Category: All UK & Europe

Britons Spend 23 Hours a Week Surfing Websites

Posted on June 3, 2019

Internet usage uk graphicsDAILYMAIL.CO.UK – May 31 – The average Briton spends 22 hours and 45 minutes a week online, according to Ofcom study. ~18 of those hours are spent on mobiles. One in ten Britons still never uses the Internet at all. The average Briton looks at their phone every 12 minutes. Women spend longer on their phones than men, an average of 33 minutes more every day. And Britons are willing to spend more money on apps that will help them in the pursuit of love and sex than anything else, Ofcom's study suggests. Two of the top three apps that Internet users spent money on were for dating. Tinder topped the list, followed by TV and movie streaming service Netflix. The third was dating app Bumble.

by Katherine Rushton & Tim Stickings
See full article at DailyMail.co.uk

HappyGo Launches On-The-Day Dating App

Posted on May 10, 2019

Happygo bannerBUSINESSCLOUD.CO.UK – May 9 – HappyGo has launched a London dating app to arrange dates on the same day. The app, aimed at young working professionals, will give users three local profile choices of potential dates and have until 1pm that day to decide on one. At 2pm they will be notified if they have found a match, and the app will introduce the pair and recommend a nearby pub or bar for them to meet.

by Hayley Sewell
See full article at BusinessCloud.co.uk

Brussels Court Slaps Fine on RichMeetBeautiful Dating Site

Posted on May 8, 2019

Richmeetbeautiful bannerBRUSSELS TIMES – May 8 – Brussels' correctional court has ruled against dating site RichMeetBeautiful, declaring it guilty of "encouraging sexual immorality or prostitution". The site's owner, Sigurd Vedal, was dealt a suspended six-month prison sentence and ordered to pay ~€200K fine. The ruling follows a 2017 lawsuit after the site targeted students at the Free University of Brussels with controversial ads. The court slapped an additional €240K fine on the site's parent company, Digisec Media Limited, ordering it to pay an additional amount to the university for damages. The site remains blocked in Belgium.

by Gabriela Galindo
See full article at Brussels Times

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German Group Dating App Go Crush Attracts New Angel Investor

Posted on May 7, 2019

Gocrush logoEU STARTUPS – May 6 – Frankfurt-based startup Go Crush is a dating app that allows people to meet in groups. Dr. Jost Schwaner, the ex-CEO of Elitepartner, has just invested a mid-five-figure sum in Go Crush. The team plans to raise another €500K in September, after raising €250K last year. Founded in 2017, Go Crush so far has ~50k registered users in Germany.

by Mary Loritz
See full article at EU Startups

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Dating App Hily Is Now Also Popular in Ireland

Posted on April 18, 2019

Hily iconIRISH POST – Apr 16 – Right after its recently launch in the UK and Ireland, the app made it to the top charts in Apple Store, beating its top competitors in overall download numbers. It is considered to be one of the fastest growing dating apps. "The most interesting things on Hily happen when a user actively engages with the application, swipes left or right, writes messages, sends bubbles," says Hily's co-founder Yan Pronin. "Based on this information, Hily identifies the interests and preferences of each user – things like who this person really likes and which potential matches will generate the best quality interaction."

See full article at Irish Post

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UK – Websites to Be Fined Over ‘Online Harms’ Under New Proposals

Posted on April 9, 2019

Online harms picBBC – Apr 8 – Internet sites could be fined or blocked if they fail to tackle "online harms" such as terrorist propaganda, child abuse, harassment, cyber-bullying and the sale of illegal goods, under new government plans. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has proposed an independent watchdog that will write a "code of practice" for tech companies. Home Secretary Sajid Javid said tech giants and social media companies had a moral duty "to protect the young people they profit from". The plans call for an independent regulator to hold Internet companies to account. It would be funded by the tech industry. The government is considering fines for individual company executives and making search engines remove links to offending websites. It is also consulting over blocking harmful websites. But all sorts of issues has yet to be settled. Rebecca Stimson, Facebook's head of UK policy, said: "New regulations are needed so that we have a standardised approach across platforms and private companies aren't making so many important decisions alone."

by Chris Fox
See full article at BBC

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50% of Dutch Online Daters Downloaded Tinder

Posted on April 8, 2019

Dating app turnoffs surveyDUTCH TECH MAGAZINE – Apr 7 – In the Netherlands, Tinder is downloaded on average 46,854 times a month. Last year there were more than half a million Tinder downloads (566,946). The number of singles in the Netherlands is growing steadily with an average increase of 1.7% over the past five years. Last year there were ~3M singles in the Netherlands. 50% of the Dutch daters have downloaded Tinder. Badoo comes second with a 25% share. Lexa.nl (18%), Happn (15%) and Relatieplanet (11%) fill the top five most popular dating apps.

See full article at Dutch Tech Magazine

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Belgium Seeks to Punish Owner of ‘Sugar Daddy’ Site

Posted on April 6, 2019

Richmeetbeautiful bannerAGENCE PRESSE FRANCE – Apr 5 – Belgian prosecutors are seeking a suspended prison sentence for Sigurd Vedal, an entrepreneur accused of promoting prostitution through a dating site for rich men and young women – RichMeetBeautiful.com. He appeared in court on Thursday. In 2017, as students returned to the Free University of Brussels after their summer break, they were greeted by a truck carrying a mobile advertising hoarding. The poster showed a woman's bosom barely covered by a bra and the slogan: "Hey female students, improve your lifestyle, go out with a Sugar Daddy." The truck was seized after the university complained to the police, and Vedal has since been arrested and charged with "incitement to debauchery and prostitution". He insisted that he simply wanted to encourage customers to seek dates that were "out of the ordinary." In addition to a six-month suspended sentence, prosecutors asked that Vedal be fined 40K Eur and his company Digisec Media a further 250K Eur. The Belgian court will give its verdict on May 8. Vedal is also under investigation in France, accused of "aggravated pimping" after publicising a version of his site on a Paris campus.

by Matthieu Demeestere
See full article at The Jakarta Post

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One in Five Men Admit to Snooping on a Loved One’s Smartphone

Posted on April 4, 2019

SnoopingDAILYMAIL.CO.UK – Apr 3 – Experts from the University of South Wales surveyed 2K people in the UK. One in five men said they waited until their partner was asleep to use their fingerprint to unlock their phone. More than half of those who snooped on their partner discovered something that led them to believe they had cheated. Almost six in ten indicated that sexting should be considered cheating while 40% felt it was not.

by Victoria Bell
See full article at DailyMail.co.uk

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Once Launched Once Again, a Dating App for Users 50+

Posted on April 1, 2019

Once again logoLADN.EU – Apr 1 – Slow dating app Once is launching a new app for users in their 50s. The app is called Once Again. 88% of Once users who spend more than 30 minutes a day on the app are over 50 years old. The fifties also represents 34% of the user base of the app.

See full article az Ladn.eu

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