Sonar Nabs Funding From Bing Fund: Can It Overcome Ambient Discovery Hurdles?
byAt 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
by Humayun KhanNYC-based Echolocation, a location-based microblogging mobile app, recently announced that it closed a $200,000 round of seed…
With 3M Users, Banjo Launches Version 3.0 to Take Ambient Social Discovery Global
by Humayun KhanBetaKit 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
by Erin BuryToday Austin, TX-based CanWe Studios announced a new app, CanWeNetwork, that takes the idea behind ambient discovery apps…
The Future of Ambient Social Location Apps
by Darrell EtheringtonAmbient 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
by Darrell EtheringtonSocial 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
by Darrell EtheringtonEvent networking is bound to be a hot topic at SXSW Interactive, which kicks off on Friday. There hasn’t been a super-effective…