DAILYMAIL.CO.UK – Sep 28 – Anna Leifeste is a full-time matchmaker at Three Day Rule, a personal matchmaking company based in Los Angeles. The dating service charges $3,5k for its three-month package, and $5k for six months that includes date coaching, styling and professional photography, according to Online Personal Watch. Anna, who has a master's degree in counseling psychology from Northwestern University, describes her day as a matchmaker.
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AshleyMadison.com Members’ Data Leaked Online
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK – Aug 19 – The names, addresses, phone numbers and credit card details of ~37M users were revealed in a 9.7 gigabyte file dumped on the dark web. AshleyMadison has called the data breach 'an act of criminality' and the FBI is now investigating. The hackers, who called themselves the Impact Team, asked for AshleyMadison and Established Men to be taken offline which did not happen.
by Martin Robinson & Ellie Zolfagharifard
See full article at DailyMail.co.uk
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Is Match.com Using Cynical Tricks To Stop Its Users Leaving?
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK – Aug 9 – Melissa Kite, 43, signed up for Match.com after being single for six months. After no success she decided to cancel her subscription. When she tried to cancel suspiciously eligible men began contacting her. So she rang Match.com to find out more about the sudden spike in activity. They insisted it was a coincidence and ruled out any possibility the men weren't genuine.
by Melissa Kite
See full article at DailyMail.co.uk
MileHi Connects People On The Flight
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK – July 14 – MileHi is a new dating app that works like Tinder but connects people in the terminal and on the flight. MileHi's owner insists that the primary function of the app is to be a business tool. Once users sign up, their occupation is revealed, as well as their marital status. The app connects people in the vicinity and allows participants to accept or reject prospective dates with a single ‘swipe’ according to whether they consider them hot or not. People can decide before they fly whether they want to switch to sit next to each other before they fly. Virgin Atlantic said it was relaxed about the new MileHi app. A spokeswoman said: 'Networking in the sky isn't necessarily new as many business meetings have taken place at our Upper Class bar. It's the perfect place to for our customers to meet their fellow passengers.'
Tinder Goes Hands-Free, Heart Rate Swipes Right Or Left
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK – July 7 – Developers in Texas have created an app that uses heart rate to determine how users really feel about a person's profile on Tinder. Called Hands-Free Tinder, it uses heart rate sensors built into wearables. When a profile is opened, the heart rate monitor starts tracking the wearer's pulse and if there is a noticeable increase, it assumes they like the profile and the app automatically generates a right swipe. The app will launch 'soon' on the Apple App Store as well as Google Play.
by Victoria Woollaston
See full article at DailyMail.co.uk
This post also appears on Wearable.ai.
BenefitsBritain.com: New Dating Site For People On Benefits
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK – June 14 – There are currently ~6M people claiming benefits according to the DWP (Department for Work and Pension). A new dating site for those people, called BenefitsBritain.com, launched on Friday, with Benefits Street star White Dee approached to be the site's poster girl.
Japanese Dating Site Had 2.7M Members, But Only 1 Female Member
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK – June 9 – Eight executives who ran several popular Japanese dating sites have been arrested after it was revealed that out of their 2.7M members, only one of them was a woman. The men were paying its staff members to pose as women looking for love rather than attracting genuine female members. The scam the eight executives are accused of operating is known as a 'sukura' in Japan.
by John Hall
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Hacked Data Reveals That Only 6% Of UK Adult FriendFinder Users Are Female
DAILYMAIL.COM – May 25 – Only 1,596 of the 26,939 users with a UK email address identified as female. That means the ratio of male to female AFF members in the UK is 16:1. ~4M users of AdultFriendFinder had highly sensitive information, including birthdays, ZIP codes, sexual orientations and email and IP addresses, exposed during the hack.
by Evan Bleier
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OpenMinded Is A New Dating Site For Cheaters
DAILY MAIL.CO.UK – Apr 29 – OpenMinded is a new dating site created by Brandon Wade. The site is for polyamorous couples and swingers. Brandon Wade is also behind controversial dating sites Seeking Arrangement, WhatsYourPrice and Miss Travel.
Channel 4 Documentary Features Robyn Exton, Founder Of Dattch
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK – Apr 7 – Robyn Exton has launched Dattch (now Her), a dating app for lesbians. She is abandoning life in the UK to travel to San Francisco to look for investment. In a new Channel 4 documentary, How To Be A Young Billionaire, Robyn admits: 'I want to raise a million dollars.' She managed to impress founder of Bebo – Michael Birch and raised $1M from him and other investors. He said: "She identified an area that we feel was being under served. The app has the potential to be the market leader. Good time to invest."