Tinder rival Hinge ditches swiping, relaunches as a serious relationship app at $7 per month

Tinder rival Hinge has announced a shift away from the swipe-obsessed mobile dating culture and is relaunching as a paid service for those seeking serious relationships.
Founded out of New York in 2011, Hinge has raised around $20 million in funding to date. So far, Hinge has been like Tinder in many ways — users indicated who they found attractive by swiping. But while Tinder was always more about hooking up with strangers, Hinge used Facebook to help match you with friends of friends thr