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Mar 2024
15m 57s

Dating Apps Aren’t Cool Anymore

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About this episode

In today's episode, we're delving into the world of dating apps with Roshni Nair, executive editor at The Signal, and Naina Hiranandani, co-founder of the Indian offline dating platform, Sirf Coffee. Bumble's new CEO is eyeing a revamp because users aren't too happy. So are dating apps losing their allure? Stay tuned until the end for all the details.

And in other news, we're talking about TikTok and its future in the US. The US House of Representatives has passed a bill by a landslide, giving TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, a stark choice: sell TikTok or risk being banned.

Episode credits:
The episode was researched, written, and produced by Shorbori and Manaswini
Edited by Venkat Ananth
Mastered and mixed by Yash Hirave

Also, check out the TechTonic Shift episode on dating apps - The Evolution of Dating Apps 

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