Social voice features available with the API include group calling, in-application voicemail, server conference spaces, call blocking and many more. The Telesocial API is free for users and developers and can service billions of calls on LinkedIn apps; any LinkedIn developer can add our advanced calling features to their apps without cost and at the scale of the social web.

The Telesocial API is unique because it gives developers a versatile interface, providing for a wide range of voice-powered use cases and integrations. Unlike existing VoIP solutions, a user does not need to be logged into the social platform or application to receive a call or a voice message, as call functionalities are delivered via the existing mobile-phone infrastructure. Telesocial’s solution is enabled by strategic relationships with key telecoms providers.

“The share API and other platform enhancements from LinkedIn make the distribution of new and innovative communications possible,” says Eric Stone, CTO of Telesocial. “Using the Telesocial API, developers can distribute social voice communications on a massive scale like never before. We look forward to seeing the creative ways that developers integrate our API into their apps,” adds Stone.

To get started, developers should sign up on the Telesocial website and generate an API key for the LinkedIn Network. Telesocial’s API is available today as a SSL REST service and is free to users and developers and has support in many languages – PHP, .Net / C#, Objective-C / iOS, JAVA, Python, Ruby, Scala, Flash / ActionScript3 and Unity are supported.

The Telesocial network currently supports all US mobile carriers.
To get started, visit: http://www.telesocial.com

About Telesocial:
Founded in 2008, Telesocial’s mission is to make social media more social by bringing mobile voice to the social web. By using Telesocial’s free and easy-to-use API, developers on nine different platforms including Facebook, Twitter, iOS and Android can integrate the power of voice in a safe and scalable way. Telesocial is a privately held company with the head office in San Francisco, Calif. http://www.telesocial.com

Contact:
Telesocial Public Relations
Cassie Kovacevich
Cassie(at)Telesocial(dot)com

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San Francisco, Calif., May 24, 2012 – Telesocial (www.telesocial.com), the San Francisco-based cloud telephony service platform, has released a free modification, or “mod” plugin for the popular game, Minecraft. The Telesocial mod allows Minecraft players to call each other or initiate group calls on their mobile phones directly from within their game. Call recipients do not have to be in the game in order to receive calls from other players. Players can now join a Minecraft conversation wherever, whenever and never miss a beat.

Some of the cool Telesocial Minecraft mod features include group player calling, server conference spaces, a server calling directory, and call blocking. Additionally, because Telesocial understands that not everyone can talk throughout the day, they have launched a feature that lets players control when they are available to receive calls.

Telesocial is currently the only solution for Minecraft players to initiate mobile-to-mobile group calls in a safe and anonymous way. Using the Bukkit development environment, the Telesocial plugin is easy to download and registration is quick and secure. Furthermore, the mod does not require VoIP, any software to download or a headset hooked up to a computer, making this mod one of the simplest voice solutions in the industry.

“Minecraft players are looking for new and innovative ways to enhance their gaming experience,” says Eric Stone, CTO and co-founder of Telesocial. “Telesocial’s Minecraft mod instantly adds a fun new feature that is convenient and useful. It takes gaming to the next level,” adds Stone.

Telesocial’s unique technology is one of the most disruptive innovations in mobile and gaming convergence. Telesocial’s technology translates players IDs into phone numbers, making it the safest way to communicate with voice in a group setting online

Telesocial’s Minecraft mod is currently available to use in the U.S. and uses the Telesocial API. To learn more and get the instructions on how to download the plugin visit: http://dev.bukkit.org/server-mods/telesocial-plugin/

To learn more about Telesocial, please visit: www.telesocial.com

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Telesocial is the only solution for Unity developers to add free mobile-to-mobile calling, group calling, and voice features into their games in a safe and anonymous way. Phone numbers are secure and never shared. Additionally, Telesocial’s editor extension is easy to integrate and does not require VoIP, client download or a headset. Developers can easily configure it with the integrated GUI tools.

“Game developers are always looking for new channels to enhance their games,” says Eric Stone, CTO and co-founder of Telesocial. “With the Telesocial 3D plug-in, players can call other players for help, characters can leave messages or communicate with players. These are some of the many features that our plug-in can instantly add to a game and create a new social game mechanic,” adds Stone.

In-game mobile calling is an innovative and powerful social feature that increases game retention and viralty. By adding mobile communications, developers can enhance the user experience and increase engagement in single-player, multi-player and social games.

