BETAKIT - Mar 13 - According to Juniper Research, the mobile dating market is expected to grow to $1.4 billion by 2013, and startups are poised to take advantage of that growth. A recent study by Skout noted that 69% of people were comfortable meeting up with someone they met on their iPhone, and 40% were using a mobile dating service while out at bars, clubs and restaurants. The U.S.-based app also lets romance-seekers view “hotspots” on Google Maps as a fiery glow, representing what locations are currently trending. Grindr uses geolocation to enable users to find other men within close proximity. This is accomplished through a user interface that displays a grid of user pictures, arranged from nearest to farthest away. Tapping on a picture will display a brief profile for that user, as well as the option to chat, send pictures, and share one’s location. Sharing location-based data brings up the question of safety. Ian Bell is the founder of Tingle, a dating app for iPhone. He said the idea of using location in a dating app can make users wary. Tingle tracks a user’s location and shares their proximity, as opposed to a specific location, when users pass near one another.
by Asif Khan
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I'm not totally sure I would agree with that.
There are a ton( thousands ) of sites that do seem like they would have a lot of potential for this. Crazy sites for sex, swingers, etc.
But I don't think your normal "boy meet girl", "local", "in your area" type of sites pose this threat.
If that were true, they would be deceased on the
"meet up for sex sites".
Well, that's my opinion anyway:)
Posted by: Billy Barnes | Mar 26, 2012 at 10:06 PM