Match Sponsor Heart Disease Survey, Rewarding Users Who Donate to Non-Profit
Match have sponsored a survey by the American Heart Association, and are rewarding users who donate to the non-profit during
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Tastebuds Acquires US Competitor moosify
Music-based dating service Tastebuds.fm has acquired US competitor moosify. moosify was merged with London-based Tastebuds in August, and will add
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Ashley Madison Charges $19 For Full Profile Delete
Ashley Madison is charging users $20 to perform a full delete of their account, including all messages and photos they
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Propeller Uses Wifi Direct To Detect Singles You’ve Passed, Even If You Have No Signal
New app Propeller utilises your phone’s Wifi direct to constantly scan for profiles of people you have passed by. And
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Tickr Builds Profiles With Vine-Style Videos
Tickr is a new dating site that uses short Vine-style videos rather than the standard profile picture. The videos can
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Apple Apparently Partnering With Visa, MasterCard and American Express For Mobile Payments
Apple have teamed up with major banks in order to turn the new iPhones into mobile wallets, according to various
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Setipe Is For Embarrassed Indonesian Daters
An Indonesian dating site called Setipe gives users anonymity until they are matched together. The site launched last January, and
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Siren Puts Women In Complete Control
A digital artist from Seattle has created a dating app called Siren that puts women in control. Siren builds profiles
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Snap Interactive Release Tinder-Style ‘Mutually’
Snap Interactive have released a new Tinder-style standalone app called Mutually. Mutually lets singles swipe through nearby users, with each
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Zoosk Launch Photo Verification Feature
Zoosk have introduced a photo verification feature on the site. The new verification technology allows users to confirm the authenticity
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Asian Couples App LoveByte Hits 700,000 Users
Another couples app from Asia, called LoveByte, has recently reached 700,000 users. Around 30% of the Singapore-based app’s users login
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LINE’s User-Generated Stickers Make $12m
Line’s user-created stickers have racked up $12m worth of sales in 3 months. Back in June we reported that Line
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Fake Match.com Profiles Used In £200,000 Scam
Vulnerable women were conned out of £220,000 in a scam that used fake profiles on Match.com, a UK court has heard.
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Man Suing Grindr After Underage Encounter
A man from New Jersey is suing Grindr for not properly vetting underage users. William Saponaro is facing criminal charges of
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Match Launch Aphrodisiac Dining Events
Match.com are starting up a series of aphrodisiac dining events across London. The social series will offer up an aphrodisiac
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FROM THE WEB: ‘Three Trends That Will Make A Difference In Mobile Payments’ Alberto Jimenez, IBM
The director of mobile payments at IBM, Alberto Jimenez, has written an insightful article on TechCrunch, detailing the three trends
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Blackmailers Who Posed As Underage Boys On Grindr Facing Jail
Two men from the UK who posed as underage boys on Grindr have been found guilty of blackmail. Nathanael Foster
Read MoreFlirt App Momo Introduces Location-Based Ads
Popular Chinese messaging app Momo is set to introduce location-based ads. The latest update to the “magical tool to getting
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IAC Buys Controversial Q&A Site Ask.fm
IAC has bought controversial social network Ask.fm. The site lets users post anonymous comments to questions, a function that has
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eHarmony Told To Drop ‘Most Marriages’ Claim
eHarmony have been told to stop saying they are responsible for the “most marriages”, after a complaint by rivals Match.com.
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SNAP Will Promote Zoosk on AYI.com
After last year’s partnership with Match.com, Snap Interactive have formed a new advertising relationship with Zoosk. The acquisition agreement between
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Creator Of Dating App Malware Caught in China
The 19-year-old author of malware that posed as a dating app has been caught by police in China. The virus
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Tinder Hire New Head Engineer From Amazon
Tinder has hired Amazon’s Jerry Heinz to head up engineering. Heinz was Amazon’s lead engineer for their cloud-based app streaming
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Spark Networks CEO Greg Liberman Departs
The CEO of Spark Networks, Greg Liberman, has left the company after 10 years. His departure comes after a board
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FROM THE WEB: ‘How new technology is shaking up the oldest business’ – The Economist
Last week’s edition of The Economist had a very interesting cover story on how technology is “liberating the world’s oldest
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Australian Regulator To Intervene in Dating Scams
An Australian consumer watchdog will start getting in touch with people who might be victims of online dating scams. The
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DOWNLOAD: GDI Mobile Payments Report
We are very excited to release our second Global Dating Insights report, on the topic of mobile payments. The report
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Zoosk Launch Date Feedback Feature
Zoosk have launched a new feature that lets users give feedback on the people they are chatting to. When two
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WATCH: Interview with Thede Loder, One Of The Original Programmers for Match.com
As part of their That Was Me series – which looks at pioneers of popular culture – Mashable have spoken
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OkCupid Co-Founder Defends User Experiments
OkCupid co-founder Christian Rudder has defended his revelation that the company performs experiments on its own users. Speaking on OnTheMedia’s
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