FROM THE WEB: Wall Street Journal Piece Gives Good Overview of Dating Industry’s Problems
Perhaps inspired by Andrew Chen’s article about why investors don’t fund dating, Georgia Wells from the Wall Street Journal has produced
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Author: Simon Edmunds
British Private Equity Firm Buy Another German Dating Site for €22m
British private equity firm Oakley Capital has bought German dating portal EliteMedianet GmbH for €22m. EliteMedianet GmbH operates the premium
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Coffee Meets Bagel Accidentally Send Offensive Message To Users
Coffee Meets Bagel had an embarrassing moment at the weekend, after accidentally sending out an offensive message to its users.
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Bumble Creates 1m Conversations
Female-focused Tinder competitor Bumble has created over 1m conversations since it launched at the end of last year. The app launched
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Foursquare Dating App InviteUp Picks PR Firm PMBC Group For Launch
Mobile dating app InviteUp has hired Los Angeles PR firm PMBC Group to handle their launch. InviteUp is an event-based dating
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Coffee Meets Bagel Continues Overseas Expansion, Launching In Sydney
New York-based dating app Coffee Meets Bagel has opened across the waters in Australia. Last month the dating app, which
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Twitter Now Targeting Ads Based On The Apps You Install
As we wrote earlier in the week, Twitter are now collecting information about which apps you have installed on your
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Clever Browser Extension Shows Potential Match With Every New Tab
New dating services are ten-a-penny these days, as companies strive to find the hot new way to connect singles. With
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Pornhub Want To Raise $3.4m To Film Sex In Space
PornHub has just launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise $3.4m to film the first porn movie in space. The porn
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Wearable From Swedish Inventor Puts Serendipity Back Into Dating
A Swedish inventor wants to add a touch of serendipity back into dating, by creating an affordable watch that notifies
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Payment Company DIMOCO Expands Into France With Mpulse Acquisition
European payment company DIMOCO are expanding into the French market with the acquisition of Mpulse. Mpulse was founded in 2006 as
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LGBT LinkedIn Launched By Gay Twins To Promote Inclusion In Workplace
Two gay twin brothers want to promote inclusion in the workplace for LGBT communities with their new LinkedIn-style networking site.
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Ashley Madison’s Parent Company Release Gay Dating Live Video App
ManCrunch Mobile is a new app created by Avid Life Media, the parent company for extramarital dating site Ashley Madison.
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2.7m Members, 1 Woman: Japanese Execs Made $80m From Scam Sites
Executives who created a ring of fraudulent Japanese dating websites have been arrested, after it was discovered the sites only had
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Apple Now Lets You Track Your Sex Life
The newest version of iOS will let Apple users track their sexual activity. It is part of the company’s Health
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Tinder Has Cut Workforce By 10%
After making a number of high-profile appointments over the past few months, Tinder has cut its workforce by around 10%.
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Read An Excerpt From Aziz Ansari’s Forthcoming Book On Modern Romance
Next week, comedian Aziz Ansari releases his debut book, in which he investigates the landscape of modern romance. For the
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Twitter Is Collecting Info About The Apps Installed On Your Mobile
Twitter is now recording every app you have installed on your mobile device. The social media is collecting and updating
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Google’s Mobile-Friendly Change Shakes Up Adult Dating Search Results
SaucyDates.com has risen to the top of the mobile search results for “adult dating” since Google’s mobile-friendly algorithm changes kicked
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PayPal’s One Touch Payment Rolls Out Worldwide
PayPal’s one touch payment system has now been rolled out worldwide, for both mobile and web. Called One Touch, it
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Jiayuan Grow By 25% As Buyout Offer Is Increased
Chinese online dating company Jiayuan, who are still weighing up a buyout offer, have released their first 2015 financial results,
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A Quarter Of UK Singles Say They’ve Photoshopped Dating Pics
A quarter of single Brits say they have photoshopped their profile picture, to try and present a better version of
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Apple Looking At Cutting 30% Revenue Split For Subscription Media Services
Apple is reportedly looking to change the 70/30 revenue split for a number of subscription-based services. The tech company is
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Tinder Hires New VP of Engineering
Tinder have hired former Microsoft and eBay employee Hugh Williams as their VP of Engineering. Williams spent over four years
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Dating Game App SCORE Continues UK Growth
A new dating game app called SCORE has hit 12,000 users after a Facebook marketing push. Since May 2015, the
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Apple CEO Takes Aim At Google With Speech On Privacy
Speaking at a conference in Washington, the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, delivered a rousing speech about the importance of
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FROM THE WEB: Five Things I Learned As An OkCupid Moderator
The Telegraph have published an article from a man who moderated OkCupid, about the lessons he learned about online dating.
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US Fraud Agency Call On Dating Industry To Improve Fight Against Scammers
Romance scammers are expected to have cost Americans around $82m in the last half of 2014, it was recently announced.
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New Domains .adult and .porn Launch Today
The domain endings .porn and .adult have become available today. The top level domains can now be bought by the
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Mariah Carey Joins Match.com In Latest Music Video
Mariah Carey has followed Hilary Duff by promoting a top dating service in her latest music video. Duff’s new video for
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