• May 27th, 2010

    Friends Around Me iPhone/iPad app lets you interact with friends or strangers, just like they were really there

    Friends Around Me is a mobile app for iPhone and iPad that searches around you for nearby friends — or anyone else willing to say hello — and enables you to view their profile, look at and rate their photos, chat with them, or send them virtual gifts. The service joins together your Foursquare, Twitter, and Facebook networks, allowing you to check in to venues and update your… → Read More

    December 4th, 2009

    Sun-Tanned Russian Raises $1 Million For Stealth Mobile App "Friends Around Me"

    Equintek, an international game development company founded by a group of international investors and entrepreneurs, has invested approximately $1 million in Friends Around Me, a yet-to-launch mobile social networking service with added geo-awareness.

    I had a brief chat with one of the startup’s co-founders, Miami-based founder Egor Lavrov, to learn more about the app. I learned only a little… → Read More