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AI-Powered Dating App Betterhalf.AI Helps Users Find the Perfect Life Partner

Posted on February 11, 2019

Betterhalfai logoANALYTICS INDIA MAGAZINE – Feb 10 – Two MIT alumni, Pawan Gupta and Rahul Namdev started Betterhalf.AI in 2016. Betterhalf.AI dating app uses artificial intelligence for professionals to find each other through compatibility scores based on multiple relationship dimensions and their interactions on the product. Currently, Betterhalf.AI has ~17k users, 30% are entrepreneurs, fashion designers, scientists and bankers. The profiles are authenticated through six levels of verification that includes LinkedIn, Facebook, personal email, phone number, work email, and a Government ID. Compatibility scores are calculated based on six-relationship dimensions: emotional, social, intellectual, relationship, physical, and moral values.

by Harshajit Sarmah
See full article at Analytics India Magazine

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Malaysian Dating App Sugarbook.com Raises Seed Capital

Posted on February 4, 2019

Sugarbook profileDEALSTREET ASIA – Feb 4 – Malaysia-based "Sugar Daddy" dating app Sugarbook.com has raised a six-digit seed round from an angel investor. The angel investor comes from an investment banking background from a Hong Kong VC firm. According to Sugarbook, the proceeds will be used to scale and develop its product and infrastructure. Founded in 2017, Sugarbook has 300K members across 60 countries including Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and the US. The company generates revenue from monthly subscriptions and packages for sugar babies and daddies.

by Kristie Neo
See full article at Dealstreet Asia

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Lunch Actually CEO on Dating in the Age of Tinder

Posted on February 2, 2019

VULCAN POST – Feb 1 – Lunch Actually Group‘s CEO recently took to the stage at TEDxNTU to share what dating apps and algorithms don’t tell us, and why true love actually happens offline. She spoke about her personal experience with dating, along with what she feels about dating services in the market now.

by Melissa Chan
See full article at Vulcan Post

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Indian Women Are Breaking the Divorce Stigma

Posted on January 29, 2019

Divorce picECONOMIC TIMES – Jan 27 – India still remains at the top of the list of countries with the lowest divorce rates. Divorces are riddled with stigma in India. But women are challenging that perception now and pushing for a change. ~110K Facebook users from India openly state their relationship status as "divorced". Though women comprise only a fifth of this figure, they surpass men by expressing interest in the concept of a "divorce party" or liking pages around the "happily divorced" theme. Dating app Truly Madly has seen a 200% increase in the number of profiles stating their divorced, widowed, or single-parent status upfront. In 2016, 3% of Truly Madly's user base would have such statuses.

by Shephali Bhatt
See full article at Economic Times

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73.4 % of Chinese Consider Live Streaming to Be a Legitimate Profession

Posted on January 25, 2019

Momo app logoMEDIUM – Jan 24 – Momo, one of China's largest live streaming platforms, has published the 2018 Live Streaming Profession Report. According to the report, 73.4% of respondents believe that live streaming is a profession, and ~30% of users said that one of their friends or family members is a live streamer. Women in their 20s dominate the profession. 21% of full-time broadcasters and 9.6% of part-time broadcasters earn over 10,000 RMB ($1,478) per month from streaming. The average salary in Beijing is 8,467 RMB.

by Lauren Hallanan
See full article at Medium

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Chinese Companies Offer ‘Dating Leave’ to Single Female Employees Aged 30+

Posted on January 23, 2019

Chinese womenINDEPENDENT.CO.UK – Jan 23 – Two companies in China are giving single female employees over the age of 30 an extra eight days of annual "dating leave" over the Chinese New Year to "go home and date". Single women in China in their late 20s and early 30s are deemed to be "leftover women," or shengnu, due to engrained traditional beliefs that women who are not married by then are undesirable. But more women are now choosing to focus on their careers and are marrying later or simply not marrying at all. 

by Maya Oppenheim
See full article at Independent.co.uk

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Grindr Banned in Lebanon

Posted on January 22, 2019

Grindr bannedIBTIMES – Jan 21 – Lebanon has reportedly banned people from accessing Grindr, a gay dating mobile app, on the country's public network. The reason behind the ban was unknown. Other countries have partially and completely banned the app. Here is a list of such countries:

  1. Turkey
  2. Iran
  3. Saudi Arabia
  4. Indonesia
  5. Egypt
  6. China
  7. United Arab Emirates
  8. Ukraine
  9. Russia

by Vaishnavi Vaidyanathan
See full article at IBTimes

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Tinder Promotes Itself as a Social Discovery App in South Korea

Posted on January 22, 2019

Tinder logo higher resolutionKOREA HERALD – Jan 22 – Online dating is still largely taboo in South Korea, and faced with such cultural challenges, Tinder is trying a different marketing approach by highlighting its social networking role for millennials. In a press conference held in Seoul, Tinder CEO Elie Seidman branded the company as a "social discovery app," saying it would offer users more opportunities to expand their networks. The dating app is launching an extensive ad campaign called "Find Friends on Tinder."

by Yeo Jun-suk
See full article at Korea Herald

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Tinder Hires New Country Manager of Australia

Posted on January 22, 2019

Tinder Kristen HardemanBANDT – Jan 22 – Tinder has hired Kristen Hardeman as its new country manager of Australia. In this role, Hardeman will be responsible for overseeing marketing operations in Australia and building the brand strategically in market. Prior to joining Tinder, Hardeman led consumer marketing for Intel Australia.

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How Shaadi.com Uses Technology to Find the Perfect Match

Posted on January 22, 2019

Shaadi ajay poddarETCIO.COM – Jan 21 – Ajay Poddar, VP-Engineering, Shaadi.com shares how the online matchmaking company uses technology to bring people together. When it comes to the matchmaking, first impressions matter. The company maintains a team that reviews photos to ensure they are appropriate. Using Amazon Rekognition, Shaadi has reduced the photo screening time by 95%. The profile-matching process is computationally intensive and algorithm-based. They decided to migrate to AWS in order to improve agility and reduce infrastructure management complexity. Today, ~60% of Shaadi's cost on the web servers got saved by moving to Amazon EC2 Spot. With AWS they have doubled the number of matchmaking algorithms that could be tested simultaneously. "Prior to using AWS we could run less than 2 AB test at any given time, however now we run 6-8, and that can even go up to 10-12 as AWS allows us to scale", Mr Poddar said.

by Sneha Jha
See full article at ETCio.com

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