A few weeks ago DOTGO founders, Kenneth Lanzetta and Stefan Gromoll, sat down with Micah Bochart of FutherEdTV.
Here’s what Ken and Stefan had to say about astrophysics, cosmology, and text messaging.
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Posted: May 9th, 2013NYC SummerStage SMS App
Posted: May 9th, 2013We recently developed an SMS app for the NYC Hack SummerStage Mobile Apps Competition. Here’s our submission video!
DOTGO Launches in Sri Lanka on Mobitel
Posted: April 11th, 2012DOTGO has launched on Mobitel in Sri Lanka with foursquare!
Mobitel customers can begin using foursquare SMS as soon as they link their phone and foursquare account together here: http://mobitel.dotgo.com/en_lk/site/foursquare.com/
foursquare SMS allows anyone with a text messaging-capable phone to check in, find friends, leave tips, and follow brands and people, all without needing a data connection or smartphone.
Once linked, Mobitel users can access foursquare by texting “foursquare.com” to the phone number 4777.
More information on how to link your Mobitel phone with foursquare SMS can be found here.
DOTGO Launches in Indonesia with foursquare
Posted: March 21st, 2012DOTGO has launched in Indonesia! Kicking off our expansion into Southeast Asia, we’re launching foursquare SMS on Telkomsel.
Details of the DOTGO Telkomsel foursquare service can be found here and here.
Telkomsel customers can link their foursquare account to their phone here, and can access foursquare by texting “foursquare.com” to the phone number 368266.
foursquare SMS allows anyone with a text messaging-capable phone to check in, find friends, leave tips, and follow brands and people, all without needing a data connection or smartphone.
More to come!
DOTGO Launches in Paraguay
Posted: March 19th, 2012As we mentioned last month, we’re very focused on DOTGO’s international expansion, and are excited to announce the next country we’re launching in – Paraguay! We’ve partnering with Tigo Paraguay to bring DOTGO’s service to all of their subscribers there.
Details about DOTGO’s service in Paraguay on Tigo can be found here.
Be sure to follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook to hear where we expand to next!
Announcing: International Expansion, Tigo Partnership
Posted: February 21st, 2012We’re incredibly excited to announce our international partnership with Tigo, one of the top carriers in Latin America and Africa. Tigo subscribers in Colombia can now access DOTGO by texting any domain name to COM (266). In the coming weeks, DOTGO will be accessible by Tigo subscribers in 13 additional countries. Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook as we continue our international expansion. To find out more about DOTGO’s service in Colombia, visit:
DOTGO Featured in the NY Times Tech Talk Podcast!
Posted: September 22nd, 2011We are very excited to be a part of this week’s New York Times Tech Talk Podcast! Our CEO, Stefan Gromoll, stopped by the NY Times Tech Talk studio to talk about how DOTGO works, and the history behind the company. Check it out! 
DOTGO Reseller and Affiliate Programs are Here!
Posted: September 14th, 2011We’re excited to announce the beta launch of the DOTGO Reseller and Affiliate Programs! Every day we’ll be inviting people to the programs, so head to our sign up pages to request an invite!
DOTGO Reseller Program
Use our new Reseller API to build custom SMS applications for your clients and integrate DOTGO’s technology into you existing services. By joining the Reseller Program you can purchase DOTGO messaging plans at 50% off retail, and have the freedom to either build a custom content management system, or embed our white-label DOTGO Publisher tool directly into your website.
For a limited time we’re offering one month free access so you can try it out!
Sign up now for a beta invite to the Reseller Program!
DOTGO Affiliate Program
Bring DOTGO to your clients without having to write a line of code and earn 20% on all referrals. Use the new Affiliate dashboard to track clicks, referrals, and commission, and look forward to monthly payments.
Sign up now for a beta invite to the Affiliate Program!
Top SMS Sites for Hurricane Irene Information
Posted: August 26th, 2011NYC and surrounding area, here’s a round up of SMS sites to check out in preparation for Hurricane Irene.
If you lose mobile data or power in general during the hurricane (or if you don’t have a smartphone), we’ve got you covered with SMS access to Twitter, foursquare, NYC.gov (updating), NOAA (updating), MTA.info (updating), NY Times, NJ Transit, and Weather.com.
Save the phone number 368266 as DOTCOM, and text the domain name in to that number.
Here’s how to access each site with SMS:
Twitter.com: Text twitter to DOTCOM (368266) – This requires authorization on the web the first time: http://dotgo.com/res/twitter
NYC.gov: Text nyc to DOTGOV (368468) – Shelter information for now. We’re adding more as we can. (Texting nyc.gov to DOTCOM (368266) also works.)
NOAA.gov: Text noaa to DOTGOV (368468) – Latest update on the hurricane (location, wind speed, etc) plus the NOAA Hurricane Irene RSS feed. (Texting noaa.gov to DOTCOM (368266) also works.)
MTA.info: Text mta.info to DOTCOM (368266) - Provides subway status and arrival times, as well as LIRR. (MetroNorth is in the works.)
NJTransit.com: Text njtransit to DOTCOM (368266) – Works as “njtransit from to time(optional)”- ex. njtransit penn montauk 2pm.
NYTimes.com: Text nytimes to DOTCOM 368266 – Headlines and a bite of the story. Full story requires mobile data.
foursquare.com: Text foursquare to DOTCOM (368266) – Also requires authorization the first time – http://dotgo.com/res/foursquare (We obviously understand how important it will be to check in to the #hurricanpocalypse)
Weather.com: This also works for weather.com, but current weather is not super useful for up to the minute hurricane stuff. Text weather to DOTCOM (368266)
Stay safe!
The DOTGO Team
Now Live: DOTGO Forums
Posted: June 23rd, 2011Connect with the DOTGO community!
Our community forums are now available for all DOTGO users. You’ll find the forums under Support in the top-level navigation.
Forum sections are broken down as:
In the Texting with DOTGO section you’ll find support for using features sites like foursquare, as well as general topics for texting with DOTGO. In the Publishing section, we have support for our markup language CMRL, as well as for the newly launched DOTGO Publisher. And in the Reseller forum, you’ll find discussions about the Reseller Program and API.
We’re looking forward to connecting with you there!