10 Stories Not To Miss On GDI This Week
- GDI Announces London Conference & New Startup Spotlight Competition — This year’s London conference will take place on Thursday 27th October and run from 10am — 4pm.
- Investigation Into Ashley Madison ‘Highly Critical’ Of Site’s Security Practices -The report found that the Canadian site’s defences were not up to standard, and were partly responsible for the hack.
- Australian Online Underage Tinder Experiment Sting Leads To Convictions – Two men who were lured into contacting a 15-year-old girl on Tinder as part of an online sting have been jailed.
- Snap Interactive Announces Merger With Video Chat Room Paltalk – The purpose of the merger is said to be to “enhance liquidity” to help facilitate future growth by boosting Snap’s portfolio and operations.
- Tinder Accused Of Stealing Super Like Feature – John Mellesmoen claims he pitched the idea of the Super Like to Rad back 2014.
- Enter The GDI Spotlight On Startups Competition Now! – The new event will see the most exciting and innovative new dating startups battle each other to be named the GDI Spotlight winner.
- DatePlay Will Launch In London This Autumn – And prior to the launch of DatePlay, Koutsomitis is also calling for potential users to contact her and her team using #AskDatePlay on social media.
- AsianD8 Is The Latest Dating Platform To Join The Scamalytics Anti-Fraud Network – The move hopes to see AsianD8 helping the dating community.
- Ireland’s Top Seminary Ordered To Review Social Media Policies Following Grindr Use Allegations – Earlier this month, the seminary was under the spotlight following allegations of Grindr use among its trainee priests.
- Grindr Used In Egypt To Catch Members Of The LGBT Community – Authorities are suspected to be using location based apps like Grindr to find homosexuals, before charging them with varying offences.
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