The World's Online Festival Explained

The World's Online Festival - WOLF
Released:2006
Other Names:Palringo
Developer:Palringo Limited
Ver Layout:stacked
Operating System:Android 6.0 or later, iOS 14.5 or later
Language:English, Arabic
Genre:Entertainment

The World's Online Festival (WOLF) (formerly Palringo) is a British messaging and gaming platform with apps for iOS and Android.[1] [2] Users can create groups where they can send text, image, and short audio messages. Groups feature a Stage which provides five live microphone slots for users to chat. The app features a store where users can purchase in-app credits that can be used to buy additional features, utility chatbots and games, and to send in-app gifts to other users. Users have a reputation level that increases from actions such as playing chat games or purchasing credits.[3]

WOLF is headquartered in London with branch office locations in Newcastle and London, UK, and Amman, Jordan.[4] As of September 2014, the platform had 28 million registered accounts.[5] Palringo offers a technology (Palringo Local) that allows users to establish and view the location of their peers by means of their manual position, GPS, triangulation or estimation on the internet network used at that moment. It uses the Google API Maps to show peer locations and also offers a "nearby" section in friends and group lists to show users who are nearby.[6]

History

Palringo was developed by Martin Rosinski in 2006. In August 2006, Northstar Ventures invested £650,000.

Charity

In 2013, the company launched a charitable initiative aimed at their users in the Gulf region during the month of Ramadan, which enabled users to donate Palringo credits through a special charity Bot. Palringo users raised over US$230,000 for Charity Right and Islamic Relief.[2] During Ramadan in 2015, Palringo raised more than $300,000 to be split between Action Against Hunger and Islamic Relief Worldwide.[14]

Notes and References

  1. News: Hundreds turn out to celebrate the IT sector at Dynamo 14. Gibson. Robert. 2 May 2014. The Journal. 24 October 2014. 21 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181121204010/http://www.thejournal.co.uk/business/business-news/dynamo-14-conference-hundreds-turn-7061058. dead.
  2. News: Palringo: connecting with a cause. Sahoo. Sananda. 12 September 2013. The National. 24 October 2014.
  3. Web site: Reputation and user levels.
  4. News: Munford. Monty. 21 September 2014. Move over London and Berlin, hello Newcastle, Gothenburg and Ipswich. The Telegraph. 24 October 2014.
  5. News: Munford. Monty. 12 September 2014. Palringo Takes Games and Messaging to the Next Level. HuffPost. 24 October 2014.
  6. Web site: 2009-02-20 . Palringo offers free friend finding facility - The Inquirer . https://web.archive.org/web/20090220175559/http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/116/1005116/palringo-offers-free-friend . 2009-02-20 . 2022-06-29 .
  7. Web site: Green. Tim. 7 May 2014. The Big ME Interview: Tim Rea, of Palringo, on becoming 'the world's leading game publisher'. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140510204849/http://www.mobile-ent.biz/games/the-big-me-interview-tim-rea-of-palringo-on-becoming-the-world-s-leading-games-publisher/043485. 10 May 2014. 24 October 2014. Mobile Entertainment.
  8. Web site: Arnroth. Thomas. 5 May 2014. Svensk spelstudio i brittiskt uppköp. 24 October 2014. IDG.
  9. Web site: Ltd. Palringo. Palringo Group Messaging: Store. 2020-02-26. www.palringo.com. en.
  10. News: Keighley. Tom. 30 April 2014. Cramlington instant messaging creators acquire Swedish game developers. 24 October 2014. 13 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191213092355/https://bdaily.co.uk/creative/30-04-2014/cramlington-instant-messaging-creators-acquire-swedish-game-developers/. dead.
  11. News: Butcher. Mike. 20 May 2015. Palringo acquires Helsink-based chat games developer Tribe Studios. 18 August 2015.
  12. Web site: Audio Stages. 2020-02-26. WOLF. en-US.
  13. Web site: Welcome to WOLF. Festival. The World's Online. 2020-01-06. WOLF. en-GB. 2020-02-26. 26 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200226153036/https://blog.wolflive.com/welcome-to-wolf/. dead.
  14. News: Palringo raises $300,000 for world hunger charities. Pearson. Dan. 12 August 2015. gamesindustry.biz. 18 August 2015.

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