by Ludovica Iaccino
See full article at IBTimes
Month: September 2014
Tinderoid Is Tinder On Steroids
by Jacob Serebrin
The full article was originally published at Techvibes, but is no longer available.
Tinder Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit With Former Exec
CNET NEWS – Sep 8 – Whitney Wolfe, who served as a VP of marketing and described herself as a Tinder co-founder, filed the lawsuit in June, accusing the company's chief marketing officer, Justin Mateen, of repeatedly calling her disparaging names and harassing her. Wolfe also accused the company's management of allowing the behavior that ultimately forced her out of the company. IAC confirmed the settlement but declined to discuss the details.
Grindr Limits Proximity Settings Because Of Gay Arrests
VOCATIV – Sep 9 – A setting allowing users to show the distance between one another had been disabled in several countries with anti-gay legislation. Egyptian authorities were using it to locate and arrest homosexuals. The proximity feature of the app allows users to detect other users’ location to within approximately 100 feet.
78% Of Men Would Seek The Help Of A Sex Therapist, Meetville Poll Says
MEDICALDAILY – Sep 9 – In one of its latest polls, the dating app Meetville found that 62% of its member respondents answered "yes," while 38% answered "no" when asked if they found sex therapy acceptable. 78% of men responded with an unqualified "yes."
The Wakie Alarm – App That Combines Tinder With Alarm Clock
HUH MAGAZINE – Sep 9 – Wakie is a new Android app (iOS currently waiting to be approved) which combines Tinder with the traditional alarm clock. When it's time to wake up, a user will get called by a random person of the opposite gender, who he/she can then talk to for up to 1 minute. Users sign up and enter their phone number and gender. They also select whether they are a "sleepyhead" or "wakies". No phone numbers are shared, unless they both hit it off and they choose to. It's a big hit in Russia, with 1.5M users placing 30M wake-up calls.
by Jack Lowe
The full article was originally published at Huh Magazine, but is no longer available.
Match.com And East Coast Trains To Host Onboard Dating Event
EVENT MAGAZINE – Sep 9 – East Coast trains is teaming up with Match.com to create a first dating event on a train. The East Coast Love Train will begin its journey from London’s King’s Cross station on 13 September, with ~200 single men and women making the return journey to York, all looking for love.
by Kim Benjamin
The full article was originally published at Event Magazine, but is no longer available.
OkCupid: Benefits Of Using Personal Data For Research
WSJ – Sep 4 – Social websites are remaking sociology—moving away from surveys, questionnaires and contrived laboratory setups and into real life. Once aggregated and anonymized, data, from controlled tests or shared directly by users, can tell us how we live our lives. The possibilities of this research are varied and is uniquely able to uncover hidden narratives because the data reveal what we're doing, not what we're saying or hoping we do. There are many ethical questions to address and communication between websites and their users needs to improve.
A Stanford MBA Thinks Elitists Need Their Own Tinder
BUSINESSWEEK – Sep 5 – The League is a new dating app recently launched by a Stanford business school graduate. The service is described as as a dating app for the elite—and elitists. The site invites users to download the app and join the waiting list for its “private alpha.”
Tinder Might Be Worth $1B, According To Barclays Analyst
FINANCIAL POST – Sep 5 - Tinder could be worth $1B by 2015, Barclays says in a new report. Analyst Christopher Merwin believes the Tinder monetization would raise the price of IAC shares to $87 from $72. He thinks Tinder could generate revenue of $180M in 2015.