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Vote for your favourite Summer Snaps

July 30th, 2009 – 8:39 AM
Tagged as: News

Thanks to all who have already taken part in our Summer Snaps competition.  We’ve been really impressed by the quality of the photos and it’s going to be difficult to choose a winner.  That’s why we need your help to pick the best snaps.  View the photos for yourself and get voting.
Think you can do [...]

Save a fortune on your holidays with Palringo

July 2nd, 2009 – 2:52 PM
Tagged as: News

Using Palringo when on holidays abroad instead of making expensive roaming calls could save you a fortune this summer.  Although some mobile operators are reducing and even getting rid of their roaming charges (only in Europe if you read the small print) Palringo offers major savings in destinations worldwide.  Because [...]

Vote for us in the Europas

June 29th, 2009 – 10:33 AM
Tagged as: News

We’re delighted and honoured to let you know that Palringo has been nominated for not one but two Europas. The Europas are the technology innovation awards for European tech companies, run by TechCrunch.
It’s great to be nominated but we need your help to win. The Europas are voted for by TechCrunch readers, just like you, [...]

Palringo now available in BlackBerry App World

June 1st, 2009 – 10:34 AM
Tagged as: News

Palringo is now available from the BlackBerry App World™. The gold version adds location functionality and allows users to chat with their friends on MSN, Facebook, iChat, Google Talk, AOL and all the most popular services all from just one contact list. Download Palringo for Blackberry now
Palringo is available for the BlackBerry Pearl™, BlackBerry [...]

Palringo won a Webby Award

May 5th, 2009 – 1:32 PM
Tagged as: News

Palringo has won the Webby People’s Voice Award, voted for online by the global web community, in the Best Use of GPS or Location Technology category of the 13th Annual Webby Awards.

The Webby’s are hailed as the “internet’s highest honour” by the New York Times and is the leading international award honouring excellence on the [...]

Palringo nominated for a Webby – Vote for us!

April 16th, 2009 – 1:40 PM
Tagged as: News

We’re really pleased to announce that Palringo has been nominated for a Webby Award in the Best Use of GPS on Mobile category. The Webby Awards are like the Oscars of the Internet so we’re delighted to be chosen.
But while nomination is an honour, we also want to win. And that’s where you come in!  [...]

Growl support on OSX

January 9th, 2009 – 6:58 PM
Tagged as: News

The Growl notification system is now supported and will be included in the next update; we also added the frequently requested ability to change the way Palringo notifies you of new messages.
As usual, you can download the latest version of Palringo for OS X from http://www.palringo.com//download.

OSX – More avatars and location

November 27th, 2008 – 6:22 PM
Tagged as: News

We’ve been catching up with the iPhone version of Palringo on OSX and finally gave its contact list a good revamp and made it look more like the contact lists on Windows/Windows Mobile and iPhone.
Also, we’re now applying some finishing touches to the Avatar rendering code used on iPhone and OSX to open it to [...]

Palringo Local now Live!

October 3rd, 2008 – 4:40 PM
Tagged as: News

Palringo Local is magic. It guestimates your location by analysing visible WiFi APs, Cell Sites, GPS Satellites, Network Routers, and anything else it can get it’s antennas on. You are then free to share your location with your contacts and groups.

Share your location with your friends, groups, or the world
Set your IM status message to [...]

Background Connection Updates

September 29th, 2008 – 4:54 PM
Tagged as: News

Effective today, we’ve extended the server functionality which keeps you connected when you exit Palringo on the iPhone:

We’ve boosted the time our servers keep you connected to 1 hour when Palringo is not running.
We’ve also added offline storage, so received messages are not lost if you exceed this timeout.

To clarify how this works: You can [...]