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Startup of the Week: Meet Spottle

WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL - June 14 - Spottle's creators are bringing the classic Spin the Bottle game to singles phones as an alternative to online dating. The live video dating app is aimed at college students. Users download the app and sign in on Thursdays and Saturdays at 9 p.m. They spin a digital bottle to land on a nearby user who meets their age, gender and location preferences, and initiate a 30-second video chat. The parties can send a "kiss" to each other if they want to talk - or they move on. The app has a facial recognition feature to prevent indecent exposures.

by Sara Gilgore
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'Spottle' App Matches Singles During a 30-Second Video Chats

NEWSWIRE - Apr 17 - Spottle is a new dating app that lets users meet people in real time with a 30-second video chat instead. It takes place every Thursday and Saturday night at 9 p.m. ET. To play, users give the bottle their best spin, and when it stops, they'll enter into a 30-second video chat with their potential match. They can give their date a virtual "kiss" and see if they return the affection. If they do, it's a match! With that mutual kiss, users can then send messages, view profiles, and continue video chatting inside the app.

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10 Little-Known Dating Apps To Watch

FORBES - Oct 27 -

1. Hily - An AI-powered all-around dating app which emphasizes safety and quality of user experience.
2. Rebound - An anonymous service made for local and on-demand speed dating.
3. Appetence - The world's first "slow dating" app. The more people chat with a particular person, the more of his or her profile they get to unlock.
4. Spin the Bottle - It lets users spin the bottle amongst their local potential dates and when it stops they get a 30-second video chat with another person.
5. Whisperr - Users talk about themselves in their own voice before meeting each other.
6. OH BOY / OH GIRL - Two separate apps for the same online events platform.
7. Vouch - It allows friends and most trusted people to make matches on users' behalf.
8. Hater - It connects people based on shared dislikes.
9. Whim - The app cuts to the chase and all users need to do is set a date and traits of the person they would love to meet.
10. Splish - A Q&A dating game which makes the conversation flow.

by Thomas Laurinavicius
See full article at Forbes

Summarized by the Courtland Brooks team

"Spin The Bottle" Dating App Bets On Video Chatting

MICHIGAN DAILY - Jan 11 - Spin the Bottle is a new dating app launched at the end of 2016 by entrepreneur Matt Cohen and software developers Andrew Stanton and Nish Patel. The app, which utilizes video chatting, became available to University of Michigan students in early December, but is available on other college campuses across the country. Modeled after the party game of the same name, users find a match by "spinning the bottle." When someone opens the app, they are met with a circle of profile pictures centered around a bottle. The user presses on the bottle to spin it, and whoever it lands on is immediately called through the app for a thirty-second video chat. After the chat, users can give each other "kisses" to signify interest; if both people give a kiss, the pair matches and can message further through the app's interface.

by Maya Goldman
See full article at Michigan Daily

Summarized by the Courtland Brooks team