There is no doubt app-powered dating is on the rise. According to mobile analytics firm Flurry, a recent survey of 20 top mobile dating apps revealed that almost 17 million active users used those apps in January 2013 alone, for a combined 2.1 billion sessions. It’s obvious that finding love on your phone is the future of technically enhanced match making. But with so many apps on the market, which is the best place to start? Two of the most popular apps appeal to different demographics based on cell phone preferences.  Tinder is available for iOS users only while Swoon was designed for Android…

The app market is saturated; there are thousands of games, tools, and niche apps, and many of these just get lost in the crowd. Building a niche app is still a valid plan for finding success in the app marketplace, but you need to build a tool that can help a community connect in a new way.   Unique sensibilities Growing up Jewish, I experienced first-hand the pressure of my family to settle down and find a “nice Jewish boy.” I thought these pleas from my mother and grandmother were archaic, and Hanukkah’s eight nights of candle lighting was just another opportunity for my parents, aunts, uncles,…

The Internet is a beautiful place. Filled with almost limitless information on any topic imaginable, chances to connect with huge groups of people that have the same love for dressing up as animals that you have and now, a site just for virgins. Youandmearepure.com was made by Lety and Jose Colin and is not meant for geeks who simply haven’t had sex ‘yet’ but for those who wish to save themselves for marriage. Here’s a quote from the couple: “We are still happily married despite that we entered marriage intimately inexperienced. But like everything in life it takes learning and we have been having…

Phew. For a moment there, I thought I was going to have an ugly baby. You know, what with me being so ugly and all. But now I don’t have to worry my ugly self – Beautiful People have come to my aid. I speak, of course, about Beautifulpeople.com – the dating site for beautiful people. Yeah, I hadn’t heard of this, either. Let me tell you how it works. Beautifulpeople is a dating site like any other, except it’s exceptionally discriminatory, and you’re screened for hotness upon applying to join the community. Only one in five is accepted. This of course brings up the paradox of ‘if you’re so hot, why would you…

I’ll say it right up front, this is just.. awful. Cupidtino is a new website for Apple fanboys and girls to hook up with each other. A concept that was clearly built upon a bad idea with a bad name that will only lead to bad things, Cupidtino is a dating site that will be purely Apple-based, in Safari on desktops and iPhone and iPad on the go. I doubt anyone will be looking into any kind of antitrust suit over the fact that this won’t be available on Windows or Android. Launching in June 2010, Cupidtino hopes to bring together smug Mac users who can share their passion for Apple’s product lines. I’m going to…