Highland has invested in a company called FanSnap that lets users search for tickets to sporting events and concerts.

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The ticket-hunting public may well rejoice today (if they have an iPhone, that is) as SeatGeek has emerged with an app for the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) device that will allow sports and event fans to search for tickets on the go.

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The company, which plans to trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker KYAK, provides web and mobile search for airline tickets and hotel rooms.

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Search for Giants tickets, and FanSnap delivers listings for upcoming games.

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As you know, FanSnap is a search engine for tickets (vs. a marketplace or a broker), displaying tickets from dozens of the best marketplaces and brokers.

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Then you could do the same search on your iPhone or Android (or just synch Google Chrome) and maybe book tickets to a show on your phone, which then links with Google Maps to give you driving directions or bus routes and traffic info.

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Thankfully, ticket search engine site SeatGeek compiled and aggregated Olympic ticket sales data and found what people are paying for Olympic tickets.

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