BUSTLE – Feb 13 – Lolly is a new, short-form video dating app. "Short video content gives users so much valuable information to make more meaningful connections. You can see someone's dog, how they interact with their family, their personality, and quirks," says Angela Huang, Lolly's press associate. Like TikTok, Lolly is about showing, not telling. There's no room for bios or mandatory questions to answer, just space to create content.
by Griffin Wynne
See full article at Bustle
MADAME NOIR – Feb 13 – Slide With Intention is a new dating site for Black people designed to match people beyond just a profile picture. It connects users via Instagram based on their "lifestyle choices and their physical preferences for romantic interactions". It's free to join but if members want to play, they have to pay. So far, the site has ~3K users and every day more people are joining.
LTR – Feb 15 – In our modern technological society, important life transactions are taking place online. Jeff Tinsley, CEO of RealMe, discusses the value of building trust and increasing user safety in online dating. He believes that anonymity in online dating contributes to the prevalence of romance scams and fraud. 2020 saw a 20% increase in romance scams attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic. Recent surveys have shown that up to 50% of profiles on dating sites are fake or contain falsified information. 27% of the U.S. adult population has been a victim of fraud or crimes originating from online interactions with financial losses approaching $20B annually. There is a strong demand for reputation and background information, with 98% online daters desiring this information. Jeff Tinsley details the benefits of enhancing safety and trust in the latest video in the LTR Conference series.
LTR stands for Love, Technology, Relationships and the online conference covers the Internet dating and Online Social Communities space. It is for members of IDEA and OSCA.
The November LTR was kindly sponsored by RealMe, vPaaS by The Meet Group & Utopia Analytics.
OPW – Feb 15 – TOPIC: Inside the vPaaS Video Platform as a Service
Geoff Cook heads one of the most unique social dating community companies worldwide. The Meet Group is focused on providing one-to-many video, and comprises industry leading brands Meetme, Lovoo, Tagged, Skout and Growlr. Geoff joined the dating industry in 2005 and pioneered one to many video. This platform (vPaaS) is now available to other dating apps, like POF. What does vPaaS do? Who can get vPaaS? What's in store for the future? Geoff will answer these questions and enlighten you on one-to-many video.
LTR Edition 5 is on Thursday 18th Feb starting 11:30am EST (New York). If you hold a full time leadership role at an Internet dating company then you are welcome to join IDEA for free, and welcome to join LTR events for free. See the LTR Edition 5 overview and invite page here. Email mark@courtlandbrooks.com to RSVP for LTR. There are 80 places only.
LTR is kindly sponsored by RealMe, vPaaS by Meet Group, Utopia Analytics, Real Gifts, and Courtland Brooks
PR NEWSWIRE – Feb 12 – MuslimMatch.com has seen a 40% increase in registrations in the past year and is currently the fastest growing halal dating and marriage app for Muslims worldwide, MuslimMatch.com, headquartered in Dubai, caters to 1.8B Muslims worldwide.
TECH CRUNCH – Feb 12 – Apps saw record downloads and consumer spending in 2020, globally reaching ~$111B to $112B. But a growing part of that spend was subscription payments, a new report from Sensor Tower indicates. Last year, global subscription app revenue from the top 100 subscription apps (excluding games), climbed 34% YOY to $13B, up from $9.7B in 2019. There are some signs that subscription revenue growth may be hitting a peak. Some of the slowdown and otherwise flat growth can be attributed to larger apps, like Netflix and Tinder, which have found ways to workaround the app stores' in-app purchases requirements.
KGET – Feb 12 – Studio 17's Vanessa Dillon talks with Rachel Van Nortwick, creator of Vinylly, about her dating app that pairs users up with someone based on their favorite music.
GRATISDATINGTIPS.NL – Feb 12 – Two recent trademark registrations by the Match Group show that Tinder has ideas for its own product line. Match Group registered a trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on January 20, 2021 to protect the term "Tinder Made". Tinder plans to sell protective covers and cases for cell phones; stands for handheld digital electronic devices; lights for use with mobile phone cameras; clothing, footwear and headwear; bags; cups and water bottles; and more.
VEGCONOMIST – Feb 12 – Veggly, the dating app for vegans and vegetarians, is celebrating over a million 'Veg-Matches' and predicts this number will surpass 2M by mid 2021. The founders of the app also reveals that the platform now has ~300K users around the world.
