Try Demo Of Apple Watch, Which Is Expected To Launch In March
Reports suggest that the Apple Watch is expected to launch at the end of March. Apple are said to
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WATCH: Coffee Meets Bagel Founders Turn Down $30m Offer On ‘Shark Tank’
Coffee Meets Bagel, the one-match-a-day dating app recently appeared on investor show Shark Tank. The three sisters pitched their app,
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Tinder Acquires Ephemeral Messaging App Tappy
Tinder have just made their first acquisition, with messaging app Tappy. Tappy is a Snapchat-style ephemeral messaging app, owned by
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WhatsApp Hits 700m Active Monthly Users, Sends More Messages Than Global SMS
WhatsApp’s growth shows no signs of slowing, the messaging app recently hitting 700m monthly active users. Since Facebook’s $16bn acquisition, WhatApp’s
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Coffee Meets Bagel Finally Launches On Android
One-match-a-day dating app Coffee Meets Bagel has just launched on Android. Although they have been live on iOS since August
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German Social App Lovoo Hits 20m Users
Lovoo, the German social discovery app has hit 20m users. The location-based dating and social app has doubled its
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Chinese Messaging App Momo Raises $216m In IPO, Valued At $3bn
Shares of Chinese messaging app Momo rose by 26% on its first day of trading, the company raising $216m. The
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Happn Raise $8m For Worldwide Expansion
French real life encounters app Happn has raised $8m in funding to help its international expansion. The dating startup, which
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Twitter Ads Using App Data, Tracking Which Apps You Have Installed
Twitter will start using data from mobile apps users have installed on their phones, to better target ad campaigns. Their
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Line Launching Mobile Payment Service Globally Next Week
Line have announced the global launch of their mobile payment service. Although Line Pay has been live in Japan since October,
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New Crop of Dating Apps Giving More Power To Women
With the number of new dating apps being released showing no signs of slowing, an emergent trend has appeared of
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Lulu’s Truth Bombs Adds Secret-Style Questions To Engage Female Community
Lulu, the sex and relationship community app for women, has introduced a new way for users to connect and share advice.
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Bumble, The Tinder Challenger From Ex-Employees, Makes Women Start The Conversation
Bumble, a challenger to Tinder’s throne created by two of their former employees, has been released. The app’s team includes Whitney Wolfe,
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Used By Finnish Social Services, App To Fight Loneliness Amongst Elderly Seeks Funding
A Finnish app being used by national social services to help fight loneliness amongst elderly people is seeking funding for
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Twitter Test In-App Analytics Tool
Twitter is testing a new tool that lets you easily see analytics for your tweets. The feature, called “View Analytics Details”,
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Elimi Gamifies Dating With Elimination Tasks
A new dating app from Poland gives control to women by letting them filter out guys with a fun truth or
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Israeli Dating App Wins Google Campus Startup Prize
An Israeli dating app has won first prize in a Google Campus startup competition. HashSnap won the annual YourStartApp award
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WeChat Winning Global Messaging Race
WeChat has retained its crown as the top messaging app in the world. Beating Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, the Chinese
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Whitney Wolfe and Creator of Tinder UI Building Rival Dating App, Bumble
Two of Tinder’s formative team members, including Whitney Wolfe, are building a rival dating app called Bumble. Wolfe, who sued
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Snap Build Portfolio With ‘The Grade’, Which Scores Singles From A+ to F
Snap Interactive have followed Tinder-style Mutually with another standalone mobile app called The Grade. The new release ranks singles by grades, from
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The League Is More Than Elitist ‘Ivy League’ Dating App
The League, the dating app branded as “elitist” in the press, has launched in San Francisco, and wants to correct
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With Launch of WatchKit, Developers Can Start Building For Apple Watch
Apple have released their developer kit for the Apple Watch. Called the WatchKit, it marks the start of a race
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Tinder Founders Fund College Party Planning App WiGo
Founders of Tinder Sean Rad and Justin Mateen have backed college-based party planning app WiGo. WiGo is an app for
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NY App Is Date Planner For Gentlemanly Users
New app Dapper is a date finder and planner for New York singles. After signing up, you select which days
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Indian Tinder Vee Gets $1m Funding From Lightspeed Venture Partners
Indian dating app Vee has received $1m in pre-series A funding. The funding came from Lightspeed Venture Partners, a VC
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Facebook Messenger Has 500m Monthly Users
Facebook have announced that 500m people use Messenger every month. The social network split the service from their main app earlier
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Graph Shows Mobile Payment Increase In China
This fascinating graph shows the rise of mobile payments in China over the first half of 2014. Mobile payments are
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Chinese Flirt App Files for $300m IPO
The Chinese messaging and flirt app Momo has filed for a US IPO. The company filed with the SEC on
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WAVOO Is Indonesian Tinder, With Added Location Features
Wavoo is a new Tinder-style app for the Indonesian dating market. One of the creators behind the project is Yudhi
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Meetic Becomes Third IAC App Available for Smartwatch
Meetic has joined Tinder and Match.com by being available for Android smartwatch. The European dating company has recently released the
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