TECHTIMES – Feb 22- Launched on Wednesday for iOS and Android, Taken Mate is a tool that will do a social media background check on any person users are interested in. The app checks the user's marital status to eliminate those who are married on Facebook, but secretly on other dating apps pretending to be single, as well as verifying their education and occupation. Taken Mate uses a green, yellow, red stoplight system to identify users, with green meaning that user is 100 percent single and ready to mingle.
Month: February 2017
7Park Data Analysis: Dating Apps Worldwide
7PARK DATA BLOG – Feb 13 – 7Park Data decided to take a look at how people use dating apps around the world and how different apps compare to each other. Based on 7Park Data analysis of weekly active users (WAUs) and time spent in dating apps, Argentina is the most amorous country of them all. As far as the top dating apps globally, based on WAUs and time spent in app, Tinder and Grindr lead the pack. ~84% of Bumble and 41.5% of OkCupid users also use Tinder. Interestingly, only 12.6% of Tinder users try their luck on Bumble and 10.8% on OkCupid. You can download the full report here.
by Maria Kelly
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by Michelle Toglia
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Online Dating May Make Singles Ignore ‘Ideal Mate’ Wish List Traits
MEDICAL DAILY – Feb 21 – A new study from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has found that most dating app users aren't reaching out to people with desirable traits. The findings were published in journal Cyberpsychology, Behaviour and Social Networking. Researchers looked at the digital dating preferences and contact behavior from online dating site RSVP. Results of the analysis showed that "stating a preference for what people are looking for appears to have little to no bearing on the characteristics of people they actually contact".
M14 Scored 80K On BBC2’s Dragons’ Den Show
BQLIVE.CO.UK – Feb 20 – Peter Jones and Nick Jenkins secured a 'yes' from John Kershaw for an £80k investment, representing a 20% stake in software firm M14 Industries, the makers of niche dating app software powering solutions like Bristlr and Spex. One by one, each of the Dragons fell for John and his bearded charms, and made him five offers. So many offers, that he had to borrow a pen and paper from the Dragons to do some sums to make his decision. In the end, it was the combination of Nick Jenkins and Peter Jones who John felt offered the most to his business, and he was happy to shake their hands. Bristlr is a niche dating app that connects people with beards with people who like beards. The site claims ~170k users. Spex connects people who wear glasses.
by Suzy Jackson
See full article at BQLive.co.uk
Mark Brooks: M14's appearance on Dragon's Den is available now on the BBC iPlayer at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08gdflb.
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Online Dating In China’s Male-Dominant Population
YIBADA – Feb 20 – There are ~200M single adults in China currently. As online dating was proven popular in the country, women often said they feel harassed due to user gender imbalance. A dating app are launching new features to protect women. Tantan, often referred to Chinese Tinder, placed a security feature wherein users only matched after manually verifying both of their profile pictures and personal information to prove authenticity. They also placed an automatic notification to the female user if a male user either sends any suspicious content or makes overt sexual references to her. If the female confirmed the notification, the male's account is deleted. The abuse reporting rate on Tantan is now at 1%.
by Jomel Javier
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eHarmony Is Gearing Up For A Battle To Win Back Millennials
BUSINESS INSIDER – Feb 18 – Historically, eHarmony has not thought of swipe-based apps as competitors, since they tend to cater to more casual daters. But there are plenty of people who now use those apps to look for long-term partners — on Tinder it's 80% of users. By last count, eHarmony has ~750k paid subscribers and 10M active users, which is about the same number it's had since 2012. Tinder, meanwhile, has ~1M premium users and 50M people using the app. eHarmony CEO says business is still strong, even if it's not growing. His primary goal for 2017 is to increase user satisfaction. The company is currently a research into people's senses of humor to incorporate that into its matching algorithm. The company is also making other small fixes attempt to help the app feel fresher.
Swipe Right For The Coolest New Dating Platforms
CREATOR – Feb 13 – New dating apps and sites are helping people find love in some rather unconventional ways. Ona lets users connect with specialists to help them get better at dating. Hater dating app matches people based on things they can't stand. Ferndate helps people put their best image forward. The team also sets up a professional photo shoot for people. Blur, the location-based dating app keeps the profile pictures out of focus until users answer some simple questions that measure personality, interests, and compatibility. After answering five to seven questions, they can clearly see their potential match. Justin Jia, founder of Blur, also wants dating to be fun. The app is "built like a game," modeled after Buzzfeed-style quizzes with questions like "Are you a cat person or a dog person?" Launched last December, the platform already has ~2K users.