Tinder
Tinder is giving users in certain countries the option to verify their identity, age and likeness on the platform as a way to confirm their profile’s authenticity on the dating app. Following a successful pilot in Australia and New Zealand, the feature is now rolling out in the UK in Brazil in spring and the US and Mexico in summer. The tool gives users of the dating app the option to upload a video selfie and either their passport or driving license as a way of confirming their age and likeness to the photos they add to their profile, proving that their page is authentic to potential matches....
DPA International
Tinder is giving users in certain countries the option to verify their identity, age and likeness on the platform as a way to confirm their profile’s authenticity on the dating app. Following a successful pilot in Australia and New Zealand, the feature is now rolling out in the UK in Brazil in spring and the US and Mexico in summer. The tool gives users of the dating app the option to upload a video selfie and either their passport or driving license as a way of confirming their age and likeness to the photos they add to their profile, proving that their page is authentic to potential matches....
DPA
Stuck in a dating app loop with no date in sight? A lawsuit filed on Wednesday against Match Group claims that is by design. Tinder, Hinge and other Match dating apps are filled with addictive features that encourage “compulsive” use, the proposed class-action lawsuit claims. The lawsuit filed in federal court in the Northern District of California on Wednesday — Valentine's Day — says Match intentionally designs its dating platforms with game-like features that “lock users into a perpetual pay-to-play loop” prioritising profit over promises to help users find relationships. Stealing hearts, d...
Euronews (English)
Movies would have us believe that falling in love happens in lifts, Ikea showrooms, on top of the Empire State Building or aboard doomed ocean liners; eyes meeting and life pausing as everything suddenly slots into place to the swell of a swoony soundtrack. While the world is indeed a bubbling pot of chance connections, many of today’s great love stories hope to humbly begin via a mobile phone screen. Once an intriguing novelty, dating apps came to prominence in the early 2010s, with two of the most popular, Tinder and Bumble, emerging in 2012 and 2014 respectively. For full disclosure, I have...
Euronews (English)
By Hera Rizwan Popular dating app, Tinder released its Future of Dating Report 2023, on Monday. The report highlights how the Gen Z has been challenging the traditional methods of dating. Tinder defines Gen Z as the age group of people who were born between 1997-2012. Tinder essentially caters to the age group of 18-25 years. When the app was launched, in 2012, its target users were ‘millennials’, that is, those born before 1997. Owing to the shift in its target, Tinder highlights how the dating culture too, has undergone significant changes. Alluding to the Gen Z, the report reads, "Despite c...
BOOM Live
By Surbhi Sharma Meeting new people through Tinder is exciting but it could also be scary if you later realise that their Tinder profile was misleading. To make the platform 'more secure' Tinder announced on April 26 that it is strengthening its 'photo verification' process by asking members to take a selfie video. Another layer to the process, Tinder said that a selfie video is a better way for users to prove who they are. In case, one comes across a 'potential interest' who isn't photo verified on Tinder, they can also ask them to get verified before taking the conversation ahead. Prompting ...
BOOM Live
With Valentine’s Day Right around the corner, XTB.com decided to take a look at some of the most popular dating apps in the world and rank them based on their financial performance.Match.com was revealed to be by far the most lucrative dating app on the market, making an estimated $25 million per million users – 4 times more than second placed Zoosk!Although Tinder stands out as the most popular app with over 500m users worldwide, they rank just 5 when it comes to revenue per million users.Q4 2022 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The Most Lucrative Dating AppsIn the modern digital worl...
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San Francisco (AFP) - Tinder parent Match Group on Monday filed a lawsuit in a federal court in San Francisco accusing Google of abusing monopoly power at its Play Store that sells digital content for Android-powered phones. The litigation comes as part of an ongoing battle by Match, Epic Games and others to force Google-parent Alphabet and iPhone maker Apple to loosen their grips on their respective app stores. Match's filing came after Google modified Play Store rules to require its family of apps to use the internet giant's payment system, which collects fees of up to 30 percent on transact...
AFP
Washington (AFP) - Dating app Tinder will give US users a way to check if potential dates have been convicted of a violent crime, a check that experts warn has limitations. The app's parent firm Match Group announced on Wednesday it would begin offering access to Garbo, a new US online background check platform that can show if someone has a history of violence. After navigating to Garbo through the Tinder app, users then enter the name, phone number or other details about a potential date to check for arrests, convictions and sex offender registry information. Dating apps, including Tinder, h...
AFP
Tinder is now requiring users to submit to facial recognition to validate their identity. Q1 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Tinder And Stripe Add Facial Recognition ToolsThis news comes right on the heels of Stripe launching a tool that allows anyone to add facial recognition to their website with three lines of code (and since SO MANY companies use Stripe, we could be seeing facial recognition verification everywhere in a few months). We are very concerned about this massive increase in private companies using facial recognition. I’d be happy to talk more about this if you’re i...
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