Banjo brings friends on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram together, by location (and it’s awesome)

November 15, 2012 8:00 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Editor's Pick Most new social-local apps are a bore, frankly. But most don't have a CEO who did a couple of tours of duty in Desert Storm, was a chief mechanic for a NASCAR team, and then, after selling a startup, went back to study at MIT.

Social discovery service Banjo hits 1 million users in just 9 months

April 18, 2012 6:00 AM Ben Popper
Ben Popper

Banjo founder and CEO Damien Patton has held a variety of jobs in his life, but the career experience that he believes is paying off big at his current startup is the time he spent head mechanic on one of …

Sonar comes to Android as it prepares for SXSW showdown over ambient awareness

March 6, 2012 4:27 AM Ben Popper
Ben Popper

Tech journalists have a bad habit of picking a theme each year for SXSW and crafting a drama around which startup will “win” the festival. This year the contest is among the “ambient awareness” apps like Sonar, Banjo, Highlight and …