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Why Gay Guys Love Using Grindr To Hook Up And Make Friends
Joel Simkhai is gay, but has always felt like a hidden minority. As he roamed around town, he wondered: Who else is gay? How should he interact with them?"It was frustrating and I wanted an easier way...
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Silicon Valley Is Going Crazy Over This Dating App That Just Raised $22 Million
For the past few weeks in Silicon Valley, one app has come up in just about every conversation: Skout.It's a location-based dating application that, after being at death's door, turned around and...
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Columbia Intern Says He Was Fired For Rejecting His Boss On Gay Dating Site
A graduate student is suing Columbia University for allegedly firing him after he rejected his boss on the gay dating website Grindr.Alberto Leguina moved to New York City from Chile to work as a staff...
View ArticleHow Grindr Is Changing the Way We Connect
It is easy to write off Grindr — a location-based dating application for gay men — as a hookup application because, well, that is what it is.But the company, which is approaching its fourth...
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How An App That Helps Gay Men Hook Up Changed How You Use Your Phone
Grindr, a location-based hookup application for gay and bisexual men, has changed the way we connect and interact with other people, Jenna Wortham of The New York Times reports. It's also changed the...
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People Really Are Finding Love On Dating Apps Like Grindr And Tinder
Apps such as Grindr and Tinder have a seedy reputation - but a growing number of people are using apps built for one-night stands to find true love, reports Olivia Goldhill.Grindr is not the most...
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Despite Anti-Gay Propaganda, Grindr Use Is Exploding In Sochi
Grindr users can't be stopped in Sochi, Russia now that the Olympics have entered week two.The number of users on the app have more than tripled since the start of the games.Grindr, the social dating...
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Security Flaw In Gay Dating App Grindr Reveals Precise Location Of 90% Of Users
A security flaw has been discovered in popular gay dating app Grindr that reveals the exact location of every user with location services enabled.In a post on note site PasteBin, an anonymous user...
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How Gay Hook-Up App Grindr Is Selling Itself To Major Brand Advertisers
Unless they have used it themselves, many advertisers may not know that gay geo-social networking app Grindr has a burgeoning advertising business and a potentially lucrative future data...
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How to permanently delete your dating profiles on Tinder, Hinge and Match
A recent study found that a remarkable 30% of users on the dating app Tinder aren't actually single. But how many of those people are still on Tinder by accident?See, contrary to the assumption of many...
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Gay dating app Grindr is reportedly looking for a buyer
Grindr, the location-based dating app for gay men, has hired banking firm Raine Group LLC to help find a buyer, Bloomberg reported Friday.Sources tell Bloomberg that "the sale process is early and no...
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We spoke to Ashley Madison's CEO about its tech and privacy before the...
The leak of customer data from extramarital-affairs dating website Ashley Madison could sign the death warrant for the business — mainly because it prides itself on the heightened level of privacy it...
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We spoke to Ashley Madison's boss about its tech and privacy just before the...
The leak of customer data from extramarital affairs dating website Ashley Madison could sign the death warrant for the business – mainly because it prides itself on the heightened level of privacy it...
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Leaked emails from the Ashley Madison hack show the company seriously...
Alongside the 30 million Ashley Madison user accounts leaked online — including names, email addresses, physical descriptions, and detailed sexual preferences — CEO Noel Biderman's emails are now...
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Leaked documents show that gay social network Grindr is expected to do $38.1...
We're getting a closer look at the business of gay social network Grindr, thanks to documents that leaked following the hack of extra-marital affairs dating site Ashley Madison.Grindr is projecting...
View ArticleWhat it's like to be the king of Grindr — the dating app that started it all
Joel Simkhai is a single, gay man living in Los Angeles, and he's the king of Grindr. Well, technically, he's the CEO and founder of the dating app for gay and bisexual men. He created Grindr out of a...
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Gay hookup app Grindr sold a majority stake to a Chinese gaming company
Grindr is selling a majority stake to a Chines gaming company.The popular gay hookup and dating app has announced that the Beijing Kunlun Tech Company is buying 60% of the company, according to...
View ArticleThe man behind Grindr — the dating app that a Chinese gaming company just bought
Joel Simkhai is a single, gay man living in Los Angeles, and he's the king of Grindr. Well, technically, he's the CEO and founder of the dating app for gay and bisexual men. In 2009, he launched Grindr...
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7 easy changes to make your dating profile stand out in a crowd
Online dating can be a fun and efficient route to romance — but first you have to go through the hassle of creating a profile that screams, "I'm chill and fun and not full of myself but also not...
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How to permanently delete your dating profiles on Tinder, Hinge and Match
Ahhh, romance.More and more often these days, people find it through dating apps and websites like OkCupid, Tinder, or Hinge. Whether you've found a significant other or you're just sick of wading...
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