PRWEB – Feb 9 – SinglesAroundMe, the location based dating app, is launching byChance and MingleRoom. byChance shows a list of singles that users crossed paths with throughout their day. MingleRoom is a place where the most active singles can meet, where engaging conversations can occur.
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SinglesAroundMe To Introduce Freemium Model
SAM – Feb 4 – SinglesAroundMe, the last free dating app, will soon introduce freemium model around enhanced services. “Since our initial launch in 2010 our focus has been on user adoption and market penetration. Now that we have a strong global user base, users will be asked to pay for some enhanced services,” said Christopher Klotz, CEO of SinglesAroundMe.
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Canada Rewards SinglesAroundMe With Tax Incentives For Its Innovation
SINGLESAROUNDME – June 13 – Government of Canada rewards social discovery app, SinglesAroundMe, with tax incentives for their invention – Position-Shift™ – that allows users to shift their GPS location on a smartphone for the sake of location security and privacy.
SinglesAroundMe Is Now #1 Android Dating App
PR WEB – Mar 20 – Social discovery app, SinglesAroundMe, has risen steadily over the past year to become the #1 dating app for Android users in Google Play under “dating”.
SinglesAroundMe Introduces Shifting GPS Patent
PRESS RELEASE – Jan 8 – SinglesAroundMe, a social discovery mobile dating app, revealed it’s patent pending Position-Shift invention which allows mobile users to choose who knows where they are and when. SinglesAroundMe launched in 2010 and has 2M users in 100 countries.
Indians Hit Mobile Apps To Find Love
TIMES OF INDIA – Sep 15 – Grindr has ~11K monthly users in India. "In conservative regions where being gay may be taboo, Grindr allows for connections that wouldn't happen face-to-face so it's not surprising that it is popular in India," says a Grindr spokesperson. SinglesAroundMe claims they have 66K Indian subscribers. "India is third after the US and UK and represents only 5% of our user base presently, but the number is growing very quickly," says CEO Christopher Klotz. Thrill is another app that is getting popular in India. Thrill's 'he applies she decides' approach enables women to choose the men they want in. Thrill won't be enabling their locator technology at the moment.
by Sonal Nerurkar
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Love In The Time Of GPS
CHICAGO TRIBUNE – Feb 27 – 25.3M people accessed personals sites through mobile devices in Dec, versus 21.3M through a fixed computer, according to comScore. Location-based dating apps have been wildly successful in the gay community (Grindr – 4M users) but slower to catch on among heterosexual daters, likely because women are more wary of announcing their location. SinglesAroundMe, which features a map with drop pins showing where nearby singles are, recently launched an "approximate location" option that lets users displace their coordinates by 1 to 2 miles. Tinder scours a user's Facebook connections to see which friends of friends are single and nearby. MeetMoi sends members a push notification if a match is in the vicinity, getting no more exact than "within .2 miles," and only if both parties agree to chat does the app allow a connection. The app has 3.7M users. Of the 4M active users on OkCupid, half of whom access the site through their mobile phones, 1M have the Locals app. OkCupid also recently launched the mobile app Crazy Blind Date, which sets up a blind date — no photos, no profiles. As with online dating, mobile dating started off catering to people looking for casual relationships, but as it becomes mainstream more serious relationship-seekers are using it as well, said Mark Brooks, an analyst and consultant to the Internet dating industry. "It's more natural, you're out and about," said Brooks, who predicts that dating via mobile phone will change the game profoundly because apps can gather instantaneous feedback about how a date went, resulting in better matches. "People don't really know what they want, so the best way to match people is to look at their behaviors," Brooks said. "Your phone is going to get to know you, it is going to get to know your buying behavior."
by Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
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SinglesAroundMe Sees 300% Download Increase
TECHVIBES – Feb 13 – SinglesAroundMe was reporting a 300% surge in daily downloads across Android, BlackBerry, and iPhone app stores ahead of Valentine's Day. The company says that, unlike other location-based mobile dating apps, SAM utilizes geographical mapping to plot the location of nearby singles who could even be next door. Launched in 2010, SinglesAroundMe has ~1M users in 100 countries.
GPS Dating Apps Raise Prospects, Security Concerns
CBS NEW YORK – Feb 11 – GPS technology is the latest trend in match-making. But it’s raising questions about safety. Singles are attracted to it because it happens more quickly, and it eliminates days of back and forth emailing and planning. “Instead of hiding behind a computer screen,” said Chris Klotz, CEO of Singles Around Me, one of the GPS dating services. “We’re trying to bring real life back into dating.” “One of the biggest problems with GPS dating is the immediacy of it,” said security specialist Alan Rosenthal. “You have no time to vet them or even to think about what your actions, your interactions or the ramifications are going to be.” Each GPS service offers privacy options and others, such as HowAboutWe, won’t reveal your exact location.
‘Singles Around Me’ Finds Singles Nearby
FSUNEWS – Feb 4 – Singles Around Me (SAM) is a social discovery mobile dating app that offers singles the opportunity to meet, chat, flirt and date other singles in their immediate vicinity,” CEO and creator Christopher Klotz said. “It uses geographical mapping to plot the users’ location and the location of other singles, while offering total control over privacy.” SAM claims ~1M subscribers. “Our target audience actually spans across the spectrum from college students upward,” said Klotz.
by Samantha DiDio
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