Overview on online dating apps

Although the very first computer-based dating service was created since 1965 in the US, online dating has just gained its popularity in the last decade thanks to the rise of online dating apps. Since the launch of Tinder in 2012, hundreds of dating services have appeared on app stores worldwide. Investors are taking notice of this booming market, while analysts estimate the global online dating market could be worth $12 billion by 2020 (Graham Rapier, 2018). According to Dylan Loh (2020) on Nikkei Asian Review, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia are the three leading countries in ASEAN in terms of users’ spending on online dating app.

16-09-2016

From time to time, technology comes up with something new to remind us of how convenient our lives have become. The birth of Uber, a social sharing platform that connects passengers and drivers, is a worthy example of such reminder. Cut out all the details, Uber allows people to travel around in cars not theirs with only smartphones as companions. The idea alone sounds so fantastic that Uber’s dazzling development seems virtually inevitable. The same goes for Grab and DiDi Chuxing – Uber’s greatest followers and also competitors. Uber is operating in 488 cities in the world, Grab is becoming a major force in 650-million-people South East Asia, and DiDi Chuxing has just acquired the very Uber’s China in a $35 billion deal in 2016. Read More “Who will be the final champion? Battle between Taxi companies and Car sharing apps”