BBC NEWS – Apr 26 – The details of ~9M members including their weight, height, job, and phone numbers were discovered unencrypted online in Dec 2015. They have now been sold on the black market. Beautiful People originally claimed the content was from a test server but Mr Vickery said the data itself was still genuine.
by Zoe Kleinman
See full article at BBC News
LIFEHACKER.CO.UK – Apr 26 – The best time to find love online is on Tuesdays at 2pm, according to the latest eHarmony research. The eHarmony team conducted a study of 800K log-ins to identify the peak hours throughout the week for finding and arranging a date. They discovered ten big online dating spikes and nine of them happen on a Monday and Tuesday around lunch time.
FORBES – Apr 25 – Sexual preference, relationship status, income, address – these are some of the details applicants for the controversial dating site BeautifulPeople.com are asked to supply before they are judged by the existing user base, who vote on who is allowed in. Thanks to the leak, all of this info is now public. The leak also included 15M private messages between users. The data is now being sold by traders.
by Thomas Fox-Brewster
See full article at Forbes
TECH WORLD – Apr 23 – Sean Rad sat on the stage alongside Farrah Storr, the editor of Cosmopolitan. When asked if it makes him angry when Tinder is referred to as a hook-up app he said: "Not angry, but it's incorrect. It is a platform. What our users decide to do is completely up to them." Tinder's largest demo is the millennial. He adds: "I don't think 18-25 year olds are looking to get married. We survey our users and the majority of them want a meaningful connection." One of the more interesting sections of the conversation was around Rad's short exile. "It was a surprise", he said. "The company was doing incredibly well. I think the board had some fears that at a young age I wouldn't be able to manage that growth. I had fears. I didn't know if I could manage this growth. So we brought in a new CEO." When asked if he is worried about rival dating apps, Rad said: "No, not at all. We're a global brand, with tens of millions actively using Tinder."
WASHINGTON POST – Apr 22 – Almost four weeks after April Fool's day, Burrit-oh! – the dating site that pairs singles based on their taste in portable Mexican – has proven so unexpectedly successful that maker Zoosk is thinking of keeping it. To date, ~2K people have signed up for Burrit-oh!.
NEXT SHARK – Apr 22 – Matthew Nolan is a techie from Detroit who founded several successful startups. His last startup, software-as-a-service company Speek, raised ~$10M in funding before it was acquired in July 2015. In April 2015, he launched Verona, a Tinder-like dating app aimed at bringing Israelis and Palestinians together. Seeing the app's rapid growth, Nolan realized that Verona could go beyond just romantic matchmaking. It is now a friend-making app. Earlier this year in advance of the presidential race he introduced a new feature that connects Democrats and Republicans. "Our goal is world peace", he says.
NYDAILYNEWS – Apr 21 – The Brickyard in St. Albans placed this sign in the women's restroom.
The idea for the sign came to mind after two women asked managers if the men they were with looked like their photos. Most of the feedback about the sign has been positive, but several people suggested having a similar sign in the men's bathroom.
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