10 Stories Not To Miss On GDI This Week

- SNAP Posts Revenue Growth Of 36% As It Bets On Live Video Strategy – Snap Interactive has posted strong first quarter results for 2017, having closed its merger with Paltalk towards the end of last year.
- How To Launch An Instagram Campaign From Scratch – Excellent guest article by Libby Bearman, the CRO Manager at Browser Media.
- Gotcha.io Gamifies User Feedback By Embedding Short Micro-Surveys Into Products – Getting feedback about products from user surveys can often be a clunky process for both businesses and consumers.
- Google Will Soon Let You Advertise On The Play Store Home & App Listing Pages – Google has announced plans to let developers advertise on the home and app listing pages in the Google Play Store.
- With $1.7m In Funding, TRUEPIC Wants To Bring Trust Back To Online Dating Pictures – TRUEPIC wants to try and reduce the number of edited and potentially deceiving images online, by launching a mobile app for both businesses and consumers that can confirm a photo’s authenticity.
- Hornet Supporting Same-Sex Marriage Equality In Taiwan With #WeAreOne Campaign – Hornet is asking its users to back the company’s #WeAreOne campaign, which is supporting Taiwan’s case for legalising same-sex marriage.
- Tinder Moved To Block Trademark Application Of Shinder, The Dating App With One Male Profile – Shinder was built by British entrepreneur Shed Simove to help him find a partner, who decided to hedge his bets by admitting his own profile as the sole male account.
- National Geographic Episode Explores Importance Of Dating Apps In Places That Suppress LGBTQ Rights – In the episode, correspondent Dan Savage visits countries like India, speaking to gay men about their experiences, and investigating the nation’s laws against homosexuality.
- How To Get The Most From Social Media Advertising – Very useful opinion piece by Rich Henderson, Digital Director at JJ.
- Watch eHarmony Chief Scientist Steve Carter Talk Long-Term Relationships, Optimising Communication & Humour – In the half hour talk, Carter looks at the commonly-held belief that long-term relationships are hard, and asks why that is.
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