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Month: March 2022
Dating News Headlines: Apple, Planet Theta, Tinder
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Match Launches Stir, a Dating App for Single Parents
PR NEWSWIRE – Stir aims to provide community and connection to the 20M single parents in the U.S. that are oftentimes underserved on mainstream dating apps. "Having kids shouldn't be a deal breaker when dating," said Dinh Thi Bui, VP of New Verticals at Match Group.
Dating News Headlines: Stir, Hinge, Navis Fidelis
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- On National Single Parent Day, Match Launches Stir, a Dating App Designed Exclusively for Single Parents – PR Newswire
- Why Hinge Is Okay Making Less Money Than Tinder and Bumble – The Hustle
- French Priest Launches Dating Site With Strict Rules – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Dating App Scammers Are Rampant
INSIDER – The hit Netflix documentary "The Tinder Swindler," raised awareness about dating app scams, also called romance scams. Romance scam victims lost $1.3B total in the past 5 years, according to the FTC. In January, a man in Denver lost $1.6M after a Hinge match told him to invest it into a retirement account. Another woman gave a Hinge match her $300K in life savings to invest into a cryptocurrency exchange site that turned out to be fake. There are ways to preemptively protect yourself from identity theft and financial fraud, Mark Kapczynski, SVP of strategic partnerships at cybersecurity service OneRep. He suggested removing personal information from Google searches. Even if a dating-app match only has your first name, general location, and picture, they can still track you down with a quick internet search, said Kapczynski. "There are 150 or 200 sites that will have your personal information on them. Google your date and do a reverse-image search. Last, he said look out for certain behaviors, like intense persistence, or asking for money or to meet in a remote location.
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Blast From the Past – Indian Dating and Matrimony Documentary
OPW – Five years ago I travelled to India, to Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai to visit Woo, Shaadi and Matrimony. I produced an amateur documentary, a vlogumentary, about matrimony services and the evolving market for dating apps. See this video at Broggy.com. The interviews with the CEOs of Woo, Shaadi and Matrimony were very revealing. Next week I'm honored to be cohosting the next roundtable LTR SUMMIT in Dubai with the CEO/Founder of Matrimony, Murugavel Janakiraman.
The Top Internet Dating Reporters in 2021, According to Online Personals Watch
OPW – Each year we take a look at which reporters have received the most coverage on Online Personals Watch. Here's our rankings for 2021.
- Sarah Perez, Tech Crunch
- Laura Forman, Wall Street Journal
- Rachel Thompson, Mashable
- Mark Travers, Forbes
- Anna Iovine, Mashable
- Ashley Carman, The Verge
- Natasha Lomas, Tech Crunch
- Leo Sun, The Motley Fool
- Aisha Malik, Tech Crunch
- Melody Hahm, Yahoo Finance
Dating News Headlines: Thursday, NOMI
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Alike Connects Asian Americans
ASAMNEWS – Since its closed beta test in December 2020 and a subsequent soft launch in August 2021, the app has garnered praise from Asian American users. The app was launched by Hanmin Yang, who immigrated from South Korea to Canada when he was eight, and learned to navigate Canadian society, culture, and language by watching copious amounts of television and film. He was dismayed by the numerous stereotypes Asians were forced into: women who were portrayed as fetishized and submissive, men depicted as asexual martial arts masters, or nerds. Yang says he hit rock bottom after a failed marriage. Creating Alike was a way for Yang to heal from those "scars of trauma and internalized racism." Alike was originally released as a dating app. The development team implemented a friendship feature in July 2021 after receiving feedback from numerous female beta testers who wanted to connect with other women on a non-romantic basis.
by Julia Tong
See full article at AsAmNews