'For gay men just the fact that there is someone 400ft away and gay is interesting.' But the new app will incorporate specific features to appeal to women. 'The way their minds work is pretty much the same,' he said. Simkhai said Grindr would work for straight men as it is, if it were populated by straight women. If we are going to bring women in to this we have to do things differently.' He said he hoped to launch the new app in 'the very near future'. 'This desire to meet is not just a gay thing.
But Simkhai said location would still be the service's key selling point.
