THE MOTLEY FOOL – Sep 18 – Apple is releasing iOS 13. The update will include more features designed to strengthen privacy protections for users. Specifically, iOS 13 will have additional location controls and more detailed notifications so users can know when an app is tracking them in the real world. People might start wondering why Facebook wants access to their device's Bluetooth connection. Facebook has no apparent need for that connectivity. It's not as if the Facebook app streams audio to Bluetooth speakers or otherwise needs to transmit data using the short-range wireless protocol. Instead, Facebook is using Bluetooth data in conjunction with other information like Wi-Fi networking data and cell towers to track physical locations. Facebook explained that it collects things like cellular signal strength, mouse movements on computers, GPS location, IP addresses, time zones, Bluetooth signals, nearby Wi-Fi networks, and much, much more. Location data is used to check in to pl
Category: Facebook Dating
Is Facebook Dating Mining for More User Data or Making Love Matches?
IB TIMES – Sep 17 – Facebook rolled out the dating app in the U.S. on Sept. 5, matching users to those that have common interests, events, groups, and preferences. Facebook's user base is shrinking in the U.S. as its younger users move to other popular social media sites. To help with this situation, Facebook has integrated the dating app with Instagram to take advantage of where users are still growing, allowing for the cross-use of posts and a new opportunity for Facebook to gather data.
Top Dating News – First Facebook Dating and Now Vkontakte!
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How Will the US Rollout of Facebook Dating Disrupt the Dating App Landscape?
Bumble CEO: Facebook Jumping Into the Dating Scene Is Validating
CNBC – Sep 11 – Bumble is an app that matches users with potential love interests as well as platonic friends and professional connections. Whitney Wolfe Herd, the founder and CEO of Bumble, joins "Squawk Box" to discuss the online dating space and the launch of Facebook Dating in the U.S.
Facebook Dating Yet Another Positive Catalyst for FB Stock
Top Dating News – Facebook Dating U.S. Launch, Comscore UK Report, and Tinder’s Match Time
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Facebook Dating Has Features That May Enable Cheaters
INSIDER – Sep 10 – Paul Keable, the chief strategy officer at Ashley Madison, sees Facebook Dating, as well as other dating platforms like Tinder and Bumble, as competition for his service. The app duplicates Facebook profile but removes users existing relationship status, meaning, like any dating app, users could easily join behind their partner's back. Additionally, Facebook Dating doesn't match people with any of their existing Facebook friends, meaning there's a lower risk than with some other dating apps that they could get caught by their partner's single friends who are also on the app.
by Julia Naftulin
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Facebook Dating vs. Match.com vs. Tinder
Cost
Facebook – Free. At first, it will also be without ads
Match.com – A basic profile is free. The premium annual subscription is ~$20 a month.
Tinder: Basic Tinder is free. Tinder Plus costs $9.99/month.
Safety
Facebook: Lets users on a date share real-time location with friends on Facebook Messenger.
Match.com: Report abuse or assault in the app or online.
User Numbers
Facebook: Unknown; Facebook hasn't disclosed.
Match.com: Average subscribers on all of Match Group's apps grew 18% to 9.1M in the Q2 of 2019.
Tinder: 5.2M as of Q2 2019
How Old Are These People?
Facebook: undisclosed, but users on the overall platform are between 25 and 34
Match.com: 28% are 54- 74, 36% are 39 – 53 and 31% are 24 – 38
by Dave Royse
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Match Analysts Unfazed by Facebook’s Expanded Dating Service
BLOOMBERG – Sep 5 – Match Group shares fell ~7% in Thursday trading after Facebook announced it would be expanding its dating service into the U.S. Facebook's dating feature was first unveiled in 2018 and prior to its U.S. launch it has previously been tested in 19 other countries. Despite Match's share-price drop, Bloomberg Intelligence wrote that there was "limited risk" for the company from Facebook.
by Ryan Vlastelica
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