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| Oct 13, 2026 | Bumble, Once Worth $14 Billion, Sells for $1.3 Billion | Set Trending Topics as a preferred source on Google.
Bumble is swiping left on the stock market: The dating app is going private in a deal with Ithaca Holdings valued at about $1.3 billion (about €1.16 billion). The buyer is paying $6.05 (a... |
| Oct 5, 2026 | Дейтинг партнерки 2026: Что такое дейтинг‑вертикаль | Я уже довольно давно работаю в арбитраже трафика, а именно в дейтинг вертикали, и в целом не секрет, что результат в этой сфере зависит не только от вас, но и от ваших партнёров (партнёрки, расходники, коллеги и так далее).
Можно быть гение... |
| Aug 27, 2025 | Report: 75% of Dating Apps Unsafe, Flunk Cybersecurity | Using a dating app doesn’t just run the risk of a broken heart, it might also mean handing over your most intimate data to platforms with weak cybersecurity, according to new research from the Business Digital Index.
After analysing twenty-... |
| Feb 11, 2025 | Love in the Digital Age: The Rise of Dating Apps and Valentine's Day Promotions | Valentine's Day is a time for love, connection, and celebration. As the world gears up for this romantic holiday, the digital landscape is buzzing with activity. Dating apps are at the forefront, transforming how people meet and connect. In... |
| Feb 8, 2025 | Top 10 most downloaded dating apps globally | The online dating market has seen tremendous growth in recent years, driven by advances in technology, changing societal norms, and the increasing accessibility of smartphones and the internet.
While social media platforms like Facebook and... |
| Dec 6, 2024 | Геймификация любви: как соцсети и приложения для знакомств изменили отношения | Давайте начистоту: время от времени приходит мысль, что онлайн-знакомства — это хорошая идея. Вы регистрируетесь в очередном приложении, заполняете данные профиля, подбираете настройки и оплачиваете подписку. А в следующее мгновение начинае... |
| Oct 28, 2024 | Casual Encounters vs. Traditional Dating: How Online Platforms Are Changing Relationship Norms | Share
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So, the internet came along and flipped the dating on its head. Meeting someone through friends or at a local hangout? That’s old news. Now, it’s all about connecting online, anytime, anywhere. With just a few ... |
| Oct 10, 2024 | «Одноклассники» в 2025 году запустят сервис знакомств | Социальная сеть «Одноклассники» планирует в первой половине 2025 года запустить новый сервис знакомств, который будет работать как в виде отдельного приложения, так и внутри соцсети, сообщили «Ъ» в компании. Дейтинг будет рассчитан на аудит... |
| Sep 16, 2024 | The Rise and Struggles of Russian Dating Apps: A Market in Transition | The landscape of dating apps in Russia is shifting. As foreign platforms exit, local services are stepping up. The revenue from these apps is projected to reach $52.6 million by the end of 2024, marking an 8.8% increase from the previous ye... |
| Sep 16, 2024 | Аналитики: темпы роста рынка российских сервисов знакомств замедлятся по итогам 2024 года | Суммарная выручка всех приложений для знакомств в России по итогам года достигнет $52,6 млн, увеличившись на 8,8% год к году. Это следует из прогноза международного статистического агентства (штаб-квартира в Гамбурге) Statista. По итогам 20... |
| Aug 29, 2024 | Como recuperar a conta do Badoo para reativar seu perfil | Saiba mais sobre Badoo no nosso canal no WhatsApp
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Você pode recuperar o perfil do Badoo acessando o aplicativo da plataforma de relacionamento em celulares Android ou iPhone. Então, é necessário informar o e-mail ou o número de ... |
| Aug 8, 2024 | Bumble forecasts third-quarter revenue below estimates, shares drop 25% | :Bumble forecast third-quarter revenue below Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, signaling sluggish discretionary spending by users on its dating apps.
Shares of the Austin, Texas-based company, which offers dating apps such as Bumble, Bado... |
| Aug 7, 2024 | Bumble forecasts third-quarter revenue below estimates; shares slump | TechnologyBumble forecasts third-quarter revenue below estimates; shares slump
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| Aug 3, 2024 | В Индонезии заблокировали DuckDuckGo из-за порнографического и игорного контента в поисковой выдаче | Жители Индонезии пожаловались на порнографический и игорный контент в поисковой выдаче DuckDuckGo. Первое нарушение неприемлемо в мусульманской стране, а второе — запрещено на законодательном уровне. В итоге поисковую систему, ориентированн... |
| Jul 31, 2024 | Falha em apps de encontros permitia descobrir localização de usuário | Ataque é rudimentar e difícil, mas poderia ser usado por stalkers em aplicativos de relacionamento (ilustração: Vítor Pádua/Tecnoblog)
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| Mar 28, 2024 | Why online dating is facing an onslaught of AI-powered fraud | Source: Adobe Stock article-article-body
When Aleksandr Zhadan used ChatGPT to talk to over 5,000 women on Tinder, it was a sign of things to come.
