Pinger, Inc. is a US telecom provider for free texts, pictures, calls, and voicemails. Pinger was founded in 2005 by former
Palm, Inc.
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managers Greg Woock (
CEO
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CEOs find roles in variou ...
of Pinger, Inc) and Joe Sipher. The company is headquartered in
San Jose, California.
History
Pinger was founded in 2005
by Greg Woock and Joe Sipher.
At first, the company created the Pinger Phone in 2008, which consolidated phone, email, and messaging contacts and communications.
The free texting features were converted into a separate iPhone app called Textfree.
Pinger was initially focused exclusively on mobile messaging, but started developing other smartphone apps after Apple released the iPhone software development kit (SDK).
Products
The company has released several apps, mostly being available on
iOS
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,
Android,
Microsoft Windows
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and
Macintosh
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.
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.
Sideline
Sideline is an app that adds a second phone number to your phone using technology similar to Textfree. It's available for
iOS
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,
Android,
Microsoft Windows
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and
Macintosh
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. Their official website i
sideline.com
Index
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References
External links
*
*March 27, 2013 The Wall Street Journal
The Messaging Apps Taking on Facebook, Phone Giants* March 19, 2013 CNN Mone
* March 17, 2011 Biz Journal
Company products
* Sideline - second phone number
* Textfree - free texting and calling
{{Instant messaging
Software development