September 2011
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Tech Talk Podcast: Browsing by Texting -... →
We stopped by the NY Times Tech Talk studio!! Check out the interview! 
Sep 22nd
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July 2011
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Jul 26th
Texting Fire Alarm →
Well this is helpful.
Jul 14th
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June 2011
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China Reaches 900 Million Mobile Phone Users |... →
Jun 7th
Jetstar debuts SMS boarding passes, with help from... →
Jun 7th
May 2011
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“In its “Mobile Messaging Report,” Juniper Research (among other things) looks at...”
– Juniper Research: Application-generated texts to exceed $70 billion in revenues by 2016 *coughs loudly* You don’t say :)
May 27th
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foursquare SMS Update
Bug Fixes + New Features! Searching a new location is fixed:  (1/1)FOURSQUARE.COM You are in NY, NY Reply with a venue name to search nearby. You may also reply: (1) Search another city (1 + city) *added a shortcut here (2) Return home »Reply ‘1 new orleans’ (1/1)FOURSQUARE.COM Please reply with a venue name to search near new orleans You may also reply (1) to return home ...
May 26th
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April 2011
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Announcing DOTGO Publisher
A powerful new web-based text messaging platform We’re very excited to formally announce the launch of DOTGO Publisher. Built on top of CMRL, our powerful mobile markup language, DOTGO Publisher is a suite of web-based publishing tools that lets you effortlessly take advantage of text messaging. DOTGO Publisher includes three new easy to use tools: Site Builder: Create and manage...
Apr 8th
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March 2011
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Mar 29th
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March Madness fans: schedule and scores now...
Mar 21st
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Research suggests text messaging could help... →
Mar 10th
Swedes to start text message-based postage system →
Mar 10th
February 2011
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“Here’s yet more proof that plain ol’ text messages aren’t going away any time...”
– 26 Billion Text Messages Sent During China Spring Festival To that we say, WORD.
Feb 18th
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Feb 15th
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WatchWatch
STARTING NOW: Our Social Media Week Panel @ JWT: Cross-Mobile Brand Strategy Speakers: Farrah Bostic - VP, Group Planning Director - Digitas @farrahbostic Chi Modu - Brand Strategist - Diverse Insights @chimodu @diverseinsights Mary Gail Pezzimenti - Executive Producer - Lucky Magazine at Conde Nast Publications @mgpezz Kristin Volk - VP, Human Experience Strategy Director - MediaVest...
Feb 11th
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WatchWatch
Replay of our Social Media Week session at Google yesterday - Integrating Text Messaging into Websites, Apps, and Other Software. A huge thanks to the Social Media Week team. The event was great, as was the staff and venue, not to mention the content this week has been amazing and it’s only Tuesday!
Feb 8th
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Feb 7th
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WatchWatch
Getting going! Tune in now for our Social Media Week panel/workshop on CMRL. Integrating Text Messaging into Websites, Apps, and Other Software
Feb 7th
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Feb 4th
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Egyptian Authorities Forced Text Messages
Vodafone Group PLC of Britain, Egypt’s largest carrier by subscribers, and Egyptian Co. for Mobile Services, or Mobinil, both said they had been required to send short message service, or SMS, to customers in Egypt, even while text-messaging services overall remain down throughout the country. “Under the emergency powers provisions of the Telecoms Act, the Egyptian authorities can...
Feb 3rd
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CMRL Workshop at Google - Social Media Week NY
We’re excited to announce that we’re hosting a second event as a part of Social Media Week 2011: Integrating Text Messages into Websites, Apps, and Other Software. Led by our CEO and Co-founder, Stefan Gromoll, the workshop, hosted at Google, will focus on how to use our XML-based markup language CMRL, the Concise Message Routing Language, to develop text messaging services for...
Feb 2nd
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January 2011
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Jan 31st
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DOTGO Social Media Week Panel at JWT
DOTGO will host a panel entitled “Cross-Mobile Brand Strategy” at this year’s Social Media Week, to be held February 7-11, 2011 in New York City. The DOTGO panel will take place on Friday, February 11 from 12 to 2pm at JWT, Social Media Week’s Business, Media, and Communications Hub. The panel will be moderated by DOTGO CEO and Co-founder Stefan Gromoll and will focus on...
Jan 27th
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Jan 27th
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Text messaging improves childrens spelling skills →
Jan 24th
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WatchWatch
DOTGO New York Tech Meetup Demo feat. Stefan and Michelle
Jan 20th
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DOTGO Demos at New York Tech Meetup [Video] →
A recap of our demo at the New York Tech Meetup.
Jan 20th
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Jan 20th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 5th
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“I think the No. 1 challenge in a start-up is building the best possible thing...”
– Facebook platform product manager Carl Sjogreen, in an analysis piece I wrote called “Assessing the fate of the ‘Facebook Way’” -via caro
Jan 3rd
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December 2010
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2011 Here We Come!
DOTGO had an incredible year in 2010 and is closing the year out with a big product launch on the horizon. Growth has been phenomenal, and adoption has been even better than we expected. In November and December alone, we sent and received as many messages as we did in all of 2009. After securing a Series A round from Epic Ventures and TomorrowVC (the venture fund of Google’s Eric Schmidt) last...
Dec 31st
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FCC to explore text-message 911 service →
Excellent.
Dec 29th
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Dec 28th
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Dec 27th
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AT&T releases dramatic anti-texting while driving... →
We’re obviously the biggest fan of texting here @ DOTGO, but seriously, please don’t text and drive! Kudos to AT&T for stepping up their “anti-texting while driving” campaign during the holidays.
Dec 27th
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Mobile V. FEC →
Dec 21st
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The role of SMS in the law →
Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 1st
November 2010
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FCC looking to accept 911 texting, MMS, and even... →
Nov 23rd
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Why SMS Marketing Still Makes Sense for Small...
There’s a huge population of consumers in the U.S. who do not own smartphones, notes Tom Cotney, CEO of mobile marketing firm Air2Web. “And if you’re going to provide some kind of customer service capability on mobile phones, you really need to reach as much of the population as possible.” That isn’t to say that mobile apps are useless, but having a way for text to complement or introduce those...
Nov 22nd
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US Consumers Embrace Text Messaging for More Than... →
Consumers indicate the likelihood to use text messaging in a growing number of ways: 53% would text to set or confirm an appointment 40% would text an opinion to a poll 37% would text an entry into a contest 26% would text a donation 25% would text to purchase a product “Millions of consumers are prepared to integrate text messaging into a broad range of their daily activities,”...
Nov 17th
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We're Hiring!
We’re a small but revolutionary venture-backed mobile startup backed by Google’s Eric Schmidt.  We’re looking for experienced and creative Software Engineers to get involved on the ground floor of a new company and personally influence how our products evolve. Responsibilities: Lead software design and development of the DOTGO platform Contribute creatively to product design decisions ...
Nov 16th
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Nov 11th
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Internet of Things
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Nov 11th
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Nov 9th
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October 2010
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Oct 29th
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Oct 28th
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New SMS Service new service available to any... →
Oct 27th