Month: May 2016

More Expats Using Chinese Dating Apps

Posted on May 13, 2016

Dating app chinaGLOBAL TIMES – May 11 – Chinese dating apps have been seeing growing popularity among expats living in China but cultural obstacles remain. Among the most popular apps, both for Chinese and foreign singles, are Tantan, Momo and Skout. Tantan claims one user for every 10 Chinese users in expat-heavy neighborhoods. Expats quickly discovered that while women in the West generally start out chatting about shared interests, Chinese women are more likely to ask about his job and future plans.

by Zhang Xinyuan
See full article at Global Times

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Iran’s Regime-approved Dating Site

Posted on May 13, 2016

Hamsan tebyan net screenshotTELEGRAPH.CO.UK – May 11 – hamsan.tebyan.net is a government-approved dating site. Profile pictures are forbidden and parents must accompany would-be couples on their first dates. The aim of this website is to use Islamic principles to get singles together. The regime is worried about Iran's fertility rate. The number of births per woman of child-bearing age has fallen from 7 in 1980 to 1.8 in 2014 – below Britain's fertility rate of 1.9. Tinder is banned in Iran, but ~350 unofficial dating sites are believed to exist.

by Shaunagh Connaire
See full article at Telegraph.co.uk

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Monetization, Churn And How To Stand Out In The Mobile Dating Space

Posted on May 13, 2016

Tcdisrupt_ny16TECH CRUNCH – May 11 – At TechCrunch Disrupt NY Robyn Exton of Her, Dawoon Kang of Coffee Meets Bagel and Whitney Wolfe of Bumble discuss the latest trends in the mobile dating space. When asked about generating revenue, Dawoon Kang described a new feature that lets daters pay for an A/B test to figure out what photo they should use on their profiles. Wolfe noted that Bumble may soon introduce additional paid features, but will never charge for the safety functionality.

by Fitz Tepper
See full article at Tech Crunch

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Internet Dating Jobs Listing Update – May 2016

Posted on May 12, 2016

Internet dating jobs logo OPW – May 12 - The new Internet dating jobs listing is live on the Internet Dating Jobs blog.

Below see a couple of this month's most interesting offers:

 eHarmony
  Marketing Director (AU)

Global Personals USA
  Product Manager

Match.com, Chemistry.com, People Media
  Corporate Counsel

Parship.de
  Art Director

Tinder
  Creative Director

Twoo
  Director of Acquisition

To see more open positions go here.

Do you have an idating industry job offer which is not included? Please, send it to petra@courtlandbrooks.com and we will add it to the list.

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Dating Sites: A Magnet For Hackers?

Posted on May 12, 2016

HackedITPRO.CO.UK – May 9 – The Ashley Madison attack in July 2015 revealed the sensitive data of 37M people. Adult Friend Finder was also hacked, with the personal details of 4M users leaked, including their IP addresses and dates of birth. More recently, BeautifulPeople also had their details leaked online. "Dating sites contain a very high level of personal information, which can be very valuable in the wrong hands and quite damaging for those involved," said Rob Norris, director of enterprise and cybersecurity for EMEIA at Fujitsu. Are dating sites targeted more frequently than other sites? According to David Emm, principal security researcher as Kaspersky Lab, the answer is not necessarily. "Dating sites certainly draw a lot of media interest," said Emm. "Hacks happen to other sites but is a less newsworthy story."

by Jane McCallion
See full article at ITPro.co.uk

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MeetMe CEO To Speak At The iDate Mobile Dating Conference In LA On June 8-10

Posted on May 12, 2016

MeetMe Geoff CookWEBWIRE – May 10 – Geoff Cook, CEO at MeetMe will present on the importance of chat in mobile dating applications. The iDate mobile dating conference takes place on June 8-10, 2016 at the Sportsmen's Lodge Events Center in Los Angeles.

See full article at Webwire

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Tinder Wants To Replace Shaadi.com For Indian Parents

Posted on May 12, 2016

INDIA.COM – May 10 – In India, Tinder has been accepted by the youth and the majority of them uses Tinder for just casual sex or hooking up. However, in the new ad, Tinder is far from being a hookup app. This approach by Tinder is quite the matrimonial site route.

by Rutu Ladage
See full article at India.com

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Snap Q1 Results: Revenue $2.7M, Net Loss $1.5M

Posted on May 11, 2016

Snapinteractive logoMARKETWIRED – May 9 – Total Q1 revenue was $2.7M, flat as compared to revenue of $2.7M in Q4 2015. Advertising revenue increased by $113K, or 199.6% in Q1 2016 compared to Q1 2015. Q1 Net loss increased 23% YOY to ~1.5M.

See full article at Marketwired

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OkCupid Profiles Public By Default

Posted on May 11, 2016

Okcupid logo aktualniYAKAMO – May 9 – OkCupid accounts have privacy setting, and are set to public by default (viewable by those without an account on OkCupid). So it's very easy to gather tons of data about its users. Yakamo.org has analyzed over 3M OKCupid public profiles.

The full article was originally published at Yakamo, but is no longer available.

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Maple Match To Pair Americans With Canadians If Trump Becomes President

Posted on May 10, 2016

Maple match screenshotVANCITYBUZZ.COM – May 6 – "Maple Match makes it easy for Americans to find the ideal Canadian partner to save them from the unfathomable horror of a Trump presidency," reads the minimal website. A Vox.com poll suggests 28% of Americans plan to go to Canada if Trump assumes power.

by Lauren Sundstrom
See full article at VancityBuzz.com

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