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.
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 the goal for app makers is to find exciting, new uses for smartphones, then TextPlus Inc. has it all backward. The Marina del Rey company makes an app that does what the most basic cellphone can do ...