Hyperconnectivity

Hyperconnect 'Azar', a real-time video communication platform, accelerates its entry into the European market.

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Azar allows users to communicate and chat with one another without country, culture or language restrictions.

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  • Azar allows users to communicate and chat with one another without country, culture or language restrictions.
  • New markets, Italy and Spain, also showed positive signs, recording growth figures of 17.7% and 18.5%, respectively.
  • It is also used as a platform for casual communication between friends as free video chat.
  • "By accelerating our activities in Europe, we will continue to provide joy through 1:1 live video chat connections that delight our customers both in Europe and around the world."

Match Group Appoints Sam Ahn As Chief Innovation Officer of Match Group Asia

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

DALLAS and SEOUL, South Korea, July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) today announced that Hyperconnect Chief Executive Officer Sam Ahn has been appointed Chief Innovation Officer of Match Group Asia, a newly-created leadership role that will focus on driving innovation opportunities and leveraging emerging technologies. Hyperconnect Chief Operating Officer Linda Kim will become Chief Executive Officer of Hyperconnect on October 1. As CEO, Kim will focus on continuing to drive growth and further integration of Hyperconnect and its technologies across the portfolio.

Key Points: 
  • DALLAS and SEOUL, South Korea, July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) today announced that Hyperconnect Chief Executive Officer Sam Ahn has been appointed Chief Innovation Officer of Match Group Asia, a newly-created leadership role that will focus on driving innovation opportunities and leveraging emerging technologies.
  • Hyperconnect Chief Operating Officer Linda Kim will become Chief Executive Officer of Hyperconnect on October 1.
  • "Hyperconnect has long been a leader in innovation with its world-class video technology," said Malgosia Green, CEO of Match Group Asia.
  • Green in January 2023 was named CEO of Match Group Asia, where she is responsible for accelerating growth and expansion across the region.

Match Group CEO Bernard Kim Names Executive Leadership Team

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Thursday, January 26, 2023

DALLAS, Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) today announced a revamped executive leadership team under Chief Executive Officer Bernard Kim, with four key businesses -- Tinder, Hinge, Asia and Evergreen & Emerging. The new organizational structure is designed to maximize profitability, enhance growth, streamline operations, and prioritize new business opportunities.

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  • Gary Swidler, previously Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Match Group, will become President and CFO of Match Group.
  • Malgosia Green, previously CEO of Plenty of Fish, will become CEO of Match Group Asia, based in Singapore.
  • Justin McLeod, Founder and CEO of Hinge, will now report directly to Match Group CEO Bernard Kim, reflecting Hinge's explosive growth and further prominence within the portfolio.
  • The Tinder executive team continues to report directly to Bernard Kim, who also remains the interim CEO of Tinder.

Apps like Tinder are changing from dating tools to party places as more people enjoy the single life

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Saturday, January 21, 2023

Over the past few years, especially during the pandemic, it has become a trend to enjoy staying single.

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  • Over the past few years, especially during the pandemic, it has become a trend to enjoy staying single.
  • Instead of searching in dating apps aimlessly, people are more inclined to live with elegance and confidence before meeting the right person.
  • Dating apps like Tinder are actively incorporating interactive and immersive features to attract users to congregate.
  • It can be said that social apps are evolving from a dating tool for two to a gathering place for all.

ShineGlobal Social Networking Market Report 2022: ByteDance, Match Group, NewbornTown & More Lead Industry Trends

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Recently, ShineGlobal, a global industry think tank, released the "Global Audio and Video Social Networking Market Report 2022" which provides a detailed overview of the global audio and video social networking market size, market segmentation in 2022, and the industry development trends in 2023.

Key Points: 
  • Recently, ShineGlobal, a global industry think tank, released the "Global Audio and Video Social Networking Market Report 2022" which provides a detailed overview of the global audio and video social networking market size, market segmentation in 2022, and the industry development trends in 2023.
  • The growth rate of audio and video social far exceeds the overall growth rate of online social market.
  • It is expected that by 2024, the overall size of the global social media market will reach US$300 billion, of which the audio and video social market size is US$181.3 billion.
  • Video social is expected to reach US$128.7 billion, accounting for 42.8%; audio social is expected to reach US$52.6 billion, accounting for 17.5%.

Match Group Appoints Linda Kim as Chief Operating Officer of Hyperconnect

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Thursday, September 29, 2022

DALLAS and SEOUL, Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) today announced that Linda Kim will serve as Chief Operating Officer of Hyperconnect, its leading social discovery and video technology company, effective October 3.

