Tag: GRINDR

The popular gay hookup app Grindr is getting ready to go straight. The stripped-down social network uses geolocation to connect gay men near each other, who might be interested in meeting. The company's founder, Joel Simkhai, told the Guardian that he had received "tens of thousands" of requests from women to create a heterosexual, female-friendly version of the service. The codenamed Project X ...

Readers, we frequently caution that the Internet can be a dangerous place. Malware's one thing, but sometimes real blood is shed. With social networks growing exponentially, it seems unfortunately inevitable that any such meeting place will eventually be abused by people with ulterior intentions. Remember the Craigslist murders of last year, which made casual encounters suddenly terrifying. ...

Aside from war, sex is almost always the driving force behind technological advancements. The adoption of VHS, the popularization of webcams, the ability to stream video, and the proliferation of the Internet, in general, have all been propelled by people's need to get their rocks off. So Rachel Kramer Bussel, of the Daily Beast, decided to fully examine how the latest trends in technology (GPS, ...