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textPlus Names Machinima's Nanea Reeves As President

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Marina del Rey-based mobile app developer textPlus , which develops apps that provides free texting and phone service, said late Tuesday morning that it has named Nanea Reeves as President of the company. textplus machinima free texting calling mobile jamdat executive' READ MORE>>.

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textPlus Unveils New App, Nextplus

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Marina Del Rey-based textPlus , the message app developer led by Scott Lahman, has unveiled a new app called Nextplus , aimed at ramping up adoption of the company''s messaging tools. textpus nextplus mobile messaging texting free android' The new app runs on iPhone and Android. READ MORE>>.

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Carbonics Launches First Product

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Marina Del Rey-based Carbonics said on Wednesday that it has launched its first product, a carbon-on-silicon wafer aimed at helping advanced radio frequency (RF) semiconductor development. Carbonics is backed by $5.5M from TAQNIA International, and is a spinout of research conducted at UCLA and USC. READ MORE>>.

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textPlus Lands $18M, Buys Jarvus

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In addition to the new funding, the company also said it has acquired Los Angeles-based Jarvus , which develops an app to people capture and share experiences, events and moments together. textPlus, which is based in Marina Del Rey, develops a combination of mobile apps and related services which allow users to text each other for free.

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textPlus: Turn Your Amazon Kindle Fire Into A Phone, Today

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Marina Del Rey-based mobile app developer textPlus said Tuesday that its software can turn existing, Kindle Fire into a phone, using textPlus over WiFi today. The company has been offering up its mobile apps across iOS, Android, Windows, Nokia, and other connected devices for awhile. READ MORE>>.

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textPlus Launches International Calling App

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Marina Del Rey-based textPlus , the venture-backed developer of mobile texting and calling applications, said Wednesday that it has launched a brand new, international calling app called GlobePhone. textPlus is led by serial entrepreneur Scott Lahman, who also previously had been at JAMDAT Mobile.

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textPlus Offers Up Free Calls to The Philippines

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Marina Del Rey-based mobile texting and messaging app textPlus said Thursday that it is doing its part to help out its customers with friends and families in the Philippines. textPlus said it started offering free calls to the area earlier this week, after the massive destruction caused by Typhoon Haiyan in the country.