Your flights are booked, reservations made, but have you remembered your apps? 1. Stay connected! First things first: Don’t forget to download textPlus before you travel overseas. Calls and texts are free to other textPlus users, but you can also call any number in the world at highly discounted rates. Traveling with a group of friends? With [...]
Continued from Richard... So, we were homesick for textPlusand called and texted (for free on textPlus!) and sent CEO Scott Lahman a custom postcard from Special OPS/Amsterdam. Then we got over our homesickness and continued to marvel at the wonder of Amsterdam. What an ecologically aware country. Everyone in Amsterdam seems to have a bike. Navigating [...]
Every startup venture has some good stories. This one is set in Amsterdam. As textPlus begins our entry into Europe and beyond, we sent our “Special Ops” advance team of ace engineers to set up a datacenter in Amsterdam to service our international customers. Four textPlus engineers (Donovan, Owen, Richard and Howard) traveled to Amsterdam to [...]
In the not so distant past, primetime television was the weeknight entertainment choice for most Americans, but according to a recent update from analytics giant, Flurry, the size of the mobile app audience is almost as big as the TV audience--50 million Americans are using mobile apps during 7-9 pm. And this mobile app audience is [...]
We're taking this as a compliment. T-Mobile is dropping cell phone contracts and Verizon may follow suit. Well, you still have to pay a monthly fee so it’s hardly big news, but hey, they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Before the carriers tried to be us, before apps pretended to be us, there was textPlus: [...]
For all textPlus users, we’re having a Spring Sale! From Friday April 5th to Sunday April 7th you can earn 50% more credits with Tapjoy offers. Inside textPlus, look for the Tapjoy offers and take advantage of this great opportunity to earn lots of credits. If you’re not on textPlus yet, this is a great opportunity to [...]
Our most recent survey examined the preferences of Hispanics and Latinos when it comes to calling and texting with friends and family outside of the country. Over 600 of you responded--thank you! Survey results are great to help us deliver the best possible value to our users. Our job is to help everyone connect with [...]
We love our textPlusers, and nothing would make us happier than to feature you-- yes you-- online. Just send us your photos, and they could be used by textPlus in our app, in our advertising, on the textPlus Facebook page and or on our Twitter. Team textPlus will choose some of the top images based [...]
Recently, a study from the UK showed that people are more likely to send a text than make a phone call when communicating with friends and family. We here at textPlus love that texting is becoming a primary way to communicate. After all, we text everyday, every hour even. But, what happens at major sporting [...]
We here at textPlus are honored to announce that our company has been selected as one of the AlwaysOn Global 250 top tech companies to watch. What does that mean? Simply, that textPlus is innovating to provide new, valuable solutions for consumers in an established market - mobile communications. We were selected as one of [...]