NEW YORK DAILY NEWS – Dec 6 – An insulted 28-year-old man in Brazil is suing the makers of Lulu, an app that allows women to anonymously rate and review guys. Mr. Scolari argued that the app does not comply with the country's Internet privacy laws. He is suing the company behind Lulu for $11,580.
Month: December 2013
How Americans Hook-up Online: Fling.com Infographic
FLING.COM – Fling.com, one of the biggest adult dating sites, has gathered some interesting stats about its users. The naughtiest city is Chicago with ~480K Fling.com members. Students and self-employed people are the most frequent Fling.com users. Surprisingly people don't want to meet in person. They prefer online flirting. Click on the picture to see the whole infographic.
FirstDate.com To Partner With Leading Scandinavian Newspapers
OPW – Dec 6 – FirstDate.com, the fastest growing Scandinavian dating site, is partnering with leading newspapers in Sweden (Expressen, 3M unique visitors), Denmark (Berlingkse Tidene, 1.5M uniques) and Norway. FirstDate.com will power their sex, love and dating category.
Mektoube.fr: Best French Website Of 2013
PRESS RELEASE – Dec 5 – Mektoube.fr, a dating site dedicated to the Muslim and Maghreb community in France, won "Website of the Year 2013" and " Best Dating website of the year" in France. The Website of the Year award is France’s most important people’s choice award. The "Most Popular Dating Website" is Adopteunmec.com.
Virtual Girlfriend: A Game For Lonely People
BUSINESS INSIDER – Dec 5 – Love Plus is a very popular "virtual girfriend" Nintendo game in Japan. Some Japanese men who would rather date virtual ladies than real ones. My Virtual Girlfriend is a similar app available in USA. The main objective of the game is to make your girlfriend happy and fall in love with you. The girls play hardcore into whatever personality stereotype they've been designated. The free version of the app sees ~1K-3K downloads a day.
Global Personals Selected For Future Fifty Fast-track
PRESS RELEASE – Dec 6 – UK Global Personals has been chosen for the goverment's Future Fifty fast-track programme. The program aims to connect high-growth companies with experts to help them scale rapidly. The selected companies will receive support from both public and private sectors.
Shaadi Skips Straight To The Wedding
THE ATLANTIC – Dec 5 – The online dating scene in India is primarily matrimonial sites. Shaadi.com is, intuitively, a wedding arranged via the Internet. 90% of marriages in India still classify as “arranged”. 1 in 8 singles use the matrimonial sites. The online matrimony market is valued at ~$81M with an annual growth rate of 30%. There are 44M Indians who now have smartphones, giving “hookup apps” like Tinder a huge market. Tinder is seeing ~4% percent daily growth in its Indian user base. Grindr has ~11K members in India.
by P. Nash Jenkins
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Dr. Wendy Walsh, CNN’s Human Behavior Expert, To Speak At iDate
WEBWIRE – Dec 5 – Dr. Wendy Walsh, CNN’s Human Behavior Expert, will keynote the iDate event in Las Vegas. Each week on CNN, she breaks down the psychology of love, gender roles, divorce, parenting and other human behaviors.
Avalable: Facebook For Asian Singles
TECH IN ASIA – Dec 5 – Avalable is a Thailand-based social dating app. The app helps singles locate compatible matches within their own city using Facebook and GPS. The app has recently added 15 languages as it prepares to go global. Avalable will also offer horoscope-based matching and social gaming on the platform.