Interview With Happn, The French App That Registers Your Real Life Encounters
How did Happn come about, and how did the team get together? Happn’s founders, along with the team that made
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Ashley Madison Users Monitored For Adultery Study
The private conversations of Ashley Madison users have been monitored for the purposes of a sociological study into adultery. Eric
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Project Fixup Is Hand-Picked Online Matchmaker
Project Fixup is a new online dating site for singles who want to “meet people and not profiles”. The site
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OkCupid Too Bourgeois? Try OkComrade
OkComrade is the leftist answer to OkCupid – an online dating site “for the proletariat”. The site was inspired by a
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iHookup Social Readies New Monetisation Plans
One of the big issues for mobile dating apps – once they’ve built a brand and acquired users – is how to monetise
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Hitch Facilitates Facebook Friend Matchmaking
New London-based app Hitch lets you play matchmaker for your Facebook friends. Founder Anton Gu said the app is purposely
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FROM THE WEB: ‘The Truth About Tinder and Women Is Even Worse Than You Think’ – Bloomberg
A great article by Nick Summers for Bloomberg Businessweek analyses the success story of Tinder, in light of the recent
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China’s Twitter Launches Payments Between Users
Chinese microblogging service Weibo are the latest to add user-to-user money transfers to their platform. The Twitter-style social network has
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Law Could End Tinder Tiger Photo Trend
A New York law could signal the end of people posing with tigers in online dating pictures. The trend of
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Wyldfire Wants To Help Women ‘Ditch The Creeps’
Wyldfire is a new dating app that promises to help women “ditch the creeps”. All the male users of the
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Apple Acquires Social Map App Spotsetter
Apple has recently acquired Spotsetter, a map app that works as a social search engine for places, according to TechCrunch.
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Writer Recounts Time as $100-a-Week Online Dating Surrogate for Successful Entrepreneur
New York-based editor Meredith Haggerty has written about an unusual social experiment she undertook – working as an online dating
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Global Personals Ranked Amongst Europe’s Fastest-Growing Digital Companies
Global Personals have been ranked amongst the leading digital companies at this year’s Media Momentum Top 50. The company were
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Sway Spamming Friends To Drive Downloads
Dating app Sway has apparently been using spamming tactics to lure people into signing up. Sway is one of three
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Sex Workers Appearing on Tinder and Momo
Sex worker profiles have recently appeared on popular dating app Tinder, violating its terms of use. The profiles popped up
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Shortwave Uses iBeacons for Anonymous Chat
A new app called Shortwave uses iBeacons technology to enable anonymous messaging between nearby users. With the tagline “Talk to
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Facebook Friend Verifier Gets 2m Hits After Report
Friend Verifier is a Facebook app that scans profiles against the US national sex offender registry. To perform a search,
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Judge Retires After Manhunt Profile Made Public
A Florida judge has retired early after his profile on gay hookup app Manhunt was posted online. Key West judge David Audlin
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CreepShield Is Sex Offender Facial Recognition
CreepShield is a facial recognition search engine from the same company who created controversial Google Glass app NameTag. The engine,
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HowAboutWe See Success With Twitter Ads
HowAboutWe say they have had huge success using Twitter’s targeted advertising services. The New York-based dating site used Twitter’s geo
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HeavenlySinful Is For Hookups And Relationships
New app HeavenlySinful wants to satisfy both “heavenly” singles, looking for a more serious relationship, and “sinful” singles interested in
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Tinder Increasingly Targeted By Scammers, As 21-Year-Old Student Has Identity Stolen
Dating app of the moment, Tinder, is increasingly becoming the target of fake profiles and love bots – which try
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Number of UK Singles Increasing, Says Census Data
Data from the Office of National Statistics and JustSingles.com has found that attitudes towards marriage in the UK are changing.
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Match.com Change Policy Which Made Bisexual Users Pay Twice to Search For Both Sexes
Match.com has changed a policy which made bisexual members pay for two accounts in order to search for both men
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UK Banks Unite For Mobile ‘Paym’ Service
The UK Payments Council has launched a new service called Paym – pronounced Pay ‘em – which allows users to
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Online Couples Get Less Support, Claims Study
Although stigma around online dating is subsiding, a new study claims that how a couple meet could influence the longevity of their
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Tinder Targeted By ‘Castle Clash’ Promoting Bots
The wildly popular dating app Tinder has been invaded by “Castle Clash” love bots – fake profiles that promote the
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Dating Industry Perfect Match for Investors, says report
A new report looks at the state of the online dating industry and assesses its potential for investment. The report,
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Interactive Map Shows Single Population of UK
The UK Office of National Statistics has released an interactive map of the country that shows the number of single people per area. According
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Match.com Launch Social Events in UK
Match.com has launched a programme of social activities for UK singles, starting with a meetup for dog owners in Battersea
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