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In just 10 months since its launch in India, Schmooze said it has attracted over 1 million users and witnessed 900 million meme swipes

Updated On: 18 Sep 2024 | 6:10 AM IST

In Japan, the Loverse app offers AI companionship as traditional relationships decline, while government efforts remain focused on addressing the nation's falling birth rates and growing loneliness

Updated On: 15 Jul 2024 | 3:55 PM IST

Scammers start chatting on dating apps, with fabricated tales of companionship desires to manipulate emotions. Then they plan club meetings where they deceive victims by ordering expensive items

Updated On: 01 Jul 2024 | 1:17 PM IST

A stable population demands a fertility rate of 2.1. Yet, Japan has struggled to meet this benchmark for over five decades, a trend exacerbated by the 1973 oil crisis

Updated On: 08 Jun 2024 | 1:57 PM IST

A recent Forbes Health survey shows that young people are particularly affected, with 79 per cent of Gen Z and 80 per cent of Millennials feeling exhausted of dating apps

Updated On: 22 May 2024 | 4:27 PM IST

Online dating platform Tinder on Sunday said it has partnered with not-for-profit organisation Centre for Social Research to offer safety guidance to its users. The additional safety guide, along with the existing 15 safety features on the app, is part of Tinder's efforts to ensure safety of its users, leveraging NGO CSR India's insights amid the intersection of technology and violence against women, Tinder told PTI. Tinder users will get a prompt through in-app message for accessing the "Dating Safety Guideline". "Initial interactions set the tone of a relationship, and this guide can play an important role in supporting anyone on their dating journey, including the millions of daters who turned 18 and chose Tinder for their first dating experience. "We encourage our users to engage with this guide and take advantage of the many in-app features that have safety at their core," Tinder India Communications Director Aahana Dhar said. Tinder, a subsidiary of American online dating ..

Updated On: 17 Sep 2023 | 11:01 PM IST

From group sessions to personalised solutions, the dating tips can cost up to Rs 10,000 an hour

Updated On: 15 May 2023 | 5:18 PM IST

The stakes are rising. Indian consumers spent close to $10 million in 2022 on dating and friendship apps

Updated On: 03 Apr 2023 | 11:15 PM IST

Dating app Tinder has started to roll out new features aimed at assisting people in finding the right relationship for them while also being more authentic on their dating profiles

Updated On: 17 Mar 2023 | 3:08 PM IST

The dating app also released a dictionary defining 23 terms that describe dating in 2023

Updated On: 14 Feb 2023 | 5:12 PM IST

Match Group topped quarterly revenue estimates as more users looking for matches and connections took paid subscriptions on dating app Tinder, sending the company's shares up 16 per cent

Updated On: 02 Nov 2022 | 11:03 PM IST

According to company executives, users on dating apps, such as Tinder, Bumble, and TrulyMadly, from outside of metro cities now account for 70 per cent

Updated On: 28 Sep 2022 | 11:03 AM IST

Despite the social distancing of the past 18 months, the use of dating apps in general has surged as people sought connections amid their isolation

Updated On: 03 Aug 2021 | 10:59 AM IST

Founded by Tinder co-founder Whitney Wolfe Herd, Bumble raised $2.2 billion in its initial public offering last month

Updated On: 11 Mar 2021 | 6:08 PM IST

The IPO gave the Austin, Texas-based company a market capitalization of more than $7 billion

Updated On: 11 Feb 2021 | 9:15 AM IST

Norway's Data Protection Authority said it plans to fine dating app Grindr $11.7 million for what the regulator said was illegal disclosure of user data to advertising firms

Updated On: 26 Jan 2021 | 12:57 PM IST

If you're a guy who owns a cat, what kind of effect does it have on suitors if you post a picture posing with your favorite feline?

Updated On: 12 Sep 2020 | 1:22 PM IST

From virtual date recommendations to video calling, dating apps are innovating to keep users hooked

Updated On: 08 Sep 2020 | 5:07 PM IST

From watching netflix shows together to cooking favourite recipes, singles are trying innovative ways to make virtual dating interesting

Updated On: 16 May 2020 | 2:33 PM IST

The firm is inviting applications from companies where at least 50 per cent of the founding team are women or identify as women

Updated On: 08 Mar 2020 | 1:48 AM IST