- Happn Closed Third Funding Round In January 2017 Joined By Havas Participations – Thriving French dating app Happn scooped a third round of funding joined by Havas Participations at the start of 2017, GDI can exclusively reveal.
- GDI Monaco Grand Prix Event Is Now Sold Out – The GDI event will run from Wednesday 24th – Thursday 25th May and includes trackside tickets to Thursday’s Formula One Practice and Qualifying sessions.
- Agile Wings CRO Jenny Gonzalez Talks New-Look Dating Factory & Savvier Online Dating Consumers – Latest GDI Meets video interview with the CRO of Agile Wings, Jenny Gonzalez.
- Paktor Merges With 17 Media To Create New Parent Company M17 – M17 Entertainment is the new parent company for mobile dating app Paktor and 17, a live streaming platform that lets celebrities, entertainers and influencers create and share live video content and photos.
- OkCupid Hit With $5m Class Action Suit Over ‘Dead Profile’ Claims – OkCupid has been hit with a $5m class action lawsuit by a former user who claims to have paid money to be set up with “dead” profiles on the dating service.
- New Dating App Gatsby Scans Every Profile Against Public Criminal Records – Gatsby is a swipe-based dating app that takes people’s profile information and compares it against billions of public data records to see if they have committed any kind of criminal or sexual offence.
- The Last Remaining Male White Rhino In The World Is On Tinder – Dating app Tinder has partnered with the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya to help save the northern white rhino.
- Apple Cuts App Store Affiliate Commissions From 7% To 2.5% – Apple said that commissions on all other types of content, such as music, movies, books and TV, will remain at the current 7% commission rate in all markets.
- Hinge Launches New Digital Media Magazine IRL, Giving Advice & Insights On Modern Dating – IRL, which stands for “in real life”, is a new online magazine from the New York dating business that launched yesterday.
- Social Matchmaking Chatbot Foxsy Is Now Available On Viber – Foxsy is available on Viber through the messaging app’s Public Accounts feature, which was launched back in November and gives a way for businesses and brands to interact with customers.
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