Banjo Brings You There With "Trending Places" First Stop: The 2012 Olympic Games

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Banjo, the leading location-based search and social discovery platform launched its new "Trending Places" feature to bring people around the world to the Olympics. Banjo is the only app that truly takes you there - from here, there or anywhere, aggregating all of the social updates, tweets, posts and insights direct from London across all major social networks into one application. Banjo is creating "THE" social graph by extending social reach and offering a real-time look into worldwide trends, events and activities based on discovery and people's interests. 

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"As social tools continue to emerge and further connect the world, we felt it was important to develop a platform that has the power to bring all of these conversations into one channel," said Damien Patton, CEO, Banjo. "Banjo is opening the possibility to truly discover the Olympics like never before. For the first time, people will be able to view all of the tweets, posts, updates and pictures in a single feed directly from athletes and spectators at the Olympics in London."

For paramount events like this summer's upcoming London Olympic Games, Banjo connects people across multiple social networks in real-time to create meaningful, engaging conversations across mobile devices. Now, fans of the Olympics have an opportunity to experience the summer games through a new medium by consuming, commenting and sharing photos, tweets, news and more from the heart of London.

Banjo has a user base spanning 190 countries, and has held the coveted "App of the Week" in Apple's iTunes Store and has twice been the "App of the Week" in Google Play, the Android App Store. The latest version, including "Trending Places" is available now on iOS and Android devices.

About Banjo
Banjo, the leading location-based search & social discovery platform aggregates the most popular social networks into one feed, creating "THE" Social Graph. Banjo takes you there, to the most interesting and important events and places around the world. The Redwood City start-up was founded by CEO Damien Patton, and is available for free on iOS and Android devices in English, Spanish, Italian, Turkish, Korean, French, German, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese.

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