PRESS RELEASE – Mar 11 – Hily, the US dating app that stands for "Hey, I Like You", is launching in the UK this week. Hily provides a high level of safety and security through profile verification. The unique feature of the app is the usage of AI. Hily analyses users' likes, matches, and dialogues to create a personalized set of potential partners.
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Dating App “Bare” Lets Users Share Nude Pics but Asks for ID First
DAILYSTAR.CO.UK – Mar 11 – A new dating app on which users can choose to share naked pictures of themselves is set to launch in the UK. The dating app's owners said giving people the choice to bare all could give it an edge over Tinder and Bumble. But users will not be able to immediately share nude snaps with each other – which BARE's founders say will ease users' fears of receiving unsolicited photos. Members would need to provide ID before using the app. Bare is set to launch this summer.
The UK Government Is Looking to Criminalize Unsolicited Dick Pics
THE NEXT WEB – Mar 8 – The Home Office is taking preliminary steps towards criminalizing "online flashing." In its "Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)" report, the Home Office proposed 10 commitments it believes will help protect women and girls in the UK – and it's backed with ~ £100M in funding over the next five years. By law, it's considered "indecent exposure" to flash your naked body on the street – and it shouldn't be excused online. In the UK, 41% of women aged 18 to 36 have reportedly received non-consensual sexual images.
Dating App Hily to Launch in the UK
PRESS RELEASE – Feb 26 – Hily, a US-based dating app, is launching in the UK at the beginning of March. The unique feature of the app is the usage of AI. Hily analyses users' likes, matches, and dialogues to create a personalized set of potential partners. The more the users swipe, the smarter the machine gets and the higher are their chances to find someone special.
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Jaumo, the 40M Users Dating App, Operates as a Lean, Bootstrapped Company
GRUENDERSZENE – Feb 13 – Almost every third German over 16 has ever used a dating service, according to a survey by Bitkom. Jens Kammerer and Benjamin Roth founded a social network (Kwick) 20 years ago. Now they run Jaumo, a dating app with 40M users – without VC-money and office. The app, which was launched in 2011, generated annual profit of ~1M Eur in 2017, and claims ~40M users in 180 countries, including ~2.7M in Germany. The app sees 130K – 170K new registrations a day. The company now employs 24 people but still doesn't have an office. "Every Friday we have a video call and discuss how the week went. In addition, we have a virtual coffee talk twice a month where we talk about private things. Once a year, we organize a meetup. Last time we were in Dubrovnik," says Jens Kammerer.
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50% of Brits Would Continue With a Date Even if They Didn’t Feel Safe
THE SUN – Jan 30 – Dating app Plenty of Fish compiled a Safer Dating report. Just 19% of the 2K adults asked would want to know if their date had a criminal record. And some 49% would stay on a date even if they felt unsafe. A third of people don't tell friends or family when they go on a date, or where they are going.
UK Police Are Dealing With 20 ‘Tinder Crimes’ a Week
DAILY MAIL – Jan 28 – The number of Tinder-related police call-outs has more than doubled in the last three years, official figures show. Police now receive ~20 reports a week linked to the online dating app. As recently as 2015, police had about eight Tinder-related calls a week, or a total of 442. Police figures indicate this rose to 1,087 in 2018.
Austrian Dating App Candidate Celebrates 1M Users Milestone
OTS.AT – Jan 21 – The app launched in 2015 as a dating app where singles get to know each other through Q&A games.
Lumen Is Launching in Wales, And Celebrates the Romanticism of the Welsh Language
NORTH WALES LIVE – Jan 21 – Lumen, a new dating app for the over 50s is launching in Wales, and the people behind it claim to have created a new Welsh phrase. They've come up with word slogan credwchmewncariadarôlpumdegoherwyddeifodmorllawennawrfelybuerioed to mark the launch. The slogan is set to appear on billboards up and down the country. Crafted by Sarah Russell, a writer from Monmouthshire, she says that loosely translated it means "believe in love after 50 because it's as joyful now as it ever was." She was initially inspired by the longest place name in Wales – which is Llanfairpwll (in its short form) on Anglesey. The village's full name is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
Tinder Promotes Lennart Schirmer to Regional Director of Europe
PR NEWSWIRE – Jan 17 – Lennart Schirmer, previously Tinder's Country Manager for Germany, has been promoted to Regional Director of Europe. In this role, Schirmer will oversee operations in Germany, the UK and France. Schirmer joined Tinder in 2017. Prior to Tinder, Schirmer was the CMO of Berlin-based travel startup Wimdu.