Highlight’s latest update promotes serendipity with new social features

Geo-mobile social app Highlight rolls out its latest update to date, with photosharing and event features.

Friend discovery: the next big trend in social

Facebook has become the undisputed king of social networking, serving almost 1 billion active users and valued at over $100 billion. Even with this incredible rise, Mark Zuckerberg and many others believe we’re still at the beginning of the social …

Sonar’s “Here-Now” social network shows Highlight how people discovery is really done

After launching one year ago, New York City-based Sonar unveiled a major update today that makes it easier than ever to find friends and like-minded people nearby — all with the goal of becoming a “Here-Now” mobile social network.

When …

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

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 …

2012: The year of the App-ocalypse?

In the past week, two high-profile mobile apps were effectively shut down and acquired – Hipster by Aol and Oink by Google. Both had big PR buildups, rave reviews from the tech press, and strong usage from the digerati.

What …

Highlight’s new features help you find — and remember — more people at SXSW

Highlight, the location-based app stripping the serendipity out of meeting someone, is launching new features today inspired by the popular upcoming event South-By-South-West.

“South-By-South-West is kind of a preview of what the world would be like if everyone had Highlight,” …

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

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 …

Social startup Highlight nabs new funding from Benchmark & a host of others

Highlight, the “traveling dossier for people,” has just raised a round of funding from some well-known names in Silicon Valley venture capital.

Also today, the startup is launching worldwide, and it will release a new version of the app in …

Highlight knows who is standing on that corner … and will tell you

What if you could walk past people and know who they were, or find out if you have a mutual friend without having to introduce yourself? An app for that launches today.

Highlight is the creation of Paul Davidson, the …