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In the documentary Swiped, filmmaker Nancy Jo Sales investigates how dating apps have created unintended consequences in actual relationships.

Arts

A Documentary Swipes Left On Dating Apps

5:56pm September 09, 2018

by Michel Martin

Journalist Nancy Jo Sales investigates the impact of online dating tech on offline culture in her first film Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age. Predictably, some of her findings are pretty bleak.

National

Tinder Co-Founders Sue App's Owners For At Least $2B, Saying They Were 'Cheated'

6:09pm August 14, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The lawsuit also says the parent companies "whitewashed" sexual harassment claims against an executive carrying out a plan to hide Tinder's full value. The companies blast the suit as "sour grapes."

A young man records a voice note. A new dating app called Waving lets you swipe right on someone based only off short voice profiles.

Science

Can You Choose A Romantic Partner Just By Their Voice? A Dating App Thinks So

9:26pm March 18, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Waving is a Tinder-like app that lets users judge potential partners by their voice. An evolutionary psychologist provides some tips on sounding attractive.

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World News

Single White (Rhino) Male Defies Age Stereotypes, Joins Tinder

4:57pm April 26, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Sudan has tender eyes, a craggy snout — and not long left to save his subspecies. So, a conservancy posted a Tinder profile for the elderly northern white rhino to raise money for fertility research.

A man uses the dating app Tinder in New Delhi in 2015.

Tinder Now Lets Users Identify As Genders Other Than Male Or Female

4:58pm November 15, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The dating app will now allow users to type in the gender that they identify with. The company said the change is meant to make the app more inclusive to transgender or gender non-conforming people.

What not to do when dating: fold your arms.

Health & Safety

To Catch Someone On Tinder, Stretch Your Arms Wide

4:35pm March 30, 2016

by Angus Chen

How people sit or where their arms and legs are in the images they share loom large in potential daters' calculations, according to experiments involving speed dating and an online dating app.

Greggor Ilagan represents district 4 of the county of Hawaii.

Politics & Government

Politician Takes To Tinder To Ignite Voters' Interest

10:32am January 23, 2016

by Scott Simon

Greggor Ilagan, a Hawaii politician running for higher office, used Tinder to reach potential voters. Now, says NPR's Scott Simon, Ilagan is taking a more traditional approach: walking door to door.

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National

What Happens When You Try To Date Offline

8:50am January 04, 2016

by NPR Staff

Lisa Bonos recently performed an experiment: She dated for three months without the help of her familiar dating apps.

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Tinder is launching Tinder Plus, a new version of its app with added features including the ability to have another look at a potential match you swiped away.

Tinder's Premium Dating App Will Cost You More If You're Older

6:39pm March 02, 2015

by Sam Sanders

Tinder launches a new version with added features, including the ability to have another look at a potential match you swiped away. But there's a catch: Your age will determine how much you pay.