Here’s how you get verified on Tinder

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Tinder is introducing Verified Profiles. Just like on Twitter, Facebook, Vine and Instagram, they’ll be identified by a blue tick. But how do you get that soon to be coveted symbol? Right now? You won’t. Not unless you’re a “notable public figure.” Tinder didn’t give me too much of a steer on what it’ll count as ‘notable’ but it includes celebrities and athletes. I can’t actually see politicians being so keen to be verified on Tinder as they are on other services, can you? If you do consider yourself ‘notable’, Tinder’s VP of Global Communications and Branding, Rosette Pambakian, told me…

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Tinder is introducing verified profiles to make sure your famous swipes are for real

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Tinder has announced it’s introducing verified profiles – a blue tick like you’ve come to expect on Twitter or Facebook – to ensure the people you’re swiping through are legit. Initially, the verified badges will be going to notable figures, celebrities and athletes, so you’ll know that if a well-known face shows up during your desperate swiping, they’re actually the real deal. Tinder says 26 million matches are made on the service every day, so the chances of you stumbling across someone famous and fanciable isn’t exactly huge. Just as ‘verified’ status spread further than the initial select few on Twitter, Facebook,…

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‘Mission critical’ teamwork tool Convo launches completely rebuilt Web and Mac apps

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While Slack has scooped up most of the hype in the enterprise collaboration space over the past year, Convo has been busy rebuilding its own offering from the ground up. Today it’s launching new Web and Mac apps that showcase an improved feed, rich with third-party integrations. For the uninitiated, Convo is actually more of a rival to the likes of Microsoft’s Sharepoint than Slack. Here at The Next Web, we use it to collaborate on the stories we write. Its threaded comments and the ability to annotate documents and images make it much more of a serious tool for newsrooms and…

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Record your life with a Penzu Pro Digital Journal lifetime subscription from TNW Deals

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There is no better way to record life’s events than in your own words. Penzu lets you keep a media-rich digital journal across all your devices, while keeping it securely stored in the cloud. In addition to providing an easy way to write down your thoughts, Penzu presents your back-story beautifully. There are several elegant fonts to choose from, and you can add photos to your entries. You can also create multiple journals, and everything is synced to the cloud. You can add entries via the iOS and Android apps, and on your computer via the Web. Penzu encrypts journals…

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Rdio launches its answer to Apple’s Beats 1: Stations from XL, DFA, Blue Note and more

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Rdio has revealed its response to Apple Music and the buzz-heavy Beats 1. The streaming service has set up a series of new stations curated by record labels and influencers. It says its in-house music team has collaborated directly with the new curators to put together recommendations that represent the records that are exciting “local tastemakers.” The stations are available across Rdio’s plans – including free, unlimited and select – and are launching for the first time in Australia, Mexico, Brazil, India, and Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia and Hong Kong). Additional stations have been added in the US,…

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Hands-free Tinder uses your heartbeat to decide ‘hot or not’

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Too listless to swipe on Tinder? Design agency T3 may have the answer. It has previewed Hands-Free Tinder which uses heart rate data from your Apple Watch or Android Wear device to decide whether you’re into a match or not. Effectively it’s the potential dating equivalent of those unreliable reality show lie detector tests. But still, you should follow your heart, right? The developers say the app is ‘coming soon’, but I suspect it’ll need to get a new name before it actually makes its way onto the App Store and Google Play. ➤ Hands-Free Tinder [T3 via FastCo Create] Read…

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Here’s what Google can do with all that new ridesharing data

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After becoming the premier name in helping drivers navigate the more unseemly aspects of getting around town, Waze has officially rolled out a trial version of its new ridesharing platform, RideWith, in Israel. The concept is simple: Waze will match you with a driver on a similar commuting routes, and in exchange you will provide a little cash to supplement the trip. This model shouldn’t be anything new to ridesharers out there (remember ZimRide?), but in starting RideWith, Waze — and by extension Google — has opened its doors to a whole new layer of data. According to RideWith’s Terms…

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Shyp expands Goodwill partnership to Los Angeles, New York and Miami

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Now you have no good reason to keep that pile of junk you left in your hall closet. The lazy man’s on-demand last-mile shipping service, Shyp, said in a blog post today that it would expand its record-breaking partnership with Goodwill to New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami. Users in those selected cities can elect to donate bags full of outdated sweaters or unused wedding gifts to Goodwill by selecting the feature in the app’s latest update. Shyp contends that within 20 minutes, a Shyp courier will take your junk off of your hands and waive the $5 fee the company…

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This chatbot tells you where to live and work next

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In the old days, people consulted an actual human person to get recommendations on where to stay, work and network in an unfamiliar town. But it’s the modern era and Taylor, a chatbot on Telegram geared specifically for recommendations in San Francisco and snippets of other communities across the globe, does her robotic best to help you find the next foreign country to live and work. Debuting on Product Hunt on July 4, Taylor seems a little more like a proof of concept than a fully fleshed-out product, especially since developer Pieter Levels created it within a week using Telegram’s newly-released Bot…

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