Glide (software)

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Glide
Original author(s)Glide Talk Ltd.
Operating systemiOS, Android, Windows Phone
TypeInstant messaging
Websiteglide.me

Glide is an instant video messaging platform for iOS, Android, and Windows mobile devices.[1]

The app enables a user to live stream broadcast brief video clips, in a similar way as sending text messages.[2] Glide communicates through WiFi, 3G, 4G, and LTE. Users have the ability to send private videos up to five minutes to a desired list of contacts. Recipients have the freedom to watch and respond to the video instantly or later. All messages can be watched anytime and saved on the cloud.[3] This Jerusalem-based startup was founded by Jonathan Caras, Adam Korbl, and Ari Roisman on May 15, 2012, and was launched to the public in March 2013.[citation needed]

Glide won the Techcrunch Startup Battlefield Audience Choice award at the publication's disrupt New York Technology conference in 2013.[4]

In 2015, Glide reported having more than 15 million active users.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Test Run: Glide Video Messenger App". Nick Bilton. The New York Times. 19 April 2013. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Israel's Glide is TechCrunch Disrupt finalist". Globes. May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Glide - Video Chat Messenger - Android Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  4. ^ Eldon, Eric; Tsotsis, Alexia (May 2013). "The 7 Disrupt NY Finalists: Enigma, Floored, Glide, Handle, HealthyOut, SupplyShift And Zenefits - TechCrunch". Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Glide's Live Video Messaging App Gets Major Design Overhaul on Android - Glide - Live Video Messaging". Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
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