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, ...

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.

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 ...

Marina Del Rey-based text messaging app develotextPlus, which is led by Scott Lahman, is going global, saying Thursday that it has launched a new free test messaging and calling app called Nextplus ...

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 ...

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 ...