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more sophisticated and easily available, online dati... |
| Mar 13, 2024 | «Яндекс» после ухода Tinder начал работать над его аналогом — «Ведомости» Статьи редакции | Компания давать комментарии отказалась.
Дополнено в 9:04 мск. Компания отказалась давать комментарий «Ведомостям», но в разговоре с Sostav заявила, что в итоге не работает над сервисом и не планирует его выпускать.
Приложение для онлайн-зна... |
| Mar 13, 2024 | «Яндекс» работает над сервисом для знакомств «Яндекс мэтч» | «Яндекс» разрабатывает приложение для онлайн-знакомств, которое имеет рабочее название «Яндекс мэтч», пишут «Ведомости». Сервис будет подбирать партнёров на основе совпадения интересов.
С лета прошлого года «Яндекс» публикует тестовые задан... |
| Mar 5, 2024 | Как перестать переусложнять и начать жить | Типичный переусложенный код в представлении нейросети
Физик стремится сделать сложные вещи простыми, а поэт – простые вещи – сложными. - Лев Давидович Ландау
Давно хотел написать статью о наболевшем. За более чем 12 лет разработки и работы ... |
| Feb 4, 2022 | Сервис знакомств Badoo прекратил работу на территории России и Беларуси | 1 апреля 2022 года сервис знакомств Badoo прекратил работу на территории России. Компания пояснила, что пользователям их этих стран недоступны веб-сервисы, включая мобильный веб-сервис и версию сайта для ПК, также приложение Badoo было удал... |
| Feb 17, 2020 | Badoo lança função ausente no Tinder e une casais ‘por interesse’ | Dizem que os opostos se atraem — ou se completam —, mas o Badoo não está nem aí para isso e lançou um recurso novo (que não tem no Tinder). O chamado “Interesses” permite conectar pessoas com gostos em comum. Além de exibir informações sobr... |
| Nov 8, 2019 | Andrey Andreev sells stake in Bumble owner to Blackstone, Whitney Wolfe Herd now CEO of $3B dating apps business | Bumble, the popular and profitable dating and networking app built around the ethos of women calling the shots on how connections get made and developed, has made a deal for some independence of its own, and its founder, Whitney Wolfe Herd,... |
| Apr 17, 2019 | Walt Disney and Badoo join companies pledging money to rebuild Notre-Dame | Walt Disney and dating app Badoo are the latest companies to pledge funds for the rebuilding of Notre-Dame after the historic cathedral sustained severe damage in a fire earlier this week. Disney is giving $5 million to help reconstruct the... |
| Jun 6, 2018 | Badoo plans to drop the swipe from its dating app as it tests live video broadcasts | Is it time to swipe left on the swipe? Badoo, a UK-based dating app with some 388 million users globally — whose majority-owned app Bumble is currently being sued by Tinder in part for its use of swiping — says that it will be removing the ... |
| May 5, 2018 | A quarter of millennials are looking to date someone significantly older than them — here's why | Shutterstock
Many millennials are looking for someone significantly older on dating sites, according to Badoo.
Over a quarter of 18 to 24-year-olds said they would date someone over the age of 35.
There are several speculative explanations ... |
| May 2, 2018 | Badoo adds Live Video chat to its dating apps | European dating giant Badoo has added a live video chat feature to its apps, giving users the chance to talk face-to-face with matches from the comfort of their own home — and even before agreeing to go out on a first date.
It’s claiming it... |
| Aug 15, 2016 | Работу ищут веб-аналитик и SEO-специалист | Редакция vc.ru продолжает публиковать резюме специалистов, желающих работать в стартапах и ИТ-компаниях (выходят по понедельникам), а также вакансии компаний, которые ищут сотрудников (выходят по четвергам).
Дмитрий Младенов — веб-аналитик
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| Jun 2, 2016 | Another Day, Another Hack: User Accounts of Dating Site Badoo | User accounts for dating site Badoo are being traded in the digital underground, including email address, cracked passwords, names, and dates of birth.
