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Tinder adds ‘prompts’ feature to kickstart conversations
Tinder is working on a panic button for dangerous situations
Tinder is taking more steps to beef up user safety, rolling out features that give daters the option to receive check-ins, hit a panic alarm and even call authorities to their location. Its parent company, Match, has taken a stake in a location track...
FTC sues Match for allegedly using deceptive love interest ads
If you've ever been irked by dating service ads claiming that someone was pining for your affection, you're not alone. The FTC has sued Match Group for allegedly using fake love interest email ads to goad customers into paying for Match.com subscrip...
Dating app Ship, which lets your friends choose your match, is now available on Android
Ship, a dating app from Match Group and Betches Media that launched earlier this year on iOS, is now available on Android devices. In a nutshell, the app lets single people involve their friends in...
Samsung adds flashy silver Galaxy Buds variant to match upcoming Galaxy Note 10
Samsung has quietly added a new color variant to its line of wireless earbuds, a new flashy silver variant that matches the leaked photos of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 10.Samsung France has...
Tinder rebels against Google Play app fees by taking direct payments
Tinder is exploring a different approach to fighting app store fees -- it's simply ignoring what the store operators want. The dating giant has introduced a default payment process into its Android app that skips Google Play's system entirely, inste...
Match app adds an offline dating coach for your online dating woes
Online dating is its own big, scary jungle, and often users are left on their own when it comes to problems like ghosting or mixed signals in texts. Match.com thinks it can help users navigate that jungle -- by offering some human assistance. The onl...
Tinder preps ‘Lite’ version of its dating app for data-limited areas
Add Tinder to the growing list of tech giants launching lightweight apps to reel in more users. As part of an earnings call, Match Group divulged plans for a Tinder Lite app that would be smaller and better-suited to area where cellular data "comes...
Tinder ditches its hidden desirability scores
Tinder has revealed that it no longer relies on its top-secret "Elo" desirability score to create matches. Instead, it apparently now relies on a new algorithm that sounds very similar to the old one, with the most important parameter being how much...