DAILYMAIL.CO.UK – Tinder has revealed that January 2nd 2022 will be its busiest day, and advises logging on from 7pm-10pm, as these are the peak hours. January 2nd is known as Dating Sunday. Following Dating Sunday, Tinder has revealed that members will soon be able to select from a series of '2022 Goals' within the Explore page.
Month: December 2021
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Dating News Headlines
Quick links to today's dating news headlines.
- Tinder's Busiest Swiping Day is on January 2nd – Daily Mail
Apple Must Let Dating Apps Offer Alternate In-app Payment Options
THE VERGE – Apple must allow dating app developers to offer non-Apple payment systems for in-app purchases or face a hefty fine, according to a detailed ruling released today from the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM). The regulator has been investigating the company's App Store practices since 2019, but Reuters reports that it decided to focus on dating apps after receiving a complaint from Match Group. This decision doesn't apply to other app categories, like games or productivity apps, in the country. If the company fails to do so by January 15th, it faces a 5M Euro-per-week fine, up to a maximum of 50M Euros.
Why the CEO of Match Group Took a Stand on the Texas Abortion Law
NEW YORK TIMES – When Texas lawmakers this summer passed a restrictive abortion law, Shar Dubey, the CEO of Match Group, confronted it head-on. "As a Texas resident, I am shocked that I now live in a state where women’s reproductive laws are more regressive than most of the world, including India," she said in an email to employees, while announcing she was creating a fund to support Match employees affected by the new law. For Ms. Dubey, who has maintained a relatively low profile, it was an unusual foray into political activism, and a reminder of the power she wields as one of the few top female executives in the technology industry.
Q: You were one of the only women in your class at I.I.T. Was it a welcoming environment?
A: I happened to become the only girl in my class of ~100 boys. I almost quit in the first week. A girl who was a couple of years senior to me told me, "If you're going to quit, who else is going to lose out? Grit it up and go figure out how you're going to survive this." And I did.
Q: How did you make your way to Ohio State for grad school?
A: After I graduated, I went back to my hometown and got a job with the steel company. I saved up $800 and took my first plane ride of my life to Columbus, Ohio.
Q: What was the first job that you got after graduating from Ohio State?
A: It was at an aerospace engineer manufacturing company in rural Pennsylvania.
Q: What was the hardest thing you're dealing with as CEO right now?
A: Maintaining the trust equity that comes with building relationships.
Q: Match has been more welcoming of some online regulations than many of the big tech companies. Can you explain where your positions diverge?
A: For most of Big Tech, privacy comes first. Apple famously doesn't unlock a phone, even for a terrorist. We've always known that safety was existential for our category, because we're introducing strangers on our platform who eventually go meet in real life.
Q: Do you feel like the big tech companies are taking enough responsibility for the real-world consequences of what happens on their platforms?
A: It's super challenging, and in the absence of real laws and enforcement, we're all making stuff up. One of the things which is easier for us, as a one-on-one introduction platform, is that we have a much harder stance on bad behavior. A cuss word is enough for us to kick you out of the platform.
Q: How has dating changed during the pandemic?
A: People became more realistic and honest about themselves and who they were looking for.
Chennai-based Matrimony Enters Bangladesh’s Matchmaking Market
THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS – Matrimony, believes that the market has huge potential in the country following societal and lifestyle changes of urban people. BangladeshiMatrimony says it gets ~1,000 clients a day now. It provides round-the-clock call-center service to those who are looking for life partners. Matrimony.com Limited, whose flagship brand is BharatMatrimony, has ~4K employees working at ~20 offices across India.
by Jasim Uddin Haroon
See full article at The Financial Express
How Dating Apps Are Countering ‘FODA’ This Covid-19 Christmas
FORBES – "With the vaccines and other changes in the pandemic, people want to get back out there and date," said Logan Ury, director of relationship science at Hinge, citing her research into 2021 dating trends. "But we also understood that more than half of singles have FODA." "FODA," Ury explained, "is fear of dating again." "People need love. People need connection," said Wolfe Herd in her CNBC interview. "That does not go away, irrespective of the changing landscape of this pandemic so our business remains largely unaffected during this new wave." Bumble adapted during the pandemic using video and voice. Hinge has adopted this tech, too, but not with a nod to its competition. Its team said they found inspiration in Clubhouse and added voice to users' profiles.
Dating News Headlines
Quick links to today's dating news headlines.
- Why the CEO Behind Match.com and Tinder Took a Stand on the Texas Abortion Law – New York Times
- Apple Must Let Dating Apps Offer Alternate In-app Payment Options, Says Dutch Regulator – The Verge
- Chennai-based Matrimony Enters Bangladesh's Digital Matchmaking Market – Financial Express
- How Dating Apps Are Countering 'FODA' This Covid-19 Christmas – Forbes
Dating Platform CarpeDM Raises Seed Funding
GLOBE NEWSWIRE – VIPC's Virginia Venture Partners invests in CarpeDM, a membership only dating platform and matchmaking service dedicated to connecting professional Black women with other singles seeking meaningful relationships. This funding, through the Virginia Founders fund, will be used to fuel the company's customer acquisition strategy. CarpeDM is one of the only dating apps on the market that conducts 100% background checks for all of its members in partnership with KarmaCheck. Virginia Venture Partners, formerly CIT GAP Funds, is the equity investment program of VIPC that makes seed-stage equity investments in Virginia-based technology, clean energy, and life science companies with a high potential for achieving rapid growth and generating a significant economic return.
See full article at Globe Newswire
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Video Dating App Snack Targets Gen Z
MEDIA POST – Snack, the video-only dating app (think TikTok meets Tinder) soft-launched six months ago with $5M in seed money. Founder Kim Kaplan was one of the original employees of Plenty of Fish. Snack is one of the top 10 most downloaded dating apps in the US and the app currently averages 2.5M video views per month.