kwiry service To Continue Under New Ownership/Management
June 1, 2009 – 4:07 pmOn April 13th we shared the unfortunate news about kwiry’s impending shutdown. Since then, Wabo, LLC has purchased the kwiry service and will continue to maintain and improve it.
We are happy to relay this news and hope you are as well. While the founding team/management will be moving on, we are glad the kwiry service will continue to grow.
The service is being transitioned and should be fully functional again very soon, even within a few days at some point (unfortunately it seems that working with the wireless carriers to reactivate the text messaging shortcode will be necessary).
Thanks also for all your messages of support during the past few weeks,
-Ron, Steve & Nabil
23 Responses to “kwiry service To Continue Under New Ownership/Management”
Kwiry was the best service I came across last year, so I’m very happy to hear it will be back. Looking forward to being able to Kwiry again soon!
By Kymberlie R. McGuire on Jun 1, 2009
YUSSSSS! *fist pump* Welcome back, gents! Kwiry 2.0 is gonna ROCK.
By brent on Jun 1, 2009
YESSSS!!! so sweet to hear kwiry will continue…kept looking for others like it, but no luck…soooo happy right now…
By zeek on Jun 2, 2009
By David on Jun 2, 2009
Kwiry is back is a very good news. But when it will be staring pls tell me the probable date. I’m very excited to use it.
By FIROZ on Jun 12, 2009
you shouldnt have this even up and working if you cant sign up for the damn thing you should puut a big maitnence sign for the ppl who dont know about this because it gets really irritating trying to figure it out..
By cam on Jun 15, 2009
So….. when will it be working?
By danielo on Jun 16, 2009
Will anybody connected to this site take a pain to let me know when is Kwiry going to start or you people are interested in hanging up the people without any reponse.
By Firoz on Jun 19, 2009
@firoz @cam @danielo Apologies, the new management is working with the wireless carriers to reinstate service on the text messaging shortcode. Unfortunately we (the co-founders) have limited information and no longer have any ability to monitor/modify/update the service. I hope that more information will be available soon.
By Ron on Jun 19, 2009
Good to see some response. Pls solve all your technical issues fast. Thanks Ron.
By Firoz on Jun 21, 2009
Pls start…or shut it down..but don’t keep people hanging for such a long time.
By FIROZ on Jul 9, 2009
did some research on shortcodes apparently it can take up to two(2) months to be set up, especially since its a “vanity” shortcode and not a random one.. and look at the original posting date which was June 1st…we are probably looking at an August or September time frame, because there was an update since the original posting…just my $0.02
By retroblu on Jul 9, 2009
@firoz - @retroblu is correct. Unfortunately this may take quite a while. I’ve tried to contact the new owners/management for updates but haven’t received any to share. Sorry I can’t be more helpful, but am no longer involved in the business. I am just as frustrated as you.
By Ron on Jul 9, 2009
Hi, is there any other service where you can use SMS to text a reminder to yourself? Does anyone know? I’m down with kwiry once it’s back up and running, I promise!
By robthecomputerguy on Jul 12, 2009
nothing like kwiry …but some are “dont forget the milk”..and thats all i can remember right now, dont use it, just read about it after kwiry first shutdown, was lookin for other services like it, and couldnt find anything even close..
By zeek on Jul 13, 2009
i hope this becomes available again soon, i have missed having it in my life.
By strangespider on Jul 15, 2009
It’s good to hear that others feel as strongly about kwiry as I do. I haven’t found anything to replace it. We’ve waited this long, I guess we can continue to hang in there.
By SipSoda on Jul 20, 2009
Any Updates…..Pls….
By FIROZ on Aug 11, 2009
@Firoz - I wish I did, I am as frustrated as you are….
By Ron on Aug 15, 2009
i had completely forgotten about this…
By zeek on Aug 17, 2009
Forget it…Bye…
By FIROZ on Aug 31, 2009
Wow, I hope Wabo is getting it’s money’s worth out of this purchase. WTF?
By rcobourn on Oct 30, 2009
LOL @rcobourn …they sure arent maintaining or improving anything…i started using ping.fm for status updates and micro-blogging…but i do miss the Tivo and Netflix shortcuts
By retroblu on Oct 30, 2009