METRO.CO.UK – Aug 9 – Andy Bartram set up Vet Your Date earlier this month to stop singletons from being catfished by fake profiles or scammers. The former police worker charges £20 to search details of any Tinder or Bumble match and put together a report for his customer. He is going to be introducing a monthly subscription for those who are constantly talking to new people online.
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Tinder Seeks Agency For UK PR Account
PRWEEK – Aug 8 – Tinder is seeking a new UK PR agency. The UK account for the dating app has been held by London-based PR agency Rebecca Abigail since 2013. The agency has chosen not to re-pitch.
7 Students Are Developing A New Dating App That Put The Voice First
WESER REPORT – July 26 – Seven students from Bremen have now developed a new dating app that puts the voice first rather than the profile photo. "The picture is always displayed first in a dating app," criticized Marlon Escobar Saupe, who is studying digital media at the Hochschule für Künste (HfK) in the fourth semester. "You should not underestimate the voice, because it says a lot more." Together with six other students he wants to bring the app Nanda on the market. Instead of a picture users first receive voice messages of their potential matches.
Morad Adjaoud Joins Once From Tinder As CMO
NEW-BUSINESS.DE – June 22 – Slow dating app Once wants to expand its presence in Germany. The app has hired Morad Adjaoud, the former Head of International Growth of Tinder. Adjaoud joins Once as Chief Marketing Officer. Adjaoud will be responsible for worldwide marketing, but will pay special attention to the German market. Once launched in France in 2015; claims 2.1M French users and 1.5M German users.
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Dating App Ohlala Plans To Raise $100M Through An ICO
by Thomas Ohr
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The Meet Group Launches LOVOO Live In Spain And Italy
BUSINESSWIRE – June 13 – The Meet Group announced the release of live video on LOVOO, its leading European dating app, in Spain and Italy. "We are pleased to continue rolling out livestreaming video to the LOVOO audience, building on our previous launches in Austria, Switzerland, and France with this expansion to Spain and Italy," said Geoff Cook, CEO of The Meet Group. "We are progressing ahead of schedule, and we expect to bring Live to Germany, LOVOO's largest country, later this summer." Live lets users interact with one another by allowing them to broadcast from anywhere at any time.
Lovoo Launches Live Video In France And Switzerland
Parship: Online Dating Is Becoming Increasingly Popular
PARSHIP – May 29 – According to Parship, every second German has ever searched online for love (53%). In 2017, 90% of singles actively seeking a partner using the Internet (97% of people aged 35-44 use the Internet to search for partner, vs 47% of singles aged 18-29 years old). In 2017 there were 3.5M couples who met online. This means that more than every fifth German citizen (21%) has met the current partner on the Internet. The Internet is also one of the top flirting hotspots. 33% of Germans like to flirt on the Internet.
Age Verification Laws Are Changing In The UK
TRAFFIC STARS – May 23 – The UK is the first country to introduce age verification laws for all adult content websites. The plan, initially announced in July 2017, is reported to have been pushed back until "the end of the year". The legislation was designed to protect children from easily accessing "harmful content" online. On the upcoming roll out of age verification legislation in the UK, webmasters are free to choose which sort of tools they will use to comply.
ChristianMingle Is Expanding Across Europe
CHRISTIANTODAY – May 24 – Christian Mingle already has an established presence in the UK, Canada, Australia and the US. The platform will go live across several countries in Europe this summer: it began a presence in France, Germany and Spain on March 13, and Russia, Poland and other countries are set to follow soon. The site is part of Spark Networks SE which owns several other dating brands such as JSwipe and Jdate, and the Mormon site LDSSingles.
See full article at Christian Today