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10 Stories Not To Miss On GDI This Week

  1. MeetMe Rebrands To The Meet Group As It Closes if(we) Acquisition – The Meet Group will act as the parent company of MeetMe, Skout, Tagged and Hi5.
  2. Hinge Now Lets You Create A Full Profile For Free – The move comes almost six months after Hinge relaunched with a rebuilt app and a $7 subscription fee.
  3. eHarmony Launches Extra $30 Premium Layer On Top Of Paid Service – eHarmony is offering singles more browsing options, message tracking, profile consultation and monthly profile spotlights.
  4. Female-Oriented Dating App Siren Is Closing Its Doors – Founders claim that a year after closing the funding round with Blackrun, the firm “have not completed their obligation”.
  5. HubPeople Launches New Sub-Brand HubStars – Its new sub-brand powers both niche and mainstream dating sites.
  6. Tinder Changes Terms & Conditions After Complaint From Norwegian Government Agency – Said Tinder’s “unbalanced and unfair” terms gave the dating app control over the content that users upload.
  7. New Dating App Casualx Wants To Be Hookup-Only Version Of Tinder – Casualx is an iOS app that openly describes itself as a “casual sex app”.
  8. London App That Lets Singles Pitch Great Date Ideas Officially Launches On iOS –  Pitchit focuses on the date,  letting singles browse through date ideas that have been pitched by the app’s community.
  9. 5 Things We Learnt At The SEO Social, By White Label Dating – Check out this fantastic guest blog from White Label Dating’s Michaela Wrede.
  10. Employee Dating App Usage Spikes At 11.23am During Work Hours – This is according to a new report by mobile data monitoring company Wandera.

 

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Emma Woodley

Emma is a reporter at Global Dating Insights. Originally from Surrey, she has studied Communication and Media at Bournemouth University and The University of Central Florida. She enjoys socialising with friends, exploring new places and can often be found with her nose in a book.

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