6 posts and columns on Pinger

Pinger Adds Voicemail to iOS Calling and Texting App

in Mobile on December 21, 2011 at 2:40 pm PT

Pinger today started offering free, ad-supported voicemail on top of its texting and voice call service.
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Ever Heard of the App Touch? Nobody Has, but 12M People Already Use It.

in Social on December 5, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

An under-the-radar Canadian start-up with more than 12 million users for its free texting app is now trying to break out as a mobile social leader.
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Pinger Brings Free Text Message App to Europe

in Mobile on July 13, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Pinger, maker of the popular Textfree app (which has more than 15 million users in the U.S.), has a plan for starting operations in Europe, where it’s hard to break into the mobile business in part because carriers pay each other for each call made or text sent. Starting in Germany in August, Pinger will “gamify” the experience by only letting users of its Android and iOS apps send texts when they have received an equal number, so the company doesn’t have to pay fees to other carriers.

Ex-Palm Team Finds Success Offering Free Calling and Texting for iPhone and Android

in Mobile on March 16, 2011 at 5:05 pm PT

Pinger struck out with its first idea–a way to make voicemail more like email–but the team appears to have found its niche with its TextFree line of apps which offer free texting and even calling from the iPhone and Android phones. The service also works on devices such as the iPod Touch that don’t normally support calling.

KPCB Doubles Down on iFund: $200 Million for iPhone and iPad Apps

in Mobile on March 31, 2010 at 10:42 am PT

Add Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers to the list of companies funding iPad app development. This morning the storied venture capital firm said it is doubling the $100 million fund it established to provide seed capital for iPhone apps to fuel development of new apps for Apple’s iPad.

Making Voice Mail More Like Email

in The Digital Solution on January 3, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

We test Pinger, a free messaging service that tries to make voice mail a little more like email, or like a cellphone text message.