Facebook has launched its dating service, named, simply enough, Facebook Dating. In a blog post announcing the move, Facebook Dating product manager Nathan Sharp said the service: “makes it easier to find love through what you like – helping you start meaningful relationships through things you have in common, like interests, events and groups. It takes […]
A home heating organisation has created a novel dating app which romantically matches people based on their central heating preferences. The new app, HeatMatch has been launched following the results of a survey which found that half of Brits (49%) have argued with family members over the temperature of the house. HeatMatch has been created by central heating […]
Popular dating app Tinder has provided some insight into how its algorithm decides which potential matches it surfaces to users – and it’s no longer an ‘Elo score’ based on desirability, though it doesn’t sound too dissimilar. The Match Group-owned platform doesn’t hide the fact that it used to rank people based on how desirable […]
SVPER, the social, instant video-only app for forming new real-life relationships in real time, announced the successful launch of its prototype SVPER app. SVPER is the first mobile application that rewards you for meeting new people in the real world. It replaces user profiles, pictures and text messages with instant video invitations designed to encourage […]
While chatbots might be the latest innovation for some online dating platforms, eHarmony has decided to do things a little differently. In fact, singles can now enjoy personalised consultations with ‘real’ experts, as eHarmony launches its Premium service in the UK. This marks a strategic move by the platform to build stronger bridges between sophisticated […]
Experience, design and engineering company Dare has launched an interactive charity web app: ‘This is Scare’. It aims to raise awareness and prompt action for people to adopt black cats, who have a hard time being re-homed, particularly around Halloween. The site, which mimics a well-known dating app that rhymes with ‘Cinder’, urges users to […]
Courtship, now known as dating, has been happening since the beginning of time and has drastically changed over the last few decades. Long gone are the days of parents arranging meeting between family friends since technology has now enabled everyone to become a serial dater. Move over Match, OKCupid and eHarmony, dating apps have arrived […]
Launching in June 2018, new app Date Out is a marketplace platform curating one-of-a-kind dating experiences and unique gift ideas for couples. Inspired by their own personal experiences, as well as those of their friends and colleagues, co-founders Esther Khong and Ang Wei Yi, both busy finance professionals, conceived Date Out with working adults in […]
Facebook is adding a dating layer to its main mobile app, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced during the company’s F8 developer conference keynote in San Jose, California. The features are a long time coming for the 14-year-old social network, which has allowed users to broadcast whether they’re single or in a relationship since it first went […]
Every swipe on Tinder represents the possibility of meeting someone new and interesting, and starting something epic – an epic friendship, a crazy adventure or an epic love story. The possibilities are endless and quite literally in the palm of your hand. Tinder’s new digital film brings this world of possibilities alive. This latest Tinder […]