Tag: Dating
South Dakota Mines students’ dating app uses memes to make matches | Business
Tanya Manus Journal staff What’s scarier than the terrors of Halloween? For many people, it’s trying to find love on a dating app. Computer science students from South Dakota Mines have built a new dating app, Lafdr, that matches people based on their taste in memes. After testing a prototype, the app for IOS and
Austin dating app maker Bumble has not slowed down, even in a pandemic
Amid a pandemic that has kept much of the world at home for the past 18 months, meeting and dating strangers might seem the last thing most people would want to do. But even the coronovirus has not been able to slow down Austin-based dating app company Bumble. During the pandemic, Bumble has continued its remarkable
Apple Boots ‘Inappropriate’ Anti-Vaxx Dating App Unjected From App Store
Apple on Saturday removed Unjected, a dating app for the unvaccinated, from its App Store. Apple told the app it “inappropriately refers to the COVID-19 pandemic in its concept or theme.” Unjected said on Instagram that the app offered medical autonomy and freedom of choice. Loading Something is loading. Apple on Saturday removed Unjected, a
What can businesses learn from a dating app?
First, a quick disclaimer for the record: Because of my marital status, I have never used a dating app and have no plans to do so in the future. For this column, however, I did do some quick research on the genesis of the now widely used term, “Swipe right, Swipe left,” to communicate if
How Austin’s Bumble grew into a power in the dating app industry
When Whitney Wolfe Herd started Bumble in 2014, it would have been hard to imagine that less than seven years later, the startup would have turned into a multibillion-dollar powerhouse. Wolfe Herd was just 25 when she created Bumble in December 2014, basing it on the idea of building a more women-centric and women-friendly version of
Dating app Bumble jumps in debut after $2.15-billion IPO
Bumble Inc., the dating app that allows only women to make the first move, climbed 64% in its trading debut after its initial public offering was expanded to raise $2.15 billion. The company’s shares opened trading at $76 in New York on Thursday. The stock, which rose as much as 85% from the offer price,