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Casual dating app Down acquired by Paktor
Remember “Bang With Friends?” The controversial app, which later rebranded as Down, was acquired by Singapore-based dating startup Paktor (they’re, um… hooking up). The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but we’re told it was several million. After raising just $1 million, it was a “positive outcome” for investors like Tim Draper. Paktor has pulled… Read More
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Down, The App Formerly Known As Bang With Friends, Relaunches On The iPhone
Following a trademark dispute with Zynga, the team behind the hookup app Bang With Friends rebranded as Down, adjusted their approach, and launched on Android. Now those changes have come to iOS as well, with an update that was quietly released earlier this week. I never tried Bang With Friends (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it), but in addition to a revamped user interface… Read More
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Bang With Friends Rebrands As ‘Down’ To Match You With Friends Of Friends By Hotness
After settling a Zynga trademark infringement suit, Bang With Friends today rebrands as Down and reveals its revamped set of dating apps. Down’s update lets you browse friends of friends rather than just friends, say you want to date not just are ‘down’ [to bang] someone, as well as browse the hottest people in your network. And believe it or not, founder Colin Hodge says… Read More
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Bang With Friends To Change Names After Trademark Settlement With Zynga
Bang With Friends’ catchy name unfortunately is getting tossed after the startup reached a settlement with Zynga. The social gaming company had accused the casual sex app of infringing on its “With Friends” line-up. But now both are saying they’ve reached a settlement. Neither company is talking about the terms, however. It seems like a clear win for Zynga. Bang… Read More
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Three Months After Being Banned From The App Store, Bang With Friends Returns As “Down”
They’re baaack. Bang With Friends, the Facebook friend hookup app that seemed to be endlessly engulfed in one controversy or another earlier this year, is returning to the iOS App Store (albeit in a slightly toned down form) after gettin’ the boot back in May. Read More
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Zynga’s Threatened At Least One “… With Friends” Startup Before, And It Went Nowhere (So Far)
The news broke this morning that Zynga is suing the makers of the Bang With Friends app for allegedly infringing its With Friends trademark. There’s been plenty of media discussion about the case (I was particularly amused by Will Oremus’ suggestion that Zynga has become “the Lindsay Lohan of Silicon Valley startups“), but one thing that I haven’t seen mentioned… Read More
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Apple Boots Bang With Friends From The App Store
Uh oh. Less than ten days after Bang With Friends made its mobile debut on the iOS App Store, Apple has seemingly changed its mind and given it the boot. Read More
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Bang With Friends Launches Site To Help You Have Sex With Strangers At SXSW
It seems like hooking up at SXSW was never very hard, but it just got easier. If you’re in Austin this week and looking for that special someone to have anonymous sex with, look no further: Bang With Friends has extended its hookup app to make it available for the unwashed hordes of social media experts looking for a little love over the weekend. Read More
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Trintme, A Classier “Bang With Friends,” Lets You Find Facebook Friends Who Want To Hang Out, Not Just Hook Up
If you kind of liked the idea behind viral sensation Bang With Friends, the controversial Facebook app that lets you privately nominate friends you want to hook up with, but balked at the idea of using an app that’s all about the sex, then you might find newly launched Trintme to have some appeal. The name, a combo of “true intentions,” is not as clever, sadly –… Read More
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Want To “Bang With Nobody”? Use Google+
When a product idea turns into a meme, you’re probably doing something right. I’m referring, of course, to Bang With Friends, the controversial Facebook app that lets you privately nominate who in your Friends network you want to hook up with and alerts you if they feel the same, which in turn gave rise to Bang With Professionals, a site that takes the same concept and applies it… Read More
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Would Love 2 Emerges To Give Facebook ‘Dating’ App Bang With Friends Some European Competition
Well that was quick. Bang With Friends, the controversial Facebook app that lets you privately nominate who in your friends network you want to hook up with and alerts you if they feel the same, has got itself some competition. Would Love 2 has emerged with a similar proposition: After downloading the iOS app, you select who you’d like to date from your Facebook contacts and add your… Read More
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