TECH CRUNCH – July 19 – Lively is aimed at a younger demographic. The app is Zoosk's answer to Tinder's success. It stitched together photo and video collages that tell the stories of its users' lives. The app is the first to emerge from Zoosk's in-house incubator, Zoosk Labs, where the company has been experimenting with ideas that could expand its core business. Lively is not intended to replace Zoosk, but will rather live as a standalone offering.
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Her Goes Live On Android
Tinder Discontinues Service For Users Under 18
Badoo Launches Photo Verification
Digital Dating Panel At Disrupt New York
TECH CRUNCH – Mar 14 – There will be a digital dating panel at Disrupt New York this May. Bumble CEO & Founder Whitney Wolfe, Her founder & CEO Robyn Exton, and Coffee Meets Bagel co-founder and COO Dawoon Kang will discuss how niche dating services could be the next big thing.
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Hinge May Start Charging Users As It Zeroes In On Serious Dating
TECH CRUNCH – Feb 19 – Hinge is undergoing a huge makeover, ditching the swipe mechanic and adding a paid subscription layer to ensure folks who use it are there "for the right reasons". There's no word on when Hinge plans to roll out this new, more expensive version of its app.
Dating App Once Integrates With Wearables To Show Heart Rate
TECH CRUNCH – Jan 13 – Once, a dating app with ~600K users, announced an integration with Fitbit and Android Wear. Once lets users see their heart rate when they look at their matches. In the next version of the app, the user will be able to opt-in to a feature that will send their heart rate to their match once it's recorded. When you catch sight of your beloved and your heart starts racing, that's because of an adrenaline rush, said Dr. Reginald Ho, a cardiac electrophysiologist.
Coffee Meets Bagel Adds Its Own Version Of Super Like With ‘Send A Woo’
TECH CRUNCH – Dec 22 – Coffee Meets Bagel launched "Send A Woo", a feature similar to Tinder's Super Like. With "Send A Woo", Coffee Meets Bagel's users can express higher-than-usual interest in a potential match. CMB launched in 2013. The app delivers one match per day. Users then have 24 hours to respond. If both users liked each other, the app would then connect them in a text conversation.
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Tinder Ditches Moments
TECH CRUNCH – Nov 13 – Tinder has launched an update that adds employment/education info into the user’s profile as well as a revamped inbox. With the inbox revamp, Moments, the app’s Snapchat-like photo-sharing tool, is retiring. Moments launched in the summer of 2014 with the goal of kickstarting conversations among matches. Users were able to share photos (which expire in 24 hours) with all of their matches in a single blast. Tinder has recently hooked up with Instagram to let users share their most recent Instagram photos as an extension of their Tinder profile, which may have made Moments less useful.
Tinder Introduces A New Matching Algorithm
TECH CRUNCH – Nov 12 – Tinder is releasing a new matching algorithm as well as new profile and messaging features. The new algorithm is meant to look at more data points as a user swipes left and right. Tinder CEO and co-founder Sean Rad wouldn’t share any details on how the new algorithm works. Tinder is also adding the ability for users to include their work and education information.