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by Emily Davenport
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METRO.CO.UK – Jan 27 – Tinder has come up with a photo verification method whereby selected users will be asked to take a selfie that matches a pose shown by a model in a sample image. Tinder advises doing this twice before requesting verification. The photos are then sent to Tinder's community team, which determines whether the account is legitimate or not. If all is as it should be, a blue checkmark will be assigned to the account. Tinder is also working on a tool to weed out potentially offensive messages. The new moves come after a partnership with safety app Noonlight which give daters an easy way to call emergency services.
NASDAQ – Jan 24 – Nick Sciple talks with Dan McMurtrie and Alex Draime of Tyro Partners about the bull case paper they recently wrote on online dating. Some topics discussed:
by Nick Sciple
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NEWSDIO – Jan 27 – Tinder will use machine learning to automatically detect potentially offensive messages. If a message is marked on the system, Tinder will ask its recipient: "Does this bother you?" If the answer is yes, Tinder will direct them to the report form. The new feature is currently available in 11 countries and nine languages, with plans to eventually expand to all languages and countries where the application is used.
TECH CRUNCH – Jan 24 – Founder Andreas Kröpfl has spent almost a decade building a videoconferencing business. His Austria-based startup's current web-based videoconferencing system, eyeson, which launched in 2018, has had some nice traction since launch, garnering a few million customers. Last summer the team decided to branch out by building their own video dating app. The app, called Ahoi, is now generating 100k video calls and 250k swipes per day, says Kröpfl. They picked India for the test launch because it has a lot of people on the same timezone, a large active mobile user-base and cheap marketing is still "easily possible".
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OPW – Jan 25 – Could demographic declines lead to Governments taking an interest in Internet dating. If so, what might that look like? Populations in many developed countries are on the decline as fertility rates plummet, according to an article in Financial Times last week.
According to the UN "27 countries have fewer people now than in 2010 …and it expects 55 countries, including China, to experience declines by 2050." Falling populations will become the norm. That's very bad for economic output and growth, which could also be bad for living standards. So, what's a good Government to do? – Mark Brooks, Host – IDEA.gp, CEO – Courtland Brooks Agency/Consultancy
WEHOVILLE – Jan 23 – According to Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera, Bending Spoons, an app developer based in Milan, has made a bid for Grindr. Grindr, currently owned by Chinese Kunlun Tech, has been ordered by the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment to sell its stake in Grindr by June 2020. Bending Spoons and a group of Italian banks have offered $260M to buy Grindr.
TECH CRUNCH – Jan 23 – Match Group has invested in and partnered with connected safety platform Noonlight to roll out a series of new safety features to its dating apps. The tools include emergency assistance, location tracking, photo verification, and an updated in-app Safety Center. Match Group didn't disclose the size of the investment, but did say it was joining Noonlight's Board of Directors. Noonlight, which has been operating for five years, today partners with Uber, Lyft, Alexa, Google Home, Fitbit, Canary, SmartThings and others. It has handled ~100K emergencies to date and runs 3 monitoring centers. One key addition to Tinder, powered by Noonlight, will allow U.S. users to share details about upcoming dates via Noonlight's Timeline technology. Tinder users will be able to share who they are meeting, where and when by adding the date to their timeline. Another new feature will allow users to easily and discreetly trigger emergency services via the Noonlight app, if they're feeling uneasy or in need of assistance.
by Sarah Perez
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