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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]
Company type | Company |
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Industry | Texting and VoIP |
Founded | April 2005 |
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Headquarters | San Jose, California, U.S. |
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Products | Textfree, Sideline, Index |
Website | www |
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]
The company has released several apps, mostly being available on iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows and Macintosh.
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 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 is an app that provides a designated business phone number with voice and text capabilities. Index also provides automated text messaging for businesses.[7]
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