FROM THE WEB: Meet the founder of Ishqr, a dating site for Muslims in America
The Guardian has run a feature about the founder of Ishqr, a dating site for Muslims in America. Founder Humaira
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Mark Zuckerberg’s One Rule For Hiring Someone
Facebook’s CEO and founder offered the advice during a Q&A at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Zuckerberg said: “I will
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Tinder Hooks Up With Managed Cloud Company Rackspace
Tinder have hooked up with managed cloud company Rackspace, to help power their matching and moment rating capabilities. Rackspace offer
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Durex Enlists Dating CEO For Mobile Orgasm Tech
Durex is working with a mobile dating CEO to develop a new digital technology division of the sex brand. The condom
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Online Dating Use Has Doubled In Five Years
The number of US adults using online dating has doubled in the past five years. This is according to a
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Someone On Craigslist Was Selling Entry To Exclusive App The League for $100
The advert offered access to the San Francisco-based dating app, which currently has a waiting list of over 80,000 people.
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eHarmony Moving From Santa Monica Headquarters
eHarmony is moving its headquarters from Santa Monica to Westwood, Los Angeles. The online dating company will soon leave their current base
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Jiayuan In Huge Buyout Offer, As Founder Leaves Board
Jiayuan’s biggest shareholder has put forward a plan to buy the remaining shares of the company, in a move that
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Payment Company CCBill Acquire ACH Processing Solution Provider WTS
CCBill have announced their acquisition of ACH processing solution provider, WTS. Jake Powers, the COO of CCBill, said: “As market
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Global Personals and Lovestruck Named in City A.M.’s The Leap 100 List
Global Personals and Lovestruck have been named in City A.M.’s The Leap 100 – which recognises the most exciting and
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Tinder Plus Will Cost Different Amounts, Depending On Your Age
The feature, which is officially launching today, will cost $9.99 for people under 30, and $19.99 if you are
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Indian Profile Verifying App TrulyMadly Raises $5.7m
Indian dating app TrulyMadly, which prides itself on offering fully verified profiles, has just raised $5.7m in funding. The funding comes
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Tinder Plus Launching Today, Company Plans On Introducing Ads In Next Month
Tinder Plus is due to launch today, with an expected price of $9.99 in the US. Sources close to the
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Google Will Rank Mobile-Friendly Sites Higher In Search Results
Google have announced two big changes to their search result algorithms. The first is that the company is planning on
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Google Spent $25m On Entire .App Domain
The second piece of interesting Google news today is the story that the tech giant has paid $25m for the
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FROM THE WEB: Woman Who Sent $1.4m To Scammer She Met On Dating Site
The dating industry is never short of stories about scammers defrauding singles out of huge amounts of money, but this
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Google Reverse Decision To Ban Adult Content on Blogger
Google have reversed their decision to block all sexually explicit content on blogging service Blogger. Earlier in the week, Google
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Single.com Domain Is For Sale
The domain name Single.com is now up for grabs. The domain, obviously highly desirable to the dating industry, is being
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FROM THE WEB: Guardian Google Glass Watch Me Date Continues
In case you missed it last week, The Guardian has started a new series called Watch Me Date, where they
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Tinder Plus Has Had Confusing Roll Out, Morgan Stanley Unconvinced
Morgan Stanley has its doubts about the potential of Tinder’s premium service, according to a letter to clients. In the
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Buzzfeed’s ‘Year of Apps’ Begins With Tinder-Style Cute or Not
Buzzfeed have become the latest to take the Tinder/Hot or Not swiping functionality, perhaps inevitably using it to rate cute
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Whiplr is 50 Shades-Inspired Fetish App
So here it is – the inevitable 50 Shades of Grey-inspired dating app for singles whose desires are …unconventional. Called
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Bartenders Describe Witnessing Awkward Tinder Dates
In this funny video, bartenders dish about one of the favourite parts of their job – listening in to awkward Tinder
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ACCC Release Findings of Dating Industry Sweep
Dating sites in Australia need to give clearer information about recurring subscriptions and better warn their users about the dangers of scams,
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Jiayuan Hits 140m Users
Chinese dating company Jiayuan has hit 140m registered users across their dating portfolio. The milestone was reached on the 20th February,
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Zoosk Ads Removed From One Direction Fan App
Concerns have been raised after an advert for Zoosk appeared on an app popular with young One Direction fans. Banner
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Google Banning Explicit Content From Blogging Service
Google is banning explicit photos and videos on its blogging service, Blogger, next month. The company said content shared on public
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FROM THE WEB: Epic New Yorker Profile On Apple’s Head of Design, Jonathan Ive
This New Yorker piece by Ian Parker is a fascinating, very long, and incredibly detailed profile of Apple’s head of design,
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Lib Dem Election Candidate Apologises For Tinder Crematorium Selfie
A Liberal Democrat election candidate has apologised after a selfie he took in front of a crematorium furnace, and used
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Netflix Dating App Finds Your Binge-Watching Beau
For singles who prefer binge-watching Breaking Bad to bar-hopping round town, comes a new dating app concept called Binger. Binger
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