Communications Major

After a series of Twitter posts in response to a Vanity Fair article on dating and technology, Tinder acknowledged that it overreacted.

Hopefully Ashley Madison’s investors are more faithful than its users.

Avid Life Media, the parent company of the infamous dating website for cheating spouses, confirmed on Wednesday that it intends to go public in London later this year, with plans to raise up to $200 million.

Apparently football players aren’t the only ones looking to score this weekend during Super Bowl XLIX.

Tinder swiping was up 50 percent on Friday in the Phoenix, Ariz., area, according to the Hollywood Reporter, and messaging has increased 60 percent, signaling that people are not only on the lookout for potential matches, but actually want to see if there’s a spark beyond the right swipe.

The stand-up comedian teams up with a sociologist to study romance in the era of texting, Tinder and Snapchat.

Online dating, long dominated by big outfits like Match.com and eHarmony, has in the last two years been transformed by the rise of Tinder, the mobile phone app that lets its users scan photos and short profiles of potential dates.

Then, as easy as a swipe of a finger, you can decide if you want to chat or pass on a prospect.

But Tinder’s free app isn’t the only mobile dating game in town.

When it comes to dating, research shows, looks are all that matter, at least initially, something Tinder has taken full advantage of.