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managers Greg Woock (

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especiall ...

of Pinger, Inc) and Joe Sipher. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Products

The company has released several apps, mostly being available on

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, Microsoft Windows and

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Textfree

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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

, Microsoft Windows and

. Their official website i
sideline.com

References

External links

* *March 27, 2013 The Wall Street Journal
The Messaging Apps Taking on Facebook, Phone Giants
* March 19, 2013 CNN Mone

* March 17, 2011 Biz Journal

Company products

* Sideline - second phone number * Textfree - free texting and calling {{Instant messaging Software development