no discernible reason.
I would hope that no one is dumb enough to believe that getting this new doodad will really improve your chance of anoymous sexual encounters, but then again, I remember the early 90's when being online and revealing that you were female produced a deluge of propositions, sight unseen. Hope springs eternal, I guess.