Getting app happy!
5 years, 5 months ago

Getting app happy!

Deccan Chronicle  

A recent study found that the user percentage of mobile dating apps in India is growing even while it has flattened out globally. We bonded so well that we have even attended each other’s family events!” Keshav Santosh, an employee in a start-up, explains how these apps can help find friendships, “Sometimes our circle of friends may not bring us excitement, but interacting with witty or funny strangers on the app can. They insist that I’m using the app only for hook-ups even if I say I’m not!” While the taboo against using such apps to look for a friend or lover may still be around, it is slowly dissipating. According to Keerthana, it won’t be long before the rural areas will grasp this culture of using dating apps because of the influence of social media, movies and Westernisation.

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As the year ends, winter travel is heating up dating apps with spike in matches
4 weeks, 2 days ago

As the year ends, winter travel is heating up dating apps with spike in matches

Deccan Chronicle  

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Best dating apps in 2024
8 months ago

Best dating apps in 2024

The Independent  

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The Swipe Pandemic: Are dating apps like Hinge, Bumble and Tinder pushing us to addiction?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

The Swipe Pandemic: Are dating apps like Hinge, Bumble and Tinder pushing us to addiction?

India Today  

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Dating App Unlocks New Dating Possibilities With These Love Styles
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Dating App Unlocks New Dating Possibilities With These Love Styles

News 18  

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Why is it so hard to get a date using a dating app these days?
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Why is it so hard to get a date using a dating app these days?

The Independent  

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Yelp, Strava and Duolingo are…dating apps?
1 year, 1 month ago

Yelp, Strava and Duolingo are…dating apps?

Live Mint  

On the internet, every app can be a dating app. Countless dating apps promise to connect you with a soul mate or fling, but some intrepid daters scout for romance on other sites—from language-learning platform Duolingo to film-review hub Letterboxd. Soon, people will meet “on every single app that exists," Ciesielski says. The divorced parents, both based in Las Vegas, …

India's Progressive Dating Renaissance: Fluidity and Inclusivity Lead the Way
1 year, 6 months ago

India's Progressive Dating Renaissance: Fluidity and Inclusivity Lead the Way

News 18  

An app for meeting new people, Tinder, reveals new insights about how young adults in India are boldly challenging societal norms, embracing fluid identities, and reshaping the dating landscape with an open mindset. Rejecting gender norms and redefining relationships Gen Z’s rejection of traditional gender roles is validated by their dating patterns as 76% young daters in India affirm that …

Valentine's Day 2023: 5 best free dating apps in India
1 year, 11 months ago

Valentine's Day 2023: 5 best free dating apps in India

Live Mint  

Valentine Week is around the corner. The Bumble Premium subscription offers unlimited swipes, beeline where users can check who already liked them, advanced filters, incognito mode along with travel mode. The Tinder Premium subscription offers unlimited swipes, advanced filters, travel mode, hide ads, control your profile, rewind your likes, priority messaging and more. The Hinge premium offers see everywhere who …

Dating and Deal-Breakers: Daters Reveal Their Most Common Non-Negotiables
1 year, 11 months ago

Dating and Deal-Breakers: Daters Reveal Their Most Common Non-Negotiables

News 18  

India’s most downloaded dating app, QuackQuack, studied 12000 of its users from tier 1 and tier 2 cities, ranging between 25 and 35. The dating and friendship app asked the survey participants what makes them hit like on one person’s profile while passing on another. Ravi Mittal, founder and CEO, says, “From the approximately 24 million chats exchanged last month, …

10 things I have learnt from over 5 years of online dating
2 years, 2 months ago

10 things I have learnt from over 5 years of online dating

Live Mint  

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Matrimonial sites devise ways to beat dating apps
2 years, 3 months ago

Matrimonial sites devise ways to beat dating apps

Live Mint  

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Post pandemic, dating apps see surge in users from small towns and cities
2 years, 3 months ago

Post pandemic, dating apps see surge in users from small towns and cities

Live Mint  

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‘India is emerging as an app development hub for the world’
2 years, 4 months ago

‘India is emerging as an app development hub for the world’

The Hindu  

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Tinder-owner Match ups antitrust pressure on Apple in India with new case
2 years, 4 months ago

Tinder-owner Match ups antitrust pressure on Apple in India with new case

The Hindu  

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Queer connections: How has the dating scene changed for the LGBTQIA+ community?
2 years, 6 months ago

Queer connections: How has the dating scene changed for the LGBTQIA+ community?

