Biometrics, real-time data poised to change dating

The Tinder application is demonstrated for a photograph on an Apple Inc. iPhone in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. IAC/InterActiveCorp, parent of Match Group Inc. which operates a number of dating services including Tinder, beat analysts estimates for revenue and profit in the fourth quarter when figured were released on January 31. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

There is nothing new about the elusiveness of love. 

For millennia, people have written stories, sonnets and songs about the fundamental struggle of finding the perfect mate. Today, technology companies are writing code to help you do just that.