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Radio Extra: Teen Aims To Make High School Romance Less Painful With App

By  Jon Hansen and Paul Biasco | January 26, 2015 5:13pm 

 Sam Lurye, a 16-year-old Lincoln Park High School student, created the app.
Sam Lurye, a 16-year-old Lincoln Park High School student, created the app.
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LINCOLN PARK — A 16-year-old Lincoln Park High School student is seeking to save his classmates from the embarrassment of romantic rejection.

On Valentine's Day, Samuel Lurye will launch Kiss, a mobile dating app that allows high schoolers to ask a guy or girl if they like them.

The beauty of the app is that it is anonymous.

The founder wants to make one thing clear: It is not the Tinder for high schoolers. On this DNAinfo Radio Extra, Paul Biasco discusses the app and how investors are taking notice:

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