Tinder - Dating & New Friends

Why get to know a person when you can just swipe right?

Turns out some people want to keep their online dating habits private.

Tinder users will now have better chatting tools, thanks to an upgraded messaging experience in the mobile dating app. Amid a flurry of changes that began rolling out last night to the iOS application, Tinder added support for sending your matches GIFs. It also upgraded the size of emoji in chat and lets you “like” the individual messages you received from a match. On the…

Tinder just released a pretty major update that allows hopeful singles to send GIFs to their matches using the dating app. Thankfully, you can't just send any old GIF to a total stranger; you're limited to whatever's available through Giphy. So consider this a last ditch move when you're really struggling to come up with that first message. If you lack any semblance of creativity or inspiration, Tinder will even help you out and surface which GIFs are currently trending. GIFs are located next to the...

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With an update rolling out today, Tinder will now let you swipe through recent Instagram photos belonging to your prospective matches. Up to 34 photos (and videos) are visible, and Tinder's users will be able to tap on those Instagram shots to see your full profile — assuming it's public. If not, The Next Web reports that you'll be able to give Tinder full access to your Instagram profile while keeping other apps and users out. That creates a weird mishmash of privacy settings, but at least the...

Paid features for dating app Tinder that will let you undo accidental rejections and search for people in different areas are one step closer to arriving in the US. Today, Tinder accidentally released an update to its iOS app noting that both features — which were announced back in November — were present in its latest build, however those mentions were quickly retracted. Speaking to TechCrunch, Tinder now says that it's on track to bring both items to its app in the US by mid- to late-March,...

Do you have trouble making decisions? Do you to get your friends’ input on a bunch of things? Are you 15 years old? Then you might like Pop, a new iPhone application today making its official debut, which lets you quickly ask your friends for feedback by sending them two photos. Basically, Pop is a simple voting app with a more limited number of choices compared with other social polling…

Let's get this out of the way up front: I was prepared to dislike Jelly after its reveal. After all, when Twitter co-founder Biz Stone described the new startup as experiment designed to "make the world a more empathetic place," - yes, a mobile Q&A service - it's hard not to roll your eyes. And if you look at some of the usage in Jelly's first days, it's at least equal parts enlightening and…

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Welcome to college. It's a world where careful planning means sleeping until noon every day and no outfit is too skimpy for a Halloween party. It's a place of eternal pajama pants, Ramen noodles that flow like the proverbial milk and honey of the Promised Land, all-nighters and flip cup championships. We know you were too cool for school in senior year, but you still have a way to go before mastering your new domain.

Valentine's Day—that cherished celebration of love and its joyful bounty—is just around the corner. But for the lonely-hearts littered across the country, seeing couples enjoying all the love and the happiness and the not-being-perpetually-alone-for-eternity can, perhaps, pour a little salt on a long-standing wound....

Regardless of what you think about digital dating sites, they encourage us to close our computers and get out there and meet new people. In short, they bring people together. The problem is, of course, that there are infinite variations on social and mobile dating, from compatibility engines and social, Facebook-based platforms to game-ified bracelets and live video dating. Then there are the…