OPW – Oct 8 – The London iDate is taking place next week (Oct 14-16th). Oct 14th is now a full day event. Check out the agenda.
Month: October 2015
Dating Apps: Tech Doesn’t Matter, Says Sex Columnist
NYMAG – Oct 6 – Users choose dating apps the same way they choose bars – based on the people. The make-or-break factor in whether users stick around, is the crowd. With new apps getting launched every few months, the dating app people will like best is the one that happens to have a user base that fits the demographic of people they want.
Here's a breakdown of some of the dating apps Maureen O'Connor, a sex columnist, have experimented with:
- Tinder: Single people who hang out at bars.
- OKCupid: Single people who hang out at coffee shops.
- Match: Squares.
- JDate: Jewish squares.
- eHarmony: Christian squares.
- Ashley Madison: Horny married guys.
- Blendr: Horny single guys.
- Happn: People with nice jeans who live near your subway stop.
- Coffee Meets Bagel: Risk-averse nice guys.
- The League: Hedge funds and Hamptons.
Dating apps, like all social situations, are malleable. They're whatever people want them to be.
Social Media Marketing: Zoosk Has The Most Fans, Tinder Is The Most Engaging
by Tanya Dua
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Dating App The Grade Launches Peer Review Feature
BUSTLE.COM – Oct 8 – The Grade's Peer Review Feauture will allow users to leave feedback about other users. Based on the feedback, users are assigned a Peer Review grade, which will then be factored into the overall grade that they get via the app.
Tinder Is Killing Romance, Says BBC Historian Lucy Worsley
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK – Oct 6 – BBC presenter and historian Lucy Worsley says romance is dying out. Dating apps make it easy for couples to enter relationships, and love is being replaced by 'bored singletons looking for one-night stands'. The first episode of A Very British Romance is on Thursday on BBC Four at 9pm.
BadOnlineDates.com To Launch Dating App
PRWEB – Oct 5 – Bad Online Dates (BOD), a website that lets users vent about their bad dates experiences, is celebrating its eighth anniversary, and launching a new dating app. The app will be launched with ~100 participants this October in a test market on the West Coast of the US, with a rollout expected across the U.S. in 2016.
Veep Dating App Reached 5K Users In One Week
VENTURE BEAT – Oct 5 – Veep is a new meetup/hookup app. The app is free and doesn't require a Facebook profile. "Veep has a unique interest system that lets users search for people based on any combination of their interests and hobbies," says the founder, 19-year-old Hunter Harris.
Dating App Happn Expects To Reach 10M Users
TELEGRAPH.CO.UK – Oct 3 - Happn has just raised $14M. The app launched in Paris in 2014, and claims 6.5M members worldwide with 700K in the UK. It took the company ten months to reach a million users. Now Happn is signing up 1M new users per month, and expects to reach 10M by the end of the year. The app connects people who have crossed paths in real life. The new funding will be used to drive expansion into Asia – with launches planned in Manila, Bangkok, Seoul, Tokyo and Hong Kong – and grow Happn's presence in Europe, South America and the US. While the app is completely free for women, men have to pay to send charms. The company has already been working with car company Fiat on an advertising campaign.
4 Weeks Left To Nominate For Online Dating iDate Awards
WEBWIRE – Oct 5 – Nominations began this summer and remain open to the public for submission at iDateAwards.com until October 31, 2015. There is no cost to participate and self-nominations are accepted. Hailed as “the Oscars for the Dating Industry,” the iDate Awards are the first and only online dating industry awards. You can nominate in those categories:
- Best Dating Site
- Best Matchmaker
- Best Software Provider
- Best Mobile Dating App
- Best Dating Site Design
- Best Dating Coach
- Most Innovative Company
- Best New Technology
- Best Payment System
- Best Affiliate Program
- Best Marketing Campaign
- Best Niche Dating Site
- Best Up and Coming Dating Site
Teens And Online Dating
PEW INTERNET – Oct 3 – Pew Research Center's latest report examines American teens' digital romantic practices. A majority of teens with dating experience (76%) say they have only dated people they met offline. ~8% of all teens have dated or hooked up with someone they first met online. Of those who have met a partner online, the majority met on social media sites.
by Amanda Lenhart, Monica Anderson & Aaron Smith
See full article at Pew Research Center