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Lyft now lets you pay for your Tinder date's ride
Lyft now lets you send a ride to your Tinder date — just in time to revive in-person romance.
Tinder is rolling out its own in-app 'coins'
Tinder will introduce a virtual in-app currency designed to help users spend more time on the site and eventually pay real money.
Bumble is opening a restaurant to help people date IRL again
Just like lovebirds used to meet in the Before Times.
Tinder lets people add videos to their dating profiles
Dating app Tinder is adding videos to user profiles as part of a major update to its app.
Dating apps offer free credits and other perks to vaccinated users
The White House has teamed up with Tinder, OkCupid and seven other dating sites.
Bumble disabled its politics filter after it was used to out Capitol rioters
The dating app Bumble has disabled its politics filter after it was supposedly used to reveal the identities of Capitol rioters.
Bumble won't let you share bikini and bra photos if you took them indoors
Bumble is raising questions over a policy that bans bikini and bra photos taken indoors — but not outdoors.
Podcast: Tech tips to make dating, relationships and breakups easier
Our hosts are joined this week by special guest Harris O’Malley aka Dr. NerdLove to talk all about the ways tech affects dating, relationships and breakups.
Tinder's Face to Face video chats launch globally
After testing it in multiple countries and several US states, Tinder is rolling out its “Face to Face” one-on-one chat feature to users around the world.
OKCupid security flaws could have given hackers access to user accounts
Security researchers discovered vulnerabilities in OKCupid's website and dating apps.
Tinder starts testing video dates
Tinder's video chat feature, Face to Face, is now being tested in select markets.
Tinder’s catfish detector is now available in the UK
Take two selfies and Tinder will compare them to your photo library. If it's a match, you'll get a blue checkmark.
Grindr will finally remove the app's ethnicity filter
Many users are asking why it's taken so long for Grindr to remove the ethnicity filter.
Tinder adds 'prompts' feature to kickstart conversations
Tinder has added Prompts to help keep conversations alive.
Tinder may let you match with users anywhere in the world for free
Tinder plans to test a new Global Mode that will allow users to connect regardless of their location.
Bumble users can now match with anyone in the US
Like most things, dating has become more difficult since the coronavirus pandemic began. Dating apps recognize this, and to make life a little easier for users, Bumble is introducing a few new virtual dating features.
Facebook Dating's Valentine's Day launch in Europe is canceled
Facebook has been forced to withdraw a planned rollout of Facebook Dating in Europe after Irish data protection regulators stepped in. The service was due to launch in time for Valentine's Day, but Facebook pulled the plug after officials raised concerns about its compliance with EU law.
Pass Tinder’s catfish test and you’ll get verified
In an attempt to deter catfishing, or that awkward moment when you show up for a date and the other person looks nothing like their photos, Tinder is introducing a new Photo Verification feature. The tool will compare a series of real-time posed selfies to existing profile photos. If the photos match and pass a human-assisted AI review, the user will get a blue checkmark on their profile.
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 tracking and personal safety app called Noonlight, Wall Street Journal reports, and plans to test the features in the US from the end of January.
Study finds Grindr, OKCupid and Tinder sharing sensitive data (updated)
Some of the most popular dating apps have been accused of playing fast and loose with particularly sensitive data. The Norwegian Consumer Council has published a report accusing Grindr, OKCupid and Tinder of spreading various degrees of information about GPS location, sexuality and other personal information in irresponsible ways. While Grindr has vowed not to share HIV statuses and some sexual gropu identification with ad partners, it transmits user tracking info and the app's name to over a dozen companies, effectively identifying users as LGBT. OKCupid even sent data on drug use, ethnicity and political views to the analytics firm Braze.