Company:Pinger
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| Type | Corporation |
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| Industry | Texting and VoIP |
| Founded | April 2005 |
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| Headquarters | San Jose, California, U.S. |
Key people | Greg Woock (CEO) |
| Products | Textfree, Sideline, Index |
| Website | www |
Pinger, Inc. is a US telecom provider for free texts, pictures, calls, and voicemails.[1] Pinger was founded in 2005 by former Palm, Inc. managers Greg Woock (CEO of Pinger, Inc) and Joe Sipher. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California.[citation needed]
History
Pinger was founded in 2005[2] by Greg Woock and Joe Sipher.[3] At first, the company created the Pinger Phone in 2008, which consolidated phone, email, and messaging contacts and communications.[2][4] The free texting features were converted into a separate iPhone app called Textfree.[2] Pinger was initially focused exclusively on mobile messaging, but started developing other smartphone apps after Apple released the iPhone software development kit (SDK).[2]
Products
The company has released several apps, mostly being available on iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows and Macintosh.
Textfree
Textfree is an app that allows user to call and text using a real phone number for free. The app has a free ad-supported version and a paid version. The app allows you to text anyone in the world.[5]
Sideline
Sideline is an app that adds a second phone number to your phone using technology similar to Textfree. It's available for iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows and Macintosh.[6] Their official website is sideline.com.
Index
Index is an app that provides a designated business phone number with voice and text capabilities. Index also provides automated text messaging for businesses.[7]
References
- ↑ Pinger's Polite Plans For World Domination, Forbes, 13 July 2011
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Trimble, Aron (February 17, 2010). "Pinger's Textfree Delivers Billionth Free Text Message". https://www.engadget.com/2010-02-17-pingers-textfree-delivers-billionth-free-text-message.html.
- ↑ Saint, Nick (February 17, 2010). "Free Texting App Textfree Is Disrupting AT&T With Over A Billion Messages Handled". https://www.businessinsider.com/texting-app-textfree-over-a-billion-messages-2010-2.
- ↑ Meyers, Michelle (August 6, 2010). "How To Text Without a Cell Phone". https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/how-to-text-without-a-cell-phone/.
- ↑ "Textfree Web for Free Unlimited Texting From Your Computer". 29 July 2015. http://pinger.com/tfw/.
- ↑ "Developer of Sideline and Textfree | Pinger" (in en-US). https://www.pinger.com/#apps.
- ↑ "Index" (in en-US). https://getindex.com/.
External links
- Official website
- March 27, 2013 The Wall Street Journal. The Messaging Apps Taking on Facebook, Phone Giants
- March 19, 2013 CNN Money Turn your iPad into a free phone
- March 17, 2011 Biz Journals Pinger aims to dominate texting world
Company products
- Sideline - second phone number
- Textfree - free texting and calling
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