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On Wednesday, in celebration of World Emoji Day, BLK, the world's largest dating and lifestyle app for the Black community, is teaming up with GIPHY to launch ‘BLKmojis'—a vibrant collection of emojis and GIFs celebrating Black culture and its influence on social media. Match Group’s BLK...

Google parent Alphabet, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) is being drawn into a legal battle over its app store rules. What Happened: Match Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MTCH), parent of online dating apps such as Tinder, Match.com and OkCupid, has taken up cudgels against Google for what it called...

Sam Yagan, formerly of OKCupid and Match Group, could be trying to capitalize on the momentum seen this week in the dating-app industry with the blockbuster IPO of Bumble Inc (NASDAQ: BMBL). What Happened: Sam Yagan, CEO of Corazon Capital, has filed to form a SPAC called Corazon Capital V838...

Dating app Bumble is planning for an initial public offering early next year, according to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday.  What Happened: The Bloomberg report claimed that the startup is anticipating a valuation between $6 billion to $8 billion. A majority of the Bumble stake is held by...

Match Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MTCH) had an attractive-looking quarter, but analysts weren’t quite ready to swipe right. Match had a solid beat with positive Tinder trends driving top-line year over year growth of 18%. Tinder use growth was up by 46% over the same quarter last year as customers...

Jeffries initiated coverage of Match Group Inc (NASDAQ: MTCH) with a Buy rating and a $21 price target. The firm believes Tinder is the asset to watch, as the popular mobile dating app accelerates its monetization efforts. Accelerating Monetization At Tinder Analyst Brian Fitzgerald noted that...

If you haven’t yet found your Valentine, don’t worry. There’s Match.com. And OKCupid. And JDate, JSwipe, CrossPaths, Christian Mingle, Believe, PlentyOfFish, Tinder, Twoo, OurTime, BlackPeopleMeet, FarmersOnly, Coffee Meets Bagel, Zoosk and Chemistry. Between Match Group Inc (...

Nowadays, there’s an app for almost everything. Ahead of Election Day Tuesday, Benzinga would like to share a list of six tech tools to check out in order to make a more informed decision. Settle It PolitiFact’s Settle It allows you to fact-check candidates and the media’s...

Tinder CEO Sean Rad announced plans to expand dating preferences to include options for transgenders at the VOX Code Conference. "We want every single person on Tinder to get a quality match," said Rad. "We want to let people be who they are." Tinder is working with GLAAD...

Mozilla's Brendan Eich will step down as CEO, the company said in a blog on Thursday, just a week after the company announced his appointment to the position. Mozilla has been under a firestorm from both users and its own employees after it announced Eich's appointment because of a $1,000 donation...