When Gogii, a startup backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’ iFund for iPhone apps, launched its textPlus app for the iPhone in June, I was sure it was a no-brainer hit. I said so in a post.

Communicating with other textPlus users in Canada is always free. Additionally, users can text and talk with friends not on textPlus in Canada for free or at rates up to six times cheaper than current ...

Two L.A. telecom startups have joined forces to take on Internet and cell phone service providers. FreedomPop, a Tarzana company that offers free wireless Internet service, announced Tuesday that it ...

What’s group chat? It’s an SMS conversation involving 3 or more people. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers thinks it’s hot enough to have led a $5 million funding round for Gogii, maker of the textPlus ...

For a lot of people, SMS messaging—more commonly known as “texting”—has become one of the primary ways to communicate with friends and family. The iPhone’s native Messages app makes texting very easy, ...

TextPlus uses Wi-Fi to text messages around the world as well as call U.S. and Canadian mobile phones from abroad. We love that the app can do app-to-app messaging worldwide, plus the calls are free ...

“textPlus aims to efficiently deliver a next-generation texting and calling experience to more people across more devices – for free or at an exceptionally low cost,” said Scott Lahman, Founder and ...

If you were trying to disrupt the cell phone industry, you couldn’t do much better than pairing a company that provides free Internet access with an app maker that has a popular free texting and ...