A new dating service that blends algorithms with human matchmakers just launched in Seattle. Three Day Rule (TDR) expanded to its tenth city as the 5-year-old company aims to help… Read More
Ask someone in Seattle about the dating scene, and you’re bound to get some emotional responses. They might bring up the “Seattle Freeze,” a chill that some describe as “a superficial friendliness… Read More
Vu Tran was frustrated with traditional dating apps. As an Asian male, he felt that the current offerings “get hijacked by the majority.” So, Tran and a few friends spent a weekend… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: We’re on location at Postback, the mobile marketing conference hosted by Tune, the Seattle-based mobile marketing company. PODCAST SPONSORS We speak with Micah… Read More
Fresh out of college, Paul Burke went to hear Zillow and Expedia co-founder Rich Barton speak at a Startup Week event in Seattle. His mother, who also attended, expressed concern to… Read More
Tinder has amassed a huge user base by focusing exclusively on one-on-one connections — but there are only so many tech-savvy singles in the world. To broaden its reach, the company… Read More
Swipe right if you’re interested, left to dismiss, and tap if you want to learn more. That recipe for landing a date Saturday night could also help you discover the… Read More
Tinder is spreading like wildfire, facilitating more than 26 million matches and 1.4 billion swipes per day. The swiping model it pioneered is now used in apps for everything from job… Read More
TeenSafe, a service that allows parents to view their kids’ text messages, phone logs, web history, and activity on a variety of apps, was recently updated to include Tinder. According… Read More
What happens to relationships when finding a date is as easy as requesting a ride or ordering take-out? We certainly love the idea of having endless options but do they leave… Read More
If you’re single in Seattle and frustrated with your dating life, there’s a new service that wants to offer a helping hand. Two Amazon employees this month launched DateADev, a new consultation company… Read More
Online dating is HOT. How hot? Clicking and swiping for love has tripled among young people since 2013, the Pew Research Center says in a study released just in time… Read More
A couple of left-leaning women trying to get men to swipe right for Bernie Sanders on Tinder found themselves locked out of the dating app according to a report from… Read More
Tinder has added a health safety section to its website offering tips for how “anyone forming a new relationship” can “protect their well-being.” The page includes a link to Healthvana’s… Read More
If you’re having a hard time meeting someone of substance through the more popular online routes, perhaps it might be time to give one of these female-founded dating apps a… Read More
Uh-oh, somebody needs some media training… In an interview with the UK’s Evening Standard, Tinder CEO Sean Rad pretty much sounds like the loudmouth guy at the bar you want to… Read More
This might be filed under strange bedfellows, but last Friday pro-soccer club D.C. United held its first “Swipe Right Night,” bringing the world of Tinder to professional soccer. In other… Read More
—Founder Sean Rad is returning to his role as CEO of Tinder, replacing current CEO Chris Payne, a Microsoft and eBay veteran. Rad left the company amid a sexual-harassment lawsuit and the… Read More
What’s the worst part of dating in Seattle? Do you like dating apps? Has the growth of Amazon.com and other tech companies in Seattle helped or ruined your dating life? These are… Read More
Happy Monday! Chances are you probably used Tinder, Uber or probably both sometime this weekend. But what if those groundbreaking services — fast, easy transportation and hook-ups ordered via app… Read More
If you’re in Connecticut, odds are you won’t be lonely — if you’re looking for others who have installed smartphone dating apps. The Constitution State tops AVG Technologies‘ rankings of… Read More
Tinder can be an endless, empty pit of dating fiascos, but one filmmaker figured out a way to make an amusing short video while also potentially putting the app to work… Read More
They say that word of mouth is still the best advertising, and one Seattle resident took that to heart. Literally. Jake Chapman asked his ex-girlfriends to post reviews of him on… Read More
As we’re in the official vamping-up stages to Valentine’s Day, it’s quite fitting that Good People Media have taken real-life Tinder conversations and put the dialogue to video. The first… Read More