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| Other names | Palringo |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Palringo Limited |
| Initial release | 2006 |
| Stable release(s) | |
| Operating system | Android6.0 or later,iOS 14.5 or later |
| Available in | English, Arabic |
| Type | Entertainment |
| Website | wolf |
The World's Online Festival (WOLF) (formerly Palringo) is a British messaging and gaming platform with apps foriOS andAndroid.[3][4] 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.[5] The app features a store[6] where users can purchase in-app credits that can be used to buy additional features, utilitychatbots 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.[7]
WOLF is headquartered in London with branch office locations in Newcastle and London, UK, and Amman, Jordan.[8][9] 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.[10]
WOLF has around 35 million registered users, and around 350,000 groups.[11]
When WOLF was still Palringo, it got a new CEO, Tim Rea. Rea made several acquisitions, and shifted the strategy of the company.[12][13]
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Palringo was developed by Martin Rosinski in 2006. In August 2006, Northstar Ventures invested £650,000.[3][8]
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 andIslamic Relief.[4] During Ramadan in 2015, Palringo raised more than $300,000 to be split between Action Against Hunger and Islamic Relief Worldwide.[19]
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