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  • Tinder owner sues Google in bid to avoid 30 per cent in-app purchase fees

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    Dating app conglomerate Match Group has sued Google in a bid to block it from charging hundreds of millions in fees on purchases made through the Google Play Store. The Tinder owner said it had filed its lawsuit as a “last resort” in its bid to block Google from charging a 15 per cent “tax” [...]

  • Muslim dating app Muzmatch loses trademark battle with Tinder owner

    DATING APP

    The firm behind Tinder and Hinge has won a court battle with a British dating app for Muslims Muzmatch after it was accused of copying its product.

  • Rise of ‘Tinder Swindlers’: Romance scams on the up as victims get younger

    SCAMMERS

    The number of people who fell victim to a romance scam increased by more than 16 per cent over the last year, according to new data from Lloyds Bank. The average amount lost per victim is now £8,655, slightly more than the previous year (£8,610). Though victims between the ages of 55 and 64 still [...]

  • Covid pandemic has changed online dating, Tinder boss says

    June 22, 2021

    New updates to dating app Tinder will reflect changes in users’ dating behaviour due to the pandemic, moving towards more “holistic” profiles. Tinder’s CEO, Jim Lanzone, told the BBC: “As we know from the past 15 to 18 months, people have really leaned in to getting to know people virtually, even having relationships virtually, before they [...]

  • DEBATE: Is there any point trying to find love in lockdown?

    October 21, 2020

    Is there any point trying to find love in lockdown? JOIN THE DEBATE. Emma Sayle, founder and chief executive of social network Killing Kittens, says YES. When lockdown started, traffic to the Killing Kittens website went up 300 per cent. We had 150 per cent more photo uploads and 425 per cent more messages — [...]

  • William Hill advert on Tinder banned over link between gambling and sexual success

    May 15, 2019

    A William Hill advert that appeared on dating app Tinder has been banned by the advertising watchdog over concerns it linked gambling to sexual prowess. Read more: Vodafone broadband advert banned by watchdog for misleading consumers The advert, which appeared as a message in the app, offered users the chance to escape the “friend zone” [...]

  • Stop making millennials the butt of the joke if you want to market to them

    December 11, 2018

    Millennials are one of the most maligned of any of the generational cohorts. When not branded as “snowflakes” or accused of indulging in too much self-care, they are routinely blamed for all manner of problems such as the death of the high street or falling interest in the package holiday. Of course brands – many [...]

  • DEBATE: Can we expect the Chinese celebration of Singles’ Day to make it over to Britain?

    November 13, 2018

    Can we expect the Chinese celebration of Singles’ Day to make it over to Britain? Abbie Llewelyn, a writer and commentator, says YES. If you think that Valentine’s Day is a commercialised hallmark holiday, just wait until UK companies catch onto Singles’ Day. Originating at Chinese universities in the 90s, Alibaba made it what it [...]

  • No time for Tinder? Dating tutorials for City bankers in Canary Wharf from Social Concierge

    July 13, 2015

    Calling all City singletons: are you really bad at dating? Have no fear, elite private dating club Social Concierge is offering free consultations all over the capital to financial workers left emotionally numb by high-flying careers.    With their big bonuses and fast-paced lifestyles it’s hard to believe that bankers struggle to find love. But [...]

  • Match.com and Tinder hoping to woo investors with flotation

    June 25, 2015

    MEDIA mogul Barry Diller is looking for love from investors, with plans to float popular dating website Match.com and the mobile dating app Tinder. Diller’s IAC/Interactive Corp said yesterday that it was looking to list its dating business, Match Group, which includes both Match and Tinder. Investors welcomed the move, with IAC shares jumping seven [...]

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