Gay dating app Grindr to go public in $2.1bn Spac deal
Merger comes two years after Kunlun Tech divested it due to national security concerns
Merger comes two years after Kunlun Tech divested it due to national security concerns
Entrepreneurs allege they have been cheated out of billions of dollars
Officer killed 33-year-old after apprehending her under pretence she had breached Covid rules
Planet Business: Dating apps rake in the dosh, and jabs become a job requirement
J Lo and Ben Affleck did it, but experts urge restraint after lockdown’s ‘rekindled romance’ trend
Tinder, Hinge and Match among the firms offering ’super likes’ to support vaccines
Tech giant to halve fees for software developers who make $1m or less each year
Third-party developers say group wields monopoly power by imposing ‘tax’ on payments
Dating app to make it harder for fraudsters to make fake profiles
Healthcare, oil and gas sectors lead gains in otherwise quiet day as thoughts turn to 2020
Array of online dating tools includes one designed by an Irish software developer
We have more choice than ever, but we are still in thrall to the concept of marriage. Why?
Planet Business: Tense and thirsty times, for everybody except Match Group
The dating app for 50-and-over singletons avoids the quick-swipe style of Tinder
ProSieben already owns stake in Parship Elite, a successful German dating business
Planet Business: Also this week, liveable cities and the ‘Reed Hastings rule’
The social network has many advantages but the market is crowded
Planet Business: in May Day week, some people are ‘in the money’, others not so much
Shares of Tinder parent group slide as Zuckerberg seeks to help network’s 200m singles
Net Results: Geo-corporate mating ritual takes place oblivious of potential downsides
CloudKPI to participate in Women’s Startup Lab in Silicon Valley as it expands into US
Four newspapers knew of relationship with dominatrix but did not publish the story
John Whittingdale had made a number of favourable press decisions in recent times
We can write a wish list – and weed out unsuitables – but research shows we are terrible at knowing what we actually want in a mate, so does online dating make it any easier to find Ms or Mr Right?
If confirmed, results will be huge disappointment for far-right leader
There has never been a better time for European tech investos say
Result bucks trend of IPOs which are trading down about 5%
Mobile phone company’s strong opening offered hope to start-ups hoping to go public
Match Group plans to raise about $403.7 million in an initial public offering
Michael Birch and his wife, Xochi, sold Bebo for $850m. Now their latest platform, Blab, is beginning to take off
The ‘terror’ a cheating spouse experiences as they fear being found out is not remotely equatable with suicide bombings or crashing a plane
Svenja Stahl and Colin Hayes tied the knot at Kinnitty Castle in Offaly
Some 80% of PlentyOfFish members access the service via mobile
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices