Sonar Nabs Funding From Bing Fund: Can It Overcome Ambient Discovery Hurdles?
At last year’s SXSW conference in Austin ambient networking apps were all the rage. The concept is simple: the apps…
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Echolocation Adds $200K to Build Out a Hyper-Local Version of Twitter
NYC-based Echolocation, a location-based microblogging mobile app, recently announced that it closed a $200,000 round of seed…
With $2.3M in Funding, Spindle Updates iOS App to Tackle Local Discovery
Restaurants, retailers, museums, art galleries, and other local businesses spend a great deal of time writing posts on Facebook,…
With 3M Users, Banjo Launches Version 3.0 to Take Ambient Social Discovery Global
BetaKit covered Redwood, CA-based Banjo earlier in the year when it reached the one million user mark in nine months, faster…
CanWeNetwork App Applies Ambient Discovery to the LinkedIn Audience
Today Austin, TX-based CanWe Studios announced a new app, CanWeNetwork, that takes the idea behind ambient discovery apps…
Tagwhat Updates Mobile App to Help Tie Online Content to Physical Locations
Today Boulder, CO-based Tagwhat, billed as a “mobile tour guide for the world,” announced new publishing tools…
The Future of Ambient Social Location Apps
Ambient location apps were a hot commodity at this year’s SXSW festival in Austin, but they’ve failed to really…
Banjo Hits 1M Users in Just Nine Months
Social location-based app Banjo has reached one million users in just nine months, the company announced today, hitting that…
As SXSW Approaches, Event Networking Apps Go Head-to-Head
Event networking is bound to be a hot topic at SXSW Interactive, which kicks off on Friday. There hasn’t been a super-effective…