CRIME RUSSIA – Oct 25 – Senator Tamara Pletneva, the chairman of Russia's State Duma Committee on family relations, believes dating sites have a negative impact on the relationship between a man and a woman. "I would completely restrict access to dating websites and apps, and limit the whole Internet, because our children, young people, and even elderly people get access to bad things there," she said.
Month: October 2018
Dutch Tinder Rival The Inner Circle To Launch VIP Subscription
SILICON CANALS – Oct 25 – The Inner Circle lately won the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 awards this year for showing a consistent four-year growth. The Inner Circle is planning to launch a new VIP subscription very soon. Up until now, users in The Inner Circle used to get a match when they would like each other. With the new VIP subscription, they can find the people who liked them, find out who's interested and can make an instant matching connection. The VIP subscription also has a feature called 'Ghost Mode', where people can go online, but it doesn't show that they're online. The startup has already done beta testing and has high hopes, the new feature would be a hit.
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There’s A New Dating App Called Blindfold
URBAN DADDY – Oct 25 – A new dating app called Blindfold has just launched in New York, after having launched in Los Angeles earlier this year. On Blindfold, users build their profile with the normal good-but-not-too-good photos and start by answering some "yes" or "no" questions in what they call the "preference deck." Then they'll get to the standard left-or-right swiping, the difference being they can see how compatible they are with a potential match, given their preferences. Once they match, they'll have the option to play another "deck," swiping "yes" or "no" on 21 cards, each of which has a phrase or activity that belongs to a particular topic. When they're done, a recap will reveal where they did and didn't match. Finally, with a single tap, they can send messages based on their answers.
Badoo To Help Solve Ghosting Problem
The Inner Circle Hunts For A Place In The International Dating Market
RTLZ – Oct 25 – David Vermeulen, founder of The Inner Circle, wants to know what is going on in his busy market. He is on 40 different dating sites. With a turnover growth of 3460%, The Inner Circle is the fastest growing technology company in the Netherlands, according to Deloitte. The Inner Circle is only for highly educated professionals between the ages of 25 and 45. The company claims to have ~1M users but Mr Vermeulen doesn't want to disclose how many of them are paying users. (The site charges 20Eur/month for premium membership). The Inner Circle is live in New York, LA, London, Hong Kong and Sydney.
by Suzanne Blotenburg
See full article at RTLZ
Tinder Is About To Have Its Best Winter Yet, According To Usage Data
THINKNUM – Oct 25 – Ever hear of "cuffing season"? It's based on the notion that humans tend to look for mates to cuddle up with as the weather gets colder, manifesting in an uptick in dating activity. This graph represents Tinder's monthly users rank via Facebook login. Its usage spikes clearly occur just before Christmas. But this year, Tinder saw a major swell in popularity over the summer when it was, for the first time in its history, the 2nd-most used app on all of Facebook at the end of July. So Tinder is about to roar back to its best Christmas ever. 
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Dating App Vibes’ New Funny Campaign
ADWEEK – Oct 25 – Dating app Vibes has just launched a new video ad, featuring a mechanic motif that uses witty banter to identify disdainful dating app behaviors including dishonesty and unsolicited photos. "Texting is a bad way to get to know someone," said Vibes CEO Jenais Zarlin, who is also the co-creative director on this campaign. "Attraction is nuanced. It's expression, body language, signals you get from in-person interactions that just don't come through from photos, written bios, and texts."
The Rise Of The Dating Dinner Party
AI Webinar With eHarmony CEO
BRIGHT TALK – Oct 24 – With AI, every time a customer engages with your brand, you're making that moment really count. Register for this free webinar to learn:
- How AI levels up personalization and customer engagement
- How to use AI-fueled data analytics to create tactical marketing plans.
- How to create personalized moments without being creepy
- How to increase real and effective relevance to customers across channels
Speakers:
- Grant Langston, CEO, eHarmony
- Dave Gerhardt, VP Marketing, Drift
- Brian Witlin, CEO, Yummly
- Joanna O'Connell, VP Principal Analyst, Forrester
Date: Oct 30, 2018
Coffee Meets Bagel Meets Redis Labs To Solve Performance Challenges
PR NEWSWIRE – Oct 23 – Dating app Coffee Meets Bagel has turned to Redis Enterprise to dramatically improve its app performance and smoothly scale operations as the company expands internationally and experiences massive user base grows. Redis Labs is the home of Redis, the world's most popular in-memory database, and commercial provider of Redis Enterprise that delivers superior performance, matchless reliability and unparalleled flexibility for personalization, machine learning, IoT, search, eCommerce, social and metering solutions worldwide.
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