Pinger

Short description: Company

Pinger, Inc.

Type| Company
Industry| Texting and VoIP
Founded| April 2005; 18 years ago (2005-04)
Headquarters| San Jose, California , U.S.

Key people

* Greg Woock (CEO)
* Joe Sipher

Products| Textfree, Sideline
Brands| Textfree
Website| www.pinger.com

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 was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.[citation needed]

## Contents

* 1 Products
* 1.1 Textfree
* 1.2 Sideline
* 2 References
* 3 External links
* 4 Company products

## Products

The company has released several apps, mostly being available on iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows and Macintosh.

### Textfree

Main page: Software: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.[2]

### 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.[3] Their official website is sideline.com.

## References

1. ↑ Pinger's Polite Plans For World Domination, Forbes, 13 July 2011
2. ↑ "Textfree Web for Free Unlimited Texting From Your Computer". 29 July 2015. http://pinger.com/tfw/.
3. ↑ "Developer of Sideline and Textfree | Pinger" (in en-US). https://www.pinger.com/#apps.

## External links

* 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

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Instant messaging

Protocols
(comparison)|

| Open|

* IMPP
* IRC
* Matrix
* MTProto
* RetroShare
* Signal Protocol
* SIP
* MSRP
* SIMPLE
* Tox
* XMPP
* Jingle
* WFP
* Zephyr
* DDP

|

Closed|

* MSNP
* OSCAR
* TOC
* Skype

Services|

* Band
* BBM
* Discord
* Facebook Messenger
* FireChat
* GroupMe
* Hike Messenger
* HipChat
* ICQ
* iGap
* iMessage
* IRC Networks
* Jongla
* KakaoTalk
* Kik
* Libon
* Line
* Marco Polo
* Palringo
* Signal
* Skype
* Slack
* Snapchat
* SNOW
* Tango
* Telegram
* QQ
* Textfree/Pinger
* The Palace
* Threema
* Tox
* Trillian
* Upptalk
* Viber
* Virtual Places Chat
* WeChat
* WhatsApp
* Wickr
* Windows Messenger service
* Yahoo Together
* Zulip

Clients
(comparison)|

| Single protocol|

* Allo
* Baidu Hi
* BBM
* CSipSimple
* Facebook Messenger
* FaceTime
* Fetion
* Gadu-Gadu
* GroupMe
* IBM Sametime
* ICQ
* IMVU
* Jami
* Jongla
* Linphone
* Palringo
* RetroShare
* Ricochet
* Riot.im
* Signal
* Skype
* Telegram
* Tencent QQ
* Tox
* WeChat
* WhatsApp
* Wickr
* Wire

|

Multi-protocol|

* Adium
* Ayttm
* BitlBee
* Centericq
* eBuddy
* Empathy
* Fire
* Instantbird
* Jitsi
* Kopete
* Messages/iChat
* Miranda IM
* Nimbuzz
* Pidgin
* QIP 2010
* Skype for Business
* Trillian
* Telepathy
* Upptalk

XMPP (Jabber)|

* Bombus
* ChatSecure
* Conversations
* Gajim
* Psi
* Tkabber
* Spark

MSNP|

* aMSN
* Skype

Defunct|

* List of defunct instant messaging platforms

See also|

* Backchannel
* Chat log
* Chatbot
* Contact list
* Emoticon
* File sharing
* Instant message service center
* LAN messenger
* Messaging apps
* Presence information
* Shoutbox
* SMS language
* Status message
* Videotelephony
* Voice over IP
* Webcam
* U-Report
* Web chat
* Circuit
* FirstClass
* Flock
* Fuze Box
* Glip
* Hall.com
* Yammer

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