- Sean Rad Steps Down As Tinder CEO To Head New Swipe Ventures Project – With the move, Sean Rad will become the Chairman of Tinder and Swipe Ventures.
- Paktor Announces First Acquisition, Securing Controlling Stake In Asian Livestreaming App 17 – The cash will be used to boost 17 in Paktor’s existing markets.
- GDI Meets Matthew Pitt, CEO Of First Exclusively Spanish-Focused White Label Platform Ol̩ Dating РThis video interview with Matthew Pitt is the latest interview in our GDI Meets series.
- JigTalk Puts Conversation Before Appearance With Its Jigsaw-Covered Profile Pictures – The app wants to help singles connect over its “Talk more = See more” policy.
- DateTix Raises $1.3m In Private Placement – The private placement was at a fixed price of A$0.34 per share, and received strong support from new and existing investors from Asia and Australia.
- First Episode Of Tinder’s DTR Podcast Launched Yesterday, Looking At Conversation Openers – DTR, which stands for “define the relationship”, is Tinder’s new six part podcast series looking at dating in the digital age.
- After Ghosting Comes Breadcrumbing, The Latest New Dating Trend – Breadcrumbing describes people who lead you on by randomly contacting you after long periods of time, before disappearing again.
- Google Makes App Updates 65% Smaller – The new approach, called file-by-file patching, makes app updates 65% smaller than the full app, and in some cases more than 90% smaller, Google said.
- Carol Vorderman Rejects Claims She Has Accepted £250,000 To Be ‘Rear’ Of Toyboy Warehouse – Last week, Toyboy Warehouse offered the former Countdown co-host a quarter of a million to sign up to its service.
- Tinder’s VP Of Engineering Talks About Building The App On New Developer Blog – Maria Zhang, explains how the engineers at Tinder work to keep on top of the challenges that face an app of Tinder’s size.
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