TigerText
| Founded | 2010 |
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| Headquarters | Los Angeles, United States |
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| Website |
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TigerText, Inc is an American software company based in Los Angeles. The company is best known for its instant messaging application of the same name.
History
TigerText was founded in 2010 by Co-Founders Andrew Brooks MD and Brad Brooks, who later went on to co-found the anonymous messaging app Whisper,[1] and Jenna Wolf RN board certified orthopedic surgeon and healthcare entrepreneur. The company is based in Santa Monica, California. In February 2012, TigerText secured more than $8 Million in new funding by Easton Capital and New Science Ventures bringing the company’s total backing to more than $10 million. In October 2013, the company announced its new freemium model and its 4th generation version, which supports multi-directory usage to increase the flexibility of the application. The company is focused on enterprises, healthcare, and financial services organizations that must comply with industry regulations such as HIPAA, SOX, and FINRA. The solution offers major improvements in workflow efficiency for enterprises, financial services institutions, government, hospitals, physicians and ancillary staff.[2]
In July 2012, TigerText announced an API integration with Dropbox that allows users to send documents securely.[3]
App
| Developer(s) | TigerText, Inc. |
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| Initial release | 2010 |
| Development status | Active |
| Operating system | iOS, Android, desktop |
| Type | Instant Messaging |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website |
www |
The TigerText app is a cloud-based instant messaging application that is developed for the enterprise market. It allows text messages to be deleted from both the sender's and the receiver's phones after expiration, which could be a set period of time or after reading. The app's users cannot save, copy or forward the messages. TigerText does this by storing the message on a company server, not the receiving and sending device, and deleting when the expiration conditions are met.[4][5][6]
TigerText can be used on any Android, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, tablet, Mac or PC.[7]
On April 14, 2015, TigerText introduced an app for the Apple Watch.[8] This app has been delayed without subsequent communication from TigerText, including no expected release date.
Name
Former CFO Jeffrey Evans has stated that the company picked the iPhone app's name before the scandal that was related to Tiger Woods' alleged text messages to a mistress.[9]
See also
References
- ↑ Dotan, Tom (April 22, 2013). "Privacy Apps' Popularity Spreads". Los Angeles Business Journal. Los Angeles, CA. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
- ↑ "TigerText Goes Freemium; Launches Next Generation of its Secure Enterprise Messaging App for BYOD". Business Wire. 2013-10-03.
- ↑ Gallagher, Billy. "TigerText Announces Dropbox API Integration: Users Can Send Files With Expiration Dates, Remotely Revoke Access". July 15th, 2012. Tech Crunch. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
- ↑ Charlie Sorrel (2010-03-01). "TigerText Deletes Text Messages From Receiver's Phone". Wired. Archived from the original on 2010-10-17. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
- ↑ Glenn Chapman (2010-02-27). "TigerText app removes embarrassing text messages". Agence France-Presse. Archived from the original on 2010-10-17. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
- ↑ Luscombe, Belinda (2010-02-26). "TigerText: An iPhone App for Cheating Spouses?". Time. Archived from the original on 2010-10-17. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
Called, coincidentally enough, TigerText, it allows users to set a time limit for a sent text to hang around after it has been read. When that life span has been exceeded, the message will disappear, from the recipient's phone, the sender's phone and any servers. The message cannot be forwarded anywhere, stored anywhere or sold to any tabloid for an undisclosed sum.
- ↑ "TigerText Becomes First Mobile Messaging Service to Offer Delivery and Read Notifications across Four Platforms". Business Wire. 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- ↑ http://www.tigertext.com/tigertext-introduces-first-secure-enterprise-messaging-app-apple-watch/
- ↑ Rosen, Jeffrey (2010-07-25). "The Web Means the End of Forgetting". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2010-09-01.