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 run in the background on…
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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 funding from TechLaunch, Casabona Ventures, in addition…
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 than both Facebook…
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 like Highlight, Banjo and Sonar and applies them…
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 capture the public’s attention the…
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 milestone faster than Facebook, Pinterest…
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 way for…