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Today our Pinger employees from San Jose, CA are headed down to our Santa Barbara office for a meeting of the minds!

Wave if you see their bus pass you!

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Pinger employees like to work hard and play hard, and this Friday was no exception. Everyone in the office took a break after work (and overcame their friggatriskaidekaphobia) to play some bocce!

Teams were selected at random from our prized Sharks hat, and competition was fierce. When inches count, tape measures were unholstered to see who was closest to the pallino (the little metal ball … it’s complicated.)

We’re pretty serious about our bocce, apparently.

Winners got trophies plus bragging rights, and everyone had a great (perhaps a bit rowdy) time.

Want to be part of our next adventure? We are hiring!

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Hey Pinger fans!

Wondering how to copy, forward, or delete a single text?

Just tap and hold the message in the text bubble. A menu will pop up with the options “Copy,” “Forward” and “Delete,” just like in the screen shot on the right. To paste something you’ve copied, tap where you’d like to paste if you’re on iOS, or tap and hold if you’re on Android, and a menu will pop up.

If you need help with anything, our Support team is ready to assist you! Just contact them by emailing support@pinger.com or by clicking here to submit a request on our help site.

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(Shh.  We think we’ve outdone FaceTime.)

Sometimes a text doesn’t quite do the job, and for that we have the power of Voice.  Yet in the deep lairs of Pinger Headquarters, our research team has been working on an even greater engineering challenge: We call it a Holo-gram.

The new Holo-Gram!

Think of it as three-dimensional, real-time video.  And it’s FREE.

Holo-gram is slated to take the telecom industry by storm.  Imagine “visiting” a friend across the country on Pinger: See their expression and that smile you love so much.  See subtle gestures, even model a new hairstyle or introduce your cat.  It’s just like having a face-to-face conversation.

Dr. Jocelyn Cloutier, renowned researcher and Chief Technical Officer at Pinger, Inc. explains: “Our team has developed a unique approach to personalizing a conversation.  By splitting the light from the phone’s built-in camera exactly 6 degrees in opposite directions we can create two simultaneous photographs of an interference pattern that, when suitably illuminated, produces a three-dimensional image.  It’s to-scale, and it works simultaneously with the user’s voice.  It literally is just like having your friend right in front of you.”

How does it work?

All you need is Textfree and 3D glasses.  Just call your friend on Pinger.  When they pick up, put on your glasses and Textfree does the rest.  You can pick up the glasses at any movie theater, or just use polarized sunglasses.  Holo-gram is free!

Give Textfree’s new Holo-gram feature a try and … smile!

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