The rise of social networks like Facebook have increased the amount of information that users share with one another, while GPS-enabled smartphones give a constant record of where we are at any given moment. A new iPhone application called Highlight hopes to leverage all the data we are sharing and combine it with location data to help connect people who might have things in common.
After downloading and installing the app, users connect their accounts with Facebook, add a few minor personal details… and then they sit around and wait. Or move around and wait. Either way, eventually users will be pinged when they get within a reasonable distance of someone they might know or someone their friends know on Facebook.
Highlight app combines Facebook and GPS to make real-world connections [Gigaom]