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Bumble tackles no-shows for IRL dates with its updated community guidelines
Bumble is trying to make its apps safe spaces for meeting new people and that extends to real-life meetups. The latest community guidelines take aim at ghosting or people failing to turn up for pre-arranged meetups. The latest policies also tackle bots, promotion of OnlyFans pages and victim blaming.
Bumble suspends service in Russia and Belarus
Bumble has joined a growing list of American companies pulling out of Russia amid the country’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
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.
Ubisoft is donating $564,000 to help rebuild Notre-Dame
Following the fire that devastated Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris this week, Ubisoft has pledged €500,000 ($564,000) to help restore the iconic church. The studio, which faithfully recreated Notre-Dame in Assassin's Creed Unity, is also offering that game for free until April 25th on PC to honor the landmark. "We want to give everyone the chance to experience the majesty and beauty of Notre-Dame the best way we know how," Ubisoft, which is headquartered in France and has studios in Paris, said.
Dating app Badoo adds video chat to help you filter out creeps
Dating apps have been slow to adopt video functionality. Big shot Tinder bought a video service in February but hasn't announced plans to add its functionality, while Hinge just included user-made movie clips for profiles -- a feature that Badoo launched last year. Today, the UK-based dating service is taking another step forward and adding video chat straight into the app, so users can move past text and talk in real-time.