Paid subscription-based breach monitoring site 'Leaked Source' uploaded the dataset on T... |
| Mar 25, 2016 | Badoo launches photo verification for safer, more efficient online dating | Badoo is today launching photo-verification and verified profiles to make online dating safer.
Most folks don’t know that Badoo is the silent giant in online dating. Globally, the 10-year-old company is bigger than any other online dating p... |
| Feb 13, 2016 | M&A roundup - week ending 2/13/16 | Time acquired Viant; YouTube bought BandPage; Microsoft purchased Groove
Microsoft acquired Groove, a music service that powers music recommendations and generates personalized playlists using machine-learning. No financial terms of the dea... |
| Feb 9, 2016 | Lulu founder Alexandra Chong joins Badoo as president as social network assumes command over its ‘women-only’ dating app | Lulu, formerly known as Luluvise and devised in London a couple of years ago, is now in the hands of Badoo, the UK-based social network / dating platform with more than 300 million users.
Alexandra Chong, the founder and CEO of Lulu, which ... |
| Feb 9, 2016 | Lulu, The App That Lets Women Rate Men, Acquired By Badoo | Lulu, the once controversial mobile app that lets women anonymously review and rate men (something the startup calls ‘dating intelligence’), has been acquired by London-based dating platform Badoo.
The move also sees Lulu founder and CEO Al... |
| Dec 17, 2013 | Badoo by the numbers: 200 million users and $200m in annual revenue on strong mobile usage growth | Badoo, a social network that revolves around helping people “make new friends” (and find matches for dating and other purposes), has been growing steadily since it was launched now nearly eight years ago.
That in itself is quite a feat – th... |
| Nov 1, 2013 | The hottest tech trends in London | What sectors are seeing the most growth? We asked a group of London investors.
We’re hopping the pond next week. Yup, on November 7, we’ll be hosting our first ever Vator Splash London event. So we thought we’d check out the tech scene ther... |
| Oct 23, 2013 | Mobile Payments Provider Fortumo Launches Program To Help Chinese Developers Expand Into New Markets | Mobile payments provider Fortumo has launched a program that will serve as a “one-stop shop” for Chinese developers that want to distribute their apps in other countries. Called Fortumo Expand, the program offers Android, Windows Phone and ... |
| Jul 23, 2013 | Top 6 Apps for Social Networking | You know about Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest, but there are dozens of other social media platforms out there; isn't it time you branched out? Depending on what you use social media for, there might be an even better site for yo... |
| Jul 12, 2013 | Top accelerators and incubators in London | London's tech scene is on the move, and accelerators are on the scene to speed things up
Home to startups like song identifier Shazam, cab hailing service Hailo, social chat platform Badoo, and gaming company Mind Candy, London is home to a... |
| Jul 8, 2013 | Likemind Wants To Help You Meet Local People By Posting Virtual Flyers Through Its iOS App | Likemind is another take on solving the ‘how to meet local people with shared interests’ problem. The iOS-only app, with an Android version to follow, lets you post and browse geo-fenced virtual ‘flyers’ outlining what you’re looking for ba... |
| Sep 26, 2012 | Daterly: a new social dating network emerges from the African startup scene | Online dating sites like Match and eHarmony use matching algorithms to identify romantic partners, but this approach is believed to be flawed. The New York Times cites a study that divulges 80 years of scientific research on what makes coup... |
| Sep 26, 2012 | Daterly: a new social dating network emerges from the African startup scene | Online dating sites like Match and eHarmony use matching algorithms to identify romantic partners, but this approach is believed to be flawed. The New York Times cites a study that divulges 80 years of scientific research on what makes coup... |
| Sep 10, 2012 | The Hot Girl That Just Added You On Facebook Is a Terrorist | A few months ago, I was using that sleazy Badoo site, trying my damnedest to find a girl that I might meet in real life. If you recall the feature, I was unsuccessful. After the site spammed my mom — asking her for her birthdate — I ended u... |
| Sep 6, 2012 | ‘It’s not just about sex’ — Badoo’s founder on the next steps for his billion-dollar meetup service | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
At the DLD conference in Munich in 2010, a young ... |
| Sep 6, 2012 | Is Mixer The Mobile Social Location-Based App We’ve Been Looking For? Maybe… | In the last few months we’ve seen the rise of location-based mobile networking the likes of which some people envisioned a while ago but few executed on. And the executions are patchy but often interesting. Banjo aggregates geo-tagged infor... |