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 26, 2022 18:00 IST It has been four years since the Supreme Court decriminalised gay sex. As awareness about the LGBTQIA+ community steadily increases among the Indian public, it becomes important to look at how the queer community manages to find love and negotiate relationships. A majority of the people online are just seeking one-night stands, and …

Global usage of dating apps surge; Tinder, Bumble downloads grow
2 years, 10 months ago

Global usage of dating apps surge; Tinder, Bumble downloads grow

The Hindu  

Global usage of top dating apps surged in January this year, report said. The firm estimated that first-time installs of these top three dating apps collectively reached 106.4 million in 2021 from 91 million installs in 2019. The pandemic further amplified the trend of online dating as more millennials & Gen-Zs shunned their inhibitions and joined the online dating world …

#LikeForLike: social media romance and heartbreaks in India
2 years, 10 months ago

#LikeForLike: social media romance and heartbreaks in India

Live Mint  

Finding love on social media and building amorous connections online takes a unique form with every user. When Chaturvedi and his girlfriend parted ways almost two years after they officially started dating, he realised there was little in common, “I don’t think we’d have dated each other and gone down this road if we’d have met on a dating app.” …

Dating through mobile apps in times of pandemic
2 years, 11 months ago

Dating through mobile apps in times of pandemic

Deccan Chronicle  

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Women’s equality emerges as a deciding factor on dating apps
3 years, 4 months ago

Women’s equality emerges as a deciding factor on dating apps

Live Mint  

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Most single Indians believe they can fall in love online
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Most single Indians believe they can fall in love online

Live Mint  

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Indoo Ki Jawani director Abir Sengupta, actor Aditya Seal on why theatrical release during pandemic isn't a concern
4 years ago

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Firstpost  

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Not always a date
4 years, 10 months ago

Not always a date

Deccan Chronicle  

With an increase in the use of the internet, the mores of swipe-right or -left culture is acing, as per statistics. Sexual and otherwise Interestingly, of the 46 per cent, while 82 per cent claims to use dating apps not to find a partner but to seek friendship and companionship, 59 per cent users believe the people they meet are …

These ‘dating app for’ posts are flooding Twitter. Seen them yet?
5 years, 2 months ago

These ‘dating app for’ posts are flooding Twitter. Seen them yet?

Hindustan Times  

There is no way of knowing what will fascinate the social media users. In the tweets, people are explaining varied situations and coming up with witty dating app names for the same. Twitter user Srini Swaminathan came up with a pun as the name of the dating app for those people who are clumsy and keeps on falling. Nidhi, another …

The Queer Take: Dating apps promised a world of possibilities, but may have caged us further instead
5 years, 3 months ago

The Queer Take: Dating apps promised a world of possibilities, but may have caged us further instead

Firstpost  

The Queer Take is a fortnightly column by poet-writer Joshua Muyiwa. *** In all these years, I’ve never found much traction, trade or titillation on dating apps. Before these dating apps, I knew that being femme wasn’t popular, it didn’t get you all the boys — but some of them stayed on. On my few forays onto these dating apps, …

1 in 3 LGBTQ Indians finding love through dating apps: Survey
5 years, 6 months ago

1 in 3 LGBTQ Indians finding love through dating apps: Survey

Hindustan Times  

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‘Dating apps beneficial for LGBTQ community in India’
5 years, 7 months ago

‘Dating apps beneficial for LGBTQ community in India’

Hindustan Times  

Accepting that the stigma around their community has drastically lessened in the last five years, 73 per cent of the LGBTQ adults believe that online dating apps have benefited their community in a positive way in India, data from dating app Tinder showed on Tuesday. As part of an internal survey, Tinder found out that while 44 per cent LGBTQ …

Samsung 'Make For India' Galaxy Apps Store launched for Indian consumers
5 years, 9 months ago

Samsung 'Make For India' Galaxy Apps Store launched for Indian consumers

India TV News  

In order to strengthen the connection with its strong user base, Samsung India has announced its partnership with Indus App Bazaar that will help in empowering its users to discover and access their favourite mobile app in twelve different Indian languages. This partnership will allow customers to access their favourite apps on Galaxy Apps Store in twelve Indian languages other …

Six millennial women get together and discuss love in the time of the dating app revolution. Watch video
5 years, 10 months ago

Six millennial women get together and discuss love in the time of the dating app revolution. Watch video

Hindustan Times  

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Woo Phone: A Game-Changer for Women in the Dating Arena
6 years, 9 months ago

Woo Phone: A Game-Changer for Women in the Dating Arena

ABP News  

Woo, India's leading dating app Woo, has introduced a new feature called Woo Phone that allows women to call their matched profiles directly within the app without revealing their phone numbers. This unique feature is exclusively available to women on Woo and is a notable effort in furthering the trend of giving women greater control over dating apps.

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