April 2013
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GroupMe for Windows Phone 4.4: Don't Call Us,...
Hey there, Windows Phone users, we have exciting news to share!
The newest update to the GroupMe Windows Phone app now makes registering a breeze. We are rolling out two additional ways for folks who are new to GroupMe to verify their numbers. If you’re having trouble receiving a PIN, we can now call you or you can text us instead!
Also, existing users can now login with their email and...
March 2013
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How we built the prototype for Split by GroupMe in...
Hi I’m Neil, a Ruby engineer at GroupMe, and this is a guest post.
One weekend last October my friends Cam and Joey and I hacked together an app for collecting money from a group. We started Friday at 6:30pm and by 9pm Sunday night, we processed our first end to end transaction via the app and website. Then we high fived harder than I have ever high fived anyone in my life.
Yesterday we...
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February 2013
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January 2013
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November 2012
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October 2012
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Experiences by GroupMe Launches Today!
experiences:
Experiences is the easiest way to do something awesome with your friends. We help you discover, plan, and pay for the amazing experiences you’ll always remember.
This past July, we were excited to introduce the private Beta version of something we’ve been working on all year: Experiences by GroupMe, the easiest way to do something awesome with your friends. Today, we’re thrilled to...
July 2012
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Get Together Better
Experiences is the easiest way to do something awesome with your friends.
We help you discover, plan, and pay for the amazing experiences you’ll always remember.
At GroupMe, we’ve always been motivated by our mission to help groups of people communicate and get together better. We’ve loved watching GroupMe improve the way you stay connected with the people close to you, and we’ve strived to...
June 2012
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Submit your stories and get free stuff!
One of the best parts of working on GroupMe is hearing all the amazing things our users are doing with it. You’ve found more uses than we ever could have imagined. We’ve even shared some of them right here on our blog — from keeping in touch with family, to stopping neighborhood crimes as they happen, to working on college projects, to getting the band together. You guys are awesome!...
March 2012
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Kobayashi sets a record at the GroupMe Grill
Last weekend at SXSW, at our GroupMe Grill in Austin, TX, world champion eater Takeru Kobayashi beat the Recordsetter world record for most grilled cheese sandwiches eaten in a minute. He ate 13. Here is some close-up video proof from our friends at Serve. Enjoy!
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February 2012
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December 2011
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November 2011
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September 2011
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August 2011
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July 2011
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GroupMe Goes to College
The following is a post written by our Community Management intern about our upcoming Campus Ambassador program.
Hey there—I’m Michael, the Community Management intern at GroupMe this summer!
Since I’ve been here, we’ve seen some remarkable cases of GroupMe in places that were never imagined. Examples like cancer support groups, neighborhood crime watches, and even tornado...
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June 2011
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The NBA Finals on GroupMe: Almost a Record-Breaker
On Sunday night, we saw a huge traffic spike in groups across the U.S. during the last game of the NBA Finals, peaking during the last hour of the game. In fact, near the end of the game, the count of messages per hour was nearing 3 times average hourly levels. Check out the chart:
(all times EDT)
The spike was so dramatic and pronounced that we nearly assumed it was a record.
A search of...
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May 2011
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Introducing the GroupMe Client Library
This weekend here in New York, hundreds of hackers will participate in the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon. That same event was the birthplace of GroupMe last year, so we’re really excited to see what gets made this year. We’ll also be presenting an API workshop and talk today to show attendees how to use GroupMe in their hacks this weekend, and our co-founders will be giving a talk on...
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April 2011
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We’re on TV!
Check it out—Oxygen aired this awesome commercial this week to promote its Bad Girls Club featured group. The Bad Girls have been dropping into BGC groups over the last few weeks and talking with fans, even starting conference calls to chat about the show. We’re so excited that people are loving GroupMe’s featured groups, and can’t wait to show you where they...
March 2011
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February 2011
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GroupMe for BlackBerry Beta
That’s right, folks! We’re proud to announce the beta release of our BlackBerry app, just in time for the weekend. You can download and use it today, and it’ll be in App World officially next week.
Now, BlackBerry users can start and manage groups and share photos, just like on Android and iPhone. This version works on BlackBerries running OS 5.0 and up, with US numbers.
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