| Aug 27, 2012 | Funding Daily: Big numbers, basic needs | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
While it may seem like human needs are becoming l... |
| Aug 27, 2012 | Chinese meetup app Momo says hello to $40M | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
In China, a good casual encounter is hard to find... |
| May 16, 2012 | Badoo Quickens the Pulse with Big Data Insight from Actian Vectorwise | Rapid data analysis is key to providing meaningful insights on marketing campaign effectiveness and online user activity which creates more fruitful relationships
London, UK - 16th May, 2012 - Actian Corporation today announced that Badoo, ... |
| May 4, 2012 | Need new friends? Social network Badoo will help — now 150M strong | While Facebook has focused on keeping in touch with the boring minutia of your current friends’ lives, social networking competitor Badoo has taken the opposite approach as a platform to make new friends. Badoo announced this morning that i... |
| May 4, 2012 | Badabing Badaboom – Badoo Hits 150 Million Users, Boosted By Mobile | With ‘social discovery’ all the rage with apps like Highlight, Banjo and Glancee attracting attention during this year’s SXSW it’s easy to forget there are players out there which have been doing this a tad longer. Badoo de-cloaked as a soc... |
| May 4, 2012 | Need new friends? Social network Badoo will help — now 150M strong | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
While Facebook has focused on keeping in touch wi... |
| Apr 21, 2012 | Badoo set to help facilitate hookups across the US | reader comments 12 with 12 posters participating
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| Apr 19, 2012 | Badoo Hires Google Exec Ben Ling As New COO To Push Its Platforms And US Growth | Dating/meeting-people site Badoo has been putting together a 147 million registered user base over the last six years, with a huge run on Facebook helping it to reach around the world last year. And today, it follows up on the momentum with... |
| Apr 2, 2012 | Updated: Has Dating Site Badoo Found A Love Match In The Form Of Hot or Not? | Maybe even dating sites deserve to find a special someone at one point in their lives… it looks like Badoo, the UK-based dating site, has joined forces with U.S. rival Hot or Not, with Badoo inking a white-label deal to power the smaller si... |
| Mar 23, 2012 | Luluvise And Badoo Talk Social Discover Apps At London Web Summit [TCTV] | Suddenly ‘social discovery’ is all the rage with apps like Highlight and Glancee being thoroughly tested during SXSW by 30,000 hot and sweaty social media gurus. But the past-masters at this for the last couple of years has been Badoo, whic... |
| Mar 12, 2012 | Social Discovery Apps Like Highlight Are A Recruiter’s Wet Dream At SXSW | The history of location-based social discovery apps is a lot longer than the current hype surrounding Highlight and Glancee, currently darlings of the South by Southwest festival.
Back in 2007 TechCrunch’s founder Mike Arrington noted the e... |
| Mar 6, 2012 | Keen On… Amit Shafrir: How Badoo Is Eliminating Loneliness [TCTV] | With over 137 million worldwide registered users, Badoo is one of the hottest social networks on the planet. But, with its reputation as a massive hook-up network, Badoo is also one of the most controversial. So my first question to Badoo p... |
| Feb 29, 2012 | Startup News: LetsLunch Wants to Send You on a Platonic Date | Umami's new "Dishboard"
TV IS SOCIAL. At New York Tech Meetup earlier this month, Umami showed us how their audio fingerprinting technology can help users find anything and everything about the show we’re watching. Now, they’re ro... |
| Feb 10, 2012 | Mobilizing the masses: How Facebook can transform its mobile risk into success | Among the many compelling sections of Facebook’s landmark S-1 filing last week—which included Zuck’s “The Hacker Way” founder’s letter, its $1 billion in profits last year and of course, the money spent on private jets—one area really stood... |
| Feb 10, 2012 | Mobilizing the masses: How Facebook can transform its mobile risk into success | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Among the many compelling sections of Facebook’s landmark S-1 filing last week—which included Zuck’s “The Hacker Way” founder’s letter,... |
| Jan 19, 2012 | Hey Tagged, Badoo has been around as long and has bigger revenues | As a social network aimed at helping you meet new people – don’t mention the phrase ‘hooking up’ – Tagged’s vice president of sales and marketing Steve Sarner claims other companies are only now catching onto ‘social discovery’ and the site... |
| Jan 7, 2012 | Engineering Serendipity | Editor’s note: Guest contributor Catherine Cook is the co-founder of MyYearbook, a social network for meeting new people.
