Month: June 2017
43% Of Couples Fell In Love Within The First Hour Of Meeting
THE VOICE – June 9 – According to TrueView survey, 80% of Brits believe you can't use science to make someone fall in love with you. Nearly a quarter of us knew we'd found 'the one' the moment they set eyes on our partner, with a further 43% realising within just an hour. And 85% of us are so in tune with our other half that we didn't need to ask if they loved us; we both just knew.
The full article was originally published at The Voice, but is no longer available.
Zoosk CEO To Leave The Company
MARKETWIRED – June 14 – Kelly Steckelberg, CEO and President, has decided to leave the company for personal reasons, effective June 14, 2017. Mike Hodges, a member of Zoosk's Board of Directors and an early investor in the company, will be the interim CEO while a search for a permanent CEO is conducted.
Inside The Secret Version Of Tinder Select
BUSINESS INSIDER – June 14 – Tinder Select is a secret version of Tinder for "celebrities, models, and millionaires." Tinder has never officially acknowledged Tinder Select exists, and there's a lot of misinformation out there about it. It functions the same way regular Tinder does. There is no separate feed where users can swipe only on selected members. When Tinder Select users run across someone who is also a Tinder Select member, they appear with a blue border around their picture, and a badge that says "Select" along the top. There's a supercharged algorithm that pushes profiles toward the front of the feeds of people they had swiped "yes" on. Right now, Tinder Select simply seems like a way to make its top users happy, and perhaps more likely to stick around on the app.
Online Dating Study: Too Many Choices Lead To Dissatisfaction
by Käri Knutson
See full article at University of Wisconsin-Madison news
Review Of iDate Mobile Dating Conference
OPW – June 9 – The last mobile dating conference took place last week in Los Angeles. Its main focus was on mobile technologies, marketing and monetizing of mobile dating apps. The review was conducted by Mark Brooks, publisher of OPW and CEO of Courtland Brooks, Steve Dean, consultant at Courtland Brooks and Ritesh Bhatnagar, CMO at Woo.
How Violet Lim Started Lunch Actually
ASIA ONE – June 12 – Lunch Actually founder Violet Lim gave corporate life a shot but came to the conclusion that she should start her own business. It was due to her job at a bank that allowed her to see a gap in the market. "I noticed a lot of my colleagues were single. Her friends who were about to tie the knot had met each other in university. "If you miss that opportunity, it gets more difficult. It's a real thing." Lim and her husband Jamie Lee founded Lunch Actually in 2004. Today, her company boasts ~100 employees with offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Indonesia. They have arranged 63k dates across Asia.
by Andrea Saadan
See full article at Asia One
Outdoor App Yonder Bought By Dating App Luvbyrd
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“First” – A New App That Sends Users On A First Date Immediately
MASHABLE – June 13 – On First users post a date idea and a time, and people can submit to join them. They pick a winner, and then just show up for the date. The app, which launches nationwide for iOS today, is the brainchild of Truman Kain, a 25-year old from LA. His goal is "getting people off of their phones and onto the date."
This Is What Makes Tinder So Seductive
