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Pinger, Inc.

Company type	Company
Industry	Texting and VoIP
Founded	April 2005; 19 years ago (2005-04)
Founders	Greg Woock Joe Sipher
Headquarters	San Jose, California, U.S.
Key people	Greg Woock (CEO
Products	Textfree, Sideline, Index
Website	www.pinger.com

Pinger, Inc. is a US Telecom provider for free texts, pictures, calls, and voicemails. 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.

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, 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.

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. 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.

References

1. Pinger's Polite Plans For World Domination, Forbes, 13 July 2011
2. ^ Trimble, Aron (February 17, 2010). "Pinger's Textfree Delivers Billionth Free Text Message". Engadget. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
3. Saint, Nick (February 17, 2010). "Free Texting App Textfree Is Disrupting AT&T With Over A Billion Messages Handled". Business Insider. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
4. Meyers, Michelle (August 6, 2010). "How To Text Without a Cell Phone". CNET. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
5. "Textfree Web for Free Unlimited Texting From Your Computer". 29 July 2015.
6. "Developer of Sideline and Textfree | Pinger". Pinger. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
7. "Index". Index. Retrieved 2024-08-06.

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

• Software development