Nick Crawford’s online dating story begins like many other single people’s. Swiping, liking and messaging until you find somebody who wants to go on a date with you.But this tale has a twist. Crawford’s dating adventure may have led to the contraction of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, by both him and…
The Ad Council has joined forces with Google, the ANA, and other advertising, media, and marketing trade associations, on an industry-wide movement that begs the American public to ‘#StayHome. Save Lives’.The movement builds on the success of #AloneTogether – a social distancing campaign created by MTV and the Entertainment & Youth Brands of ViacomCBS. The…
— By Harris O’Malley Good evening Doc, Well, this seems like my yearly “fuck dating” thing I do all the time. It seems that I’m not up to cut to date anyone ever. I’ve been working out for few years lost 70lbs and still feel like crap most of the time. Dating at this moment…
We review products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. The novel coronavirus COVID-19 is disrupting nearly every aspect of human civilization, from grocery shopping to Eurovision. But one place the impact of social distancing is being felt strongest is online dating. What was previously a…
The coronavirus pandemic is impacting every industry, and payments companies are no exception.A recent report from McKinsey & Company predicts that payments revenues could drop by as much as $210 billion in 2020. But payments companies are well-positioned to help a global economic recovery and play a role in establishing a new normal for how we…
Wine tasting. Discussing books. Going to concerts. These all sound like fun activities for a date night in a prepandemic world, before we all started self-distancing, wearing masks, and sheltering at home. But it turns out that these playful sparks of early romance are still taking place even now—on computer screens.As we continue to adjust…
Subscribe to this bi-weekly newsletter here! Welcome to the latest edition of Pardon The Intrusion, TNWs bi-weekly newsletter in which we explore the wild world of security. A few months ago, I wrote about how the Indian government dismissed fears of mass s…
Cover Story One restaurant’s struggle to weather the pandemic. Eric Wang first noticed something was wrong on March 9. It was a Monday morning, and the co-owner of Thamee, a Burmese restaurant in D.C. that had just been named a semifinalist for the James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant, was doing his routine count…
SAN FRANCISCO/MADRID/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The night after Spain’s government ordered a nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus, 30-year-old Marcos got up the nerve to ask the woman he’d been messaging on Tinder for three days to visit him at home. To his surprise, she accepted. Arriving in a taxi, wearing gloves and refusing…
A new dating app has been launched amid the coronavirus pandemic to help people find love while in quarantine, but you can only virtually connect with potential partners if you’ve washed your hands. Daniel Ahmadizadeh and Christopher Smeder developed Quarantine Together last month to help singles combat the inevitable loneliness the comes with hunkering down at…
