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'''Grindr''' is a geosocial networking application for certain makes of mobile phone. Grindr allows to find other users within close proximity. | '''Grindr''' is a geosocial networking application for certain makes of mobile phone. Grindr allows to find other users within close proximity. | ||
| − | It was initially launched in the USA in 2009, but as of June 2012, [[London]] topped the list of cities with 350,000 users, and the local system crashed, possibly as a result of the arrival in London of Olympic athletes<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/olympic-athletes-london-grindr_n_1695173.html. ''Huffington Post'' article, accessed: 2013-05-02. (Archived by [[WebCite]]® at http://www.webcitation.org/6GJtucjj2)</ref> British users increased by 30,000 | + | It was initially launched in the USA in 2009, but as of June 2012, [[London]] topped the list of cities with 350,000 users, and the local system crashed, possibly as a result of the arrival in London of Olympic athletes<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/olympic-athletes-london-grindr_n_1695173.html. ''Huffington Post'' article, accessed: 2013-05-02. (Archived by [[WebCite]]® at http://www.webcitation.org/6GJtucjj2)</ref> British users increased by 30,000 in 2009 after [[Stephen Fry]] mentioned it on the TV show ''Top Gear''.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jul/04/grindr-the-new-sexual-revolution "Grindr: a new sexual revolution?" by Polly Vernon, ''The Observer'', Sunday 4 July 2010</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 17:55, 2 May 2013
Grindr is a geosocial networking application for certain makes of mobile phone. Grindr allows to find other users within close proximity.
It was initially launched in the USA in 2009, but as of June 2012, London topped the list of cities with 350,000 users, and the local system crashed, possibly as a result of the arrival in London of Olympic athletes[1] British users increased by 30,000 in 2009 after Stephen Fry mentioned it on the TV show Top Gear.[2]
References
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/olympic-athletes-london-grindr_n_1695173.html. Huffington Post article, accessed: 2013-05-02. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6GJtucjj2)
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jul/04/grindr-the-new-sexual-revolution "Grindr: a new sexual revolution?" by Polly Vernon, The Observer, Sunday 4 July 2010
