How Bumble grew from a female-focused dating app to a global behemoth that's...
Summary List PlacementFemale-focused dating app Bumble was founded in late 2014 by Whitney Wolfe Herd and Andrey Andreev, the founder of dating app Badoo.Wolfe Herd was one of the cofounders of Tinder,...
View ArticleMeet Whitney Wolfe Herd, the 31-year-old CEO of the female-led dating app...
Summary List PlacementWhitney Wolfe Herd is used to making bold moves. Perhaps that's why on the dating app she cofounded, women make the first move in heterosexual relationships. And Wolfe Herd's next...
View ArticleGoogle plans to shut the loophole that lets Netflix, Spotify, and Tinder...
Summary List PlacementGoogle said it will clamp down on a loophole that allows big developers like Netflix and Spotify avoid paying 30% commission on in-app payments.Until now, developers have been...
View ArticlePeople continue to flock to Tinder and Hinge in droves to help fill the...
Summary List PlacementAs the coronavirus pandemic stretches through the fall, single people continue to turn to dating apps to find human connection. Match Group, the dating-app behemoth that owns...
View ArticleAll of Tesla's other services will be worth more than its car business,...
Summary List PlacementWall Street analysts have long compared Tesla to Apple and other tech giants more easily than its Detroit competitors.Now, Morgan Stanley's Adam Jonas has taken one of the...
View ArticleTinder parent Match Group is working with an anti-sexual violence group to...
Summary List PlacementMatch Group has partnered with the largest anti-sexual violence group in the US to assess how the company handles reports of sexual assault on its online dating platforms, the...
View ArticleHere's what you need to know about Hinge's new 'Roses' feature that's meant...
Summary List PlacementHinge is a dating app that got its start in 2012, with the tagline that it's the dating app "for people who want to get off dating apps." It's a service with a mission of setting...
View ArticleThese were the 10 fastest growing emojis on Tinder in 2020, including toilet...
Summary List PlacementDating app Tinder released information about users in 2020, including the emojis that gained the most in popularity the quickest this year. The list reflected 2020, an election...
View ArticleWhat is Tinder? Here's what you should know about the popular dating app
Summary List PlacementFounded back in 2012, Tinder is a dating app site that matches singles in your area and around the world virtually. On launch, Tinder was a pioneering app in the online dating...
View ArticleHow Tinder and Hinge owner Match Group grew to dominate the country's online...
Summary List PlacementOnline dating can be messy. The companies that run online dating can be messier.Match Group, which started as one lonely Stanford Business School graduate's attempt to build a...
View ArticleGen Z wants to change how we date, and they're getting the funding to do it
Summary List PlacementGen Z is sick of Tinder, and they're doing something about it. In the last year, Gen Z founders have set out to revolutionize how we date, creating their own apps that place less...
View ArticleOkCupid founder and ShopRunner CEO reveals how online dating and shopping...
Summary List PlacementSam Yagan has always been interested in data, whether it was in his role in founding SparkNotes or OKCupid, working at Tinder, or leading ShopRunner, a service that provides free...
View ArticleSingles get more 'likes' on dating apps if they've received a COVID-19 vaccine
Summary List PlacementGetting a coronavirus vaccine is the hottest thing right now. At least, that's the impression you might get from dating apps, where people are mentioning they've got their shot as...
View ArticleWhat is Bumble? How the dating app differs from its competition, and what it...
Summary List PlacementBumble is a dating app that was launched in 2014 by a former Tinder executive. Like Tinder, Bumble uses a swipe right/swipe left model to let users sort through and match with...
View ArticleTinder is giving out 1,000 free COVID-19 tests to encourage people to go on...
Summary List PlacementDating app Tinder is giving out pairs of COVID-19 tests to its users to encourage them to go on dates again in the spring.Users in the US will be able to reserve two tests...
View ArticleHow a former Match Group exec plans to create a dating app for the next...
Summary List PlacementKim Kaplan has witnessed the online dating world evolve, having spent 10 years overseeing marketing and revenue initiatives for the Canadian dating website Plenty of Fish.In 2015,...
View ArticleTinder will let users gift Lyft rides to their dates through a new...
Summary List PlacementTinder is teaming up with Lyft in preparation for the return of in-person dating. The dating service said Monday it will allow users to gift Lyft rides to dates directly through...
View ArticleTinder cofounder Justin Mateen backs founders with a 'chip on their...
Summary List PlacementJustin Mateen said he likes founders with a "chip on their shoulder."This could mean they've had a bad breakup, been disowned by their parents, or were "screwed over" by investors...
View ArticleHow to use Tinder's safety tools like the panic button and message screening...
Summary List PlacementIn the past two years, Tinder has faced a number of controversies concerning safety issues on the dating app. Users have routinely been tricked by catfishers, and in 2019, a...
View ArticleDating apps Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge will offer users free 'Super Likes' and...
Summary List PlacementDating apps have formed an unlikely partnership: Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble are among the nine apps that have teamed up with the UK government to encourage their users to get...
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