Key Points: 
  • DALLAS and SEOUL, Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) today announced that Linda Kim will serve as Chief Operating Officer of Hyperconnect, its leading social discovery and video technology company, effective October 3.
  • "Linda has deep experience working closely with mobile app developers and creating new features as the apps grow and evolve," said Bernard Kim, CEO of Match Group.
  • "We are poised for some exciting growth at Hyperconnect and across our portfolio and Linda will be a key leader to help us execute our plans for more integration opportunities between Match Group and Hyperconnect."
  • Match Group has recently integrated Hyperconnect's audio and video technologies into several of its brands, including Meetic, Match and Pairs.

Credit card startup Gowid partners with QueryPie to strengthen data governance and protect user information

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Tuesday, June 7, 2022

In response to the increasing volume of personal user data in the company's possession, resulting from its rapid growth and expanding user base, Gowid implemented improved safeguards to protect user privacy and security.

Key Points: 
  • In response to the increasing volume of personal user data in the company's possession, resulting from its rapid growth and expanding user base, Gowid implemented improved safeguards to protect user privacy and security.
  • As part of its user data protection policy, the company collaborated with QueryPie to implement a solid data governance architecture.
  • QueryPie is an enterprise data governance platform that is trusted by industry leaders to modernize and strengthen their data security.
  • QueryPie ( www.querypie.com ) is an advanced data governance solution developed by CHEQUER that simplifies data access and manages scattered data sources and data protection policies.

Zero Trust Research Reveals Nearly Half of All Security Leaders Do Not Believe They Will Be Breached Despite Increasing Attacks and Adoption of Zero Trust Strategies

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Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Segmentation is a Critical Pillar of Every Zero Trust Strategy: 75 percent of segmentation pioneers, those who are classified as advanced users, believe purpose-built segmentation tools are critical to Zero Trust and 81 percent say segmentation is an important technology to Zero Trust.

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  • Segmentation is a Critical Pillar of Every Zero Trust Strategy: 75 percent of segmentation pioneers, those who are classified as advanced users, believe purpose-built segmentation tools are critical to Zero Trust and 81 percent say segmentation is an important technology to Zero Trust.
  • Zero Trust Segmentation is emerging as a true market category that is transforming business operations and strengthening cyber resiliency.
  • Illumio, the Zero Trust Segmentation company, prevents breaches from spreading and turning into cyber disasters.
  • Illumio protects critical applications and valuable digitalassets with proven segmentation technology purpose-built for the Zero Trust security model.

QueryPie Closes USD 17.75 Million in Oversubscribed Preferred Series Seed Round Co-Led by Atinum Investment and Murex Partners

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Tuesday, December 14, 2021

CHEQUER , a San Jose-based provider of the QueryPie modern data governance platform, announced today that it had closed a USD 17.75 million Preferred Series Seed funding round co-led by Atinum Investment and Murex Partners.

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  • CHEQUER , a San Jose-based provider of the QueryPie modern data governance platform, announced today that it had closed a USD 17.75 million Preferred Series Seed funding round co-led by Atinum Investment and Murex Partners.
  • KB Investment, Mirae Asset Venture Investment and Mirae Asset Capital, and Primer Sazze Partners have also joined its existing investors, Kakao Investment and Y-Combinator.
  • Cheuk Kim, Managing Partner at Atinum Investment, and Ohsang Kwon, Co-founder and Partner at Primer Sazze Partners will also serve on the board.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211214005490/en/
    CHEQUER, a provider of the QueryPie modern data governance platform, closed a USD 17.75 million Preferred Series Seed funding round co-led by Atinum Investment and Murex Partners.

New Cadence Report Reveals Majority of Consumers Believe Hyperconnectivity Will Positively Impact Their Lives

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Monday, June 28, 2021

A majority of consumers believe hyperconnectivity driven by hyperscale computing will positively impact them within five years, according to a new report from Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS).

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  • A majority of consumers believe hyperconnectivity driven by hyperscale computing will positively impact them within five years, according to a new report from Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS).
  • Cadence commissioned the survey to determine consumer awareness and impressions of hyperconnectivity and hyperscale computing and their impact on peoples lives.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210628005021/en/
    With hyperconnectivity impacting important areas of our lives like mobile phones/communication, 62% of people believe hyperscale computing will have a positive impact over the next five years.
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