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February 3, 2012 03:02 am GMT
The big promise of location-based mobile apps is that they can help you find something great in real life without you meaning to look for it. But that hasn't usually been my experience. Instead, whether because of the friction of having to check in, the lack of adoption by friends outside of tech, or whatever else, I simply forget to use them.That has changed with Highlight, a new passive location app for iOS that shows you when Facebook users with friends and interests in common are nearby.Since it launched last week, I've gotten in touch with an old friend/source who's now at a big new company, discovered a couple previous acquaintances who happen to live or work near me, and got the heads up about a fellow blogger creeping behind me at work.My experience is more or less on track with what founder Paul Davison is hearing from other users so far.
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Surprise! Location App Highlight Actually Creates Serendipity
The big promise of location-based mobile apps is that they can help you find something great in real life without you meaning to look for it. But that hasn't usually been my experience. Instead, whether because of the friction of having to check in, the lack of adoption by friends outside of tech, or whatever else, I simply forget to use them.That has changed with Highlight, a new passive location app for iOS that shows you when Facebook users with friends and interests in common are nearby.Since it launched last week, I've gotten in touch with an old friend/source who's now at a big new company, discovered a couple previous acquaintances who happen to live or work near me, and got the heads up about a fellow blogger creeping behind me at work.My experience is more or less on track with what founder Paul Davison is hearing from other users so far.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/0L9KViLhhh0/
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