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Timescity launches app for Android, iOS & Blackberry10
MUMBAI: Timescity.com, a lifestyle portal of Times Internet has launched its mobile app for android, iOS and Blackberry10.
The app offers one-click, up-to-date access to favourite food / nightlife listings and reviews, movies and events in the city.
It‘s a quick, easy location-based app with instantaneous, up-to-date and relevant information about restaurants, pubs, bars, theatres, movies in addition to events like music concerts, fairs, exhibitions and festivals.
Timescity.com, Times Food and Nightlife Guide content have now been merged thereby allowing users to read reviews, lookup their addresses and phone numbers get directions and call restaurants from within the App.
Users can also view cinema listings, movie trailers and movie reviews for each selection. The app features listings and recommendations based on location, type of venue or date. Users can filter the listing based on their preference of distance, ratings and price. From pubs to foodie heavens, from curry houses to cafes, the app has all features of the website and much more, thus becoming the virtual city guide, to suit every occasion and budget.
Users can also view critic reviews in the restaurants reviews section. Critics like Rashmi Uday Singh, Marryam Reshii, Karen Anand and Suresh Hinduja add detailed critics reviews in all centers weekly.
Timescity.com & Times Food and Nightlife Guide business head Siddhaarth Jalan said: “We are happy to launch the Timescity app on Andriod, iOS & Blackberry 10 to let the users discover the best of going out in their city in an intuitive, easy-to-use format. We will be launching the app on all other platforms shortly”.
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With 57 per cent single new users, Ashley Madison rebrands as discreet dating platform
Platform says majority of new members now identify as single
INDIA: Ashley Madison is shedding the “married-dating” label that defined it for two decades, repositioning itself as a platform for discreet dating in what it calls the post-social media age.
The rebrand, unveiled in India on 27 February, 2026, marks a structural shift in business model and identity. Once synonymous with married dating, the company now describes itself as the “premier destination for discreet dating” under a new tagline: Where Desire Meets Discretion.
The pivot is data-driven. Internal figures show that 57 per cent of global sign-ups between 1 January and 31 December, 2025 identified as single: a notable departure from the platform’s married core. The company argues that its community has already evolved beyond its original positioning.
“In an age where our lives have been constantly put on public display, privacy has become the new luxury,” said Ashley Madison chief strategy officer Paul Keable. He framed the platform’s offering as “ethical discretion” for singles, separated, divorced and non-monogamous users seeking private connections.
The shift also taps into wider digital fatigue. A global survey conducted by YouGov for Ashley Madison, covering 13,071 adults across Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US, found mounting discomfort with hyper-public online lives.
Among dating app users, 30 per cent cited constant swiping and messaging as a source of fatigue, while 24 per cent pointed to pressure to curate public-facing profiles and early personal disclosure. Some 27 per cent said fears of screenshots or information being shared contributed to exhaustion; an equal share cited unwanted attention.
The retreat from oversharing appears broader. According to the survey, 46 per cent of adults actively try to keep most aspects of their life private online. Only 8 per cent feel comfortable sharing most aspects publicly, while 35 per cent say they are becoming more selective about what they disclose.
Ashley Madison is betting that this cultural recalibration towards controlled visibility can be monetised. By doubling down on privacy infrastructure and reframing itself around discretion rather than infidelity, the company is attempting to convert reputational baggage into a premium proposition.
