10 Stories Not To Miss On GDI This Week
- Uploading Pictures Of Your Hotel Room To This App Could Stop Sex Trafficing – Law enforcement is calling on travellers to use new technology to help its fight against sex trafficking.
- LOVOO CEO And Founder Benjamin Bak Resigns Following Arrest – After being arrested by police in the headquarters of the dating giant he founded, LOVOO CEO Benjamin Bak has resigned from his position.
- New App Remainder Connects Heartbroken Remain Voters Who Wanted To Stay In The EU – A new site has popped up that wants to help heartbroken Remain voters take solace in a different kind of union.
- Tinder And Netflix Usage Times Overlap, Reveals Research Into Smartphone Interactions – There is a strong correlation between when people watch Netflix and use dating apps like Tinder & OkCupid.
- Meet Me Is Acquiring Skout For €55m – A huge piece of dating industry consolidation happened this week, with MeetMe acquiring Skout for a massive $55m.
- Twitter Unveils New Dashboard For Businesses – Twitter has just launched a new dashboard for businesses, that lets brands schedule posts & engage with their audience.
- Every Minute There Are 1m Swipes On Tinder – Every minute, there are almost a million swipes on Tinder around the world, 2.5m Instagram likes, and 7m people watching a Snapchat video.
- Tinder Adding Verification Blue Ticks To Branded Movie Profiles – Tinder has started using its celebrity “verified” profiles, which come with a blue tick, to entice users to swipe right on branded profiles.
- Hacked Data Of 150,000 Muslim Match Users Posted Online – The user information and profiles of over 150,000 people has been posted online, according to a new report in Motherboard.
- Christian Connection Owners Widernet Acquire Web Development Company Pigment – Niche online dating developer Widernet has just announced its acquisition of Pigment Ltd.
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