WHEN SEAN RAD started Tinder back in 2012 he could hardly have predicted how successful the company would become. In less than two months after inception, the dating app made more than one million matches, and Tinder picked up the prestigious (I’m told) ‘best new start-up of 2013’ award at the Crunchies – TechCrunch’s annual awards.
The rest is a history still in the making, with more than 50 million users across 196 countries and 1.6 billion ‘swipes’ per day.
I’ve not used the app, but I get the idea. You register a profile; detail your preferences; upload a picture (essential I gather) and then you’re offered a bunch of other people to ‘connect’ with as complex algorithms go to work in the process of helping you meet your match. While online dating has been around for a while, doing it on a smartphone is a relatively recent development – and a sound one based on the love affairs we already have with our mobile devices.
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BREAKING DOWN WALLS
Georgina Atkinson, managing partner of Origin Private Office, on the evolving landscape of high-end real estate.
Aged Gracefully
The Benromach 50 Years Old by Gordon & MacPhail is a delicious single malt, touched by love, passion and the human hand.
This Month's Feed
Only the best dining and drinking spots in Singapore.
Small-scale Thinking
Architect Todd Saunders wants to change the way we approach hospitality design from the ground up.
Todd Snyder Is Exactly Where He Wants To Be
\"Our whole goal is to present product in a way that guys get it and understand it, versus 'Here's some crazy aspirational brand-you go figure it out on your own'.\"
Depp Dive Into Sauvage
Johnny Depp on music, scents and the mystique of creativity.
Time For Poetry
Pascal Raffy on his love affair with the 202-year-old house of Bovet.
One of a Kind
The incomparable Lange 1 turns 30 this year and A. Lange & Söhne marks the occasion with its trademark understatement.
P For Personality
Enhance your swing, and inject your personal style while you're at it, with TaylorMade's new P-770 and P-7CB irons.
The Short-hop-adventure-craft Category Takes Off
Inside the flight deck of Pivotal's Blackfly eVTOL, an ultra-smart ultra-light with eight propellers, electric propulsion and no pilot's licence required.
