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Zipwhip

Voyager and Microsoft Ventures invest $9M in business text messaging platform Zipwhip

With the proliferation of so many messaging apps, from Facebook Messenger to WhatsApp to Snapchat, it may seem like SMS texting is… Read More

This beer-pouring robot lets you skip the line for the bar — using text messages and a laser

We’ve already seen robots that get you a beer and coffee machines that start brewing when you text. Now, those… Read More

GeekWork Picks: 3D laser printer startup Glowforge seeks candidates with experience in customer service and tinkering

Glowforge, the innovative 3D laser printer startup that set a crowdfunding record last year, is seeking a Support Associate who… Read More

‘People are still texting’: Zipwhip on pace for $10M in annual recurring revenue by Q3

Dedicated messaging apps like Snapchat, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger might get more buzz, but good old-fashioned SMS text messaging is still the main… Read More

Zipwhip raises $5M for huge sales push as texting from landlines takes off

Zipwhip, the Seattle-based company that enables existing landline phones to send and receive text messages, has raised $5 million in… Read More

Frontier inks partnership with Zipwhip for text-enabled business landlines

Businesses using Frontier Communications for their voice calling needs will now be able to send and receive texts with consumers… Read More

Zipwhip makes iPhone cloud text breakthrough with AT&T

LAS VEGAS — Cloud text messaging company Zipwhip has reached an arrangement with AT&T to capture user text messages coming… Read More

‘World’s first text carrier’: Zipwhip debuts cloud-texting for landlines

Seattle-based Zipwhip was the first company to bring cloud-texting to your desktop via your mobile number, and now they’re doing it for… Read More

Zipwhip brings texting to Android tablets

Seattle-based Zipwhip — the people who brought you cloud texting on your desktop using your mobile number — today announced… Read More

Video: Zipwhip’s ‘Textspresso’ machine, now with edible ink

A few weeks ago, we told you about Zipwhip’s new Textspresso machine, an amazing invention that allowed coffee lovers at… Read More

Video: Watch the ‘Textspresso’ machine brew the geekiest cup of coffee ever

Seattle is really known for two things: coffee and tech geeks. And I’ve never seen those two worlds collide in… Read More

How Zipwhip is celebrating new customer wins with an automated flag raising

Seattle entrepreneur John Lauer is the master of the tech PR stunt, once rigging up a system at his Detroit… Read More

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