Meanwhile, chatter around Highlight turned from whether it was the next big thing to whether it was just a flash in the pan. Today, Highlight is re-emerging with a new version for iPhone and Android that uses the same basic premise — finding notable people around you, based on your shared friends and interests — while overhauling the algorithms that decide what to show you. Founder Paul Davison is still pitching the same grand vision he always has — a world where you can easily meet strangers and find your friends thanks to the data supplied by your smartphone. But even at version 2.0, theres still a big gap between that vision and the product Highlight is today.
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