When John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale reach for the same pair of black gloves in the movie Serendipity, they meet and f... |
| Dec 17, 2011 | Five European Startups To Watch | Editor’s note: Guest contributor Amit Shafrir is president of Badoo, a social network for meeting new people based in London with 130 million users.
Silicon Valley is famously, and rightly, proud of its place as the spiritual home for start... |
| Apr 5, 2011 | TechCrunch Europe and The Telegraph release the Startup100 | TechCrunch Europe occasionally partners with other media outlets in Europe in order to support the European ecosystem. Last December we agreed to link up with the London Telegraph newspaper, which planned to put some time and resources into... |
| Jan 5, 2010 | Social network Badoo is banned in Iran | Badoo, a social network popular in emerging markets like Russia and Brazil, has been banned in Iran. As of December 2009 Badoo says it had broken the 50 million user mark globally, with 250,000 of those coming from Iran. Pictured is the tex... |
| Jan 5, 2010 | No Flirting! Social Network Badoo Is Banned In Iran | Badoo, a social network popular in emerging markets like Russia and Brazil, has been banned in Iran. As of December 2009 Badoo says it had broken the 50 million user mark globally, with 250,000 of those coming from Iran. Pictured is the tex... |
| Jul 13, 2009 | I'm calling a 'time of death' for London's media industry – And Paul Carr is its first victim | Episode 36: Someone has to say it – London media is dead. And I say it.
Ok, Ok. So that’s a slightly reminiscent headline, based on Guardian columnist Paul Carr‘s gentle savaging of the “London 2.0” scene after his week with The Traveling G... |
| Nov 12, 2008 | Monetizing social networks: The good, bad and ugly | [Editor’s Note: It’s well documented that social networking sites don’t pull in as much money from advertising as they potentially could. It’s a climate that promotes experimentation, right now breeding more failure than success. Among thos... |
| Feb 8, 2008 | Ecademy – the ten year old business social network | [Note: please also see updates below] I first wrote about Ecademy for The Guardian newspaper six years ago. At the time it was shaping up to be an early social network aimed at freelance business people. Yesterday Ecademy celebrated 10 year... |
| Jan 21, 2008 | Russia’s Finam invests $30M into fast-growing social network Badoo | The Russian financial group Finam has invested about $30 million for a 10 percent stake int London-based social network Badoo to help it grow in Russia.
The investment come at a time when social networks are growing quickly in Russia. While... |
| Jan 21, 2008 | UK's Badoo pulls $30m for Russian launch, ahead of a home push | Russian investor Finam has put $30m into UK-based social network Badoo for a 10% stake. The money is to build the service in Russia, where social networking market has reached around 10 million users in January.
Badoo’s social networking si... |
| Jan 21, 2008 | Russians Invest $30 Million in Social Networking Site Badoo | International social networking site Badoo, just got a $300 million valuation from new Russian investors. TechCrunch UK has the details:
Russian investor Finam has put $30m into UK-based social network Badoo for a 10% stake. The money is to... |
| Dec 13, 2007 | Google Zeitgeist's 2007 Verdict: "Mozart" Is So 2006. | In our ongoing series of top search terms for 2007 (check out Yahoo’s list here), Google released its |
| Como sair do Badoo [esconder ou excluir a conta] | O Badoo, uma rede social de encontros similar ao Tinder, permite ao usuário sair totalmente ou esconder sua conta, se ele ou ela deseja apenas não usar o app por um tempo. Veja como fazer para sair do Badoo, seja excluindo a conta ou a esco... |
| Любовь во времена алгоритмов: вы бы позволили искусственному интеллекту подобрать себе партнера? | Искусственный интеллект в 21-м веке пытается стать одним из незаменимых инструментов и уже успел проникнуть во многие сферы: банковские услуги, торговлю, науку, обучение. А теперь развитие технологий приводит его в некогда исключительно чел... |
| Cайт знакомств Badoo ограничил доступ для российских и беларуских пользователей | Николай Чикишев 4 апреля 2022, 14:46 Cайт знакомств Badoo ограничил доступ для российских и беларуских пользователей
Пользователи до сих пор могут пользоваться бесплатной версией мобильного приложения, если она была установлена ранее.
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| Рынок любви | Пока все готовят романтические ужины и ходят на свидания, мы считаем деньги тех, кто делает бизнес в “сфере любви” (вовсе не то, о чем вы сначала подумали!). Современный человек слишком современен, чтобы искать любовь традиционным способом:... |
