I always find the best local recommendations when I travel solo. My strategy involves dating apps and clever prompts.

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel, Business
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I get some of the best travel recommendations from dating apps.

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How a dating app got a spot on 'Shark Tank' — and scored a $200K investment from Alexis Ohanian and Kendra Scott

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KATE SIELER, SAMANTHA MARTIN SHARK TANK —
Kate Sieler and Samantha Martin cofounded the dating app Left Field and appeared on a recent episode of ABC's "Shark Tank."

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Bumble's chief product officer is out. Read CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd's memo about the 'need to sharpen our focus'

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Bumble's former CPO Michael Affronti is pictured.
Bumble is restructuring to centralize its product, engineering, and design under one leader. As a result, chief product officer Michael Affronti has left the company after holding the role for a year.

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Meet the young tech founders just saying no to sex and dating

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"There's two things that I care about the most: the gym and my work," says Mahir Laul.

Buckle up: Partiful is the new Tinder

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Partiful's new Crush feature

Partiful

  • A new way to flirt just dropped.
  • Partiful wants you to shoot your shot in the RSVPs.
  • The party invite app recently launched a tool called "Crush" that lets people match with mutuals.

A notification pops up on your phone screen: "Someone has a crush on you!"

Your ex may be stalking you on LinkedIn

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America wants to party — just softer

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A hand holding a small disco ball in palm

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We tried 4 AI matchmaking apps. We're still single.

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AI matchmaking services

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The new era of dating has arrived. Here's your cheat sheet to 24 new apps.

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A robotic hand and a human hand form a heart shape together, surrounded by icons of Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble being deleted.
A new class of startups aims to disrupt incumbents like Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble.

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2 former Hinge execs are building an app to make it easier to plan hangouts with your friends

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Sam Levy and Tim macgougan
Sam Levy and Tim MacGougan cofounded Rodeo, a new startup building an app for making plans with friends.

Rodeo

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