Tinder is offering a $778-per-month subscription for ‘exceptional connections’

The dating app’s new offering will reportedly give users access to features like exclusive search and matching. The new subscription offering, called Tinder Select, is being offered to less than 1% of users, which the company claims is to ensure users enjoy “exceptional connections”. It will set you back US$500 (AU$778) The new membership options […]

Is graphite the new lithium? Global energy markets set for major shake-up

New Zealand-based CarbonScape is set to commercialise the production of biographite – a new, cleaner graphite alternative for lithium-ion batteries. CarbonScape, which began developing its clean graphite alternative, biographite, in 2016, recently banked $18 million in an investment round led by Europe’s largest supplier of wooden construction material, Store Enso, to commercialise its materials throughout […]

Australia’s Airbnb battle begins as Victoria signs off on new levy

Victoria has just passed a 7.5% levy on short-term rental accommodation. After New York’s Local Law 18 came into effect in early September, is Airbnb on a collision course? Short-term rental platform Airbnb came out of the famous startup incubator, the Y Combinator, in 2009 with about 2,500 listings and 10,000 registered users. Today, Search […]