Telesocial’s editor extension is currently available to use in the US and can be downloaded in the Unity Asset Store. To learn more about Telesocial, please visit: www.telesocial.com

About Telesocial: Founded in 2008, Telesocial’s mission is to make social media more social by bringing mobile voice to the social web. By using Telesocial’s free and easy-to-use API, developers can create innovative and useful voice features, games and apps connected to a global inter-operator network. Telesocial is a privately held company, with the head office in San Francisco, Calif. www.telesocial.com

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The Telesocial 3D plug-in helps Unity developers turn the gaming experience into a social one. The new extension runs directly from any Unity app, and it doesn’t require VoIP, headset or client download. In-game calls are anonymous and secure with no phone numbers visible to any players.

Eric Stone, CTO and co-founder of Telesocial, stated in a press release,

“Game developers are always looking for new channels to enhance their games. With the Telesocial 3D plug-in, players can call other players for help, characters can leave messages or communicate with players. These are some of the many features that our plug-in can instantly add to a game and create a new social game mechanic.”

The ability to communicate with other players while playing a game certainly boosts the game’s social identity, which may lead to increased game retention. Adding more of a social aspect to a game is one of the enticing elements Telesocial can deliver to Unity developers. With the popularity of social websites today – Twitter, Facebook, Google and others – social gaming is destined to increase in popularity.

Telesocial’s free and easy-to-use API allows developers to easily integrate voice features into their games using virtually any language. The company already has helped deliver mobile-to-mobile calling at several social media sites, including Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Game developers can start implementing voice and calling features into their games by signing up for an account at Telesocial’s sandbox.

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Cloud-based telecoms firm Telesocial has launched a free plug-in extension for the Unity gaming engine, which provides developer’s with tools that will allow them to integrate VolP services into their apps.

That means app users will be able to communicate by making calls from within the app, leaving voice messages for each other or initiating conference calls.

The functionality will ensure all phone numbers are secure, so that the gameplay will be safe and anonymous.

Eric Stone, CTO and co-founder of Telesocial, says:

“Game developers are always looking for new channels to enhance their games. With the Telesocial 3D plug-in, players can call other players for help, characters can leave messages or communicate with players.

These are some of the many features that our plug-in can instantly add to a game and create a new social game mechanic”

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According to Telesocial, which supplies cloud-based telephony services, Unity developers can introduce telephone and voicemail systems directly into the gameplay experience. With the addition of in-game mobile calling, developers can feature new social interactions and multiplayer options like reaching out to other players for help, sharing team strategies or talking smack. The Telesocial plug-in extension is available for download from the Unity Asset Store.
Read more: http://bit.ly/HbzSr6

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This interactive event will feature some of the most innovative and interesting startups and investors on the scene. Sponsored by Oracle, GetTaxi, Telesocial and Swiftkey (with further sponsorship opportunities available), this should be a great way to kick start your week in Barcelona.

So here are the details for our TechCrunch @ Barcelona Lunch Meetup:

Date: Monday 27th February

Time: Doors open at 12.30 for a prompt 1pm start. We will be serving a sit-down lunch. Doors close at 3.30pm.
Location: “Aquarella” Restaurant

Venue: Aquarella, Gran Via 572, 08011 Barcelona. (Two Metro stops to Universitat or a short cab ride from La Fira. A MWC12 Exhibition ticket is NOT required for entry).

Tickets: Available to purchase here

Exhibition tables: Available to purchase here

As well as a lunch attended by the main players in the scene, we’ll be having two panel discussion. One from a mobile start-up perspective and the other from an investor / corporate perspective.

Themes for the panel discussion:

• Building mobile startups to get big fast
• Mobile games
• Raising VC for mobile startups
• Making the app stores work for you
• Getting Carriers excited about your app
• Monetization and app distribution secrets
• The rise of the tablet economy
• New devices breaking onto the market
• Developing for the platforms – the latest trends amongst startups
• And plenty more besides!

If you’d like to sponsors the event, please email Helen Keegan on helen (AT) beepmarketing.com

SCHEDULE

12.30 – Doors open to guests

1.00 – Everyone is seated and first course is served

1.15 – 1.45 WELCOME

PANEL 1
Mobile Startups: The Disruptors Are Coming!

SPEAKERS
Carlos Conti, Inveready Capital
Neal Fullman, CEO Get Taxi
Liraz Axelrad, Soundcloud
Tom Bradley, DN Capital
Tomaž Štolfa, Vox.io

1.45 – Second course is served

2.00 – 2.30

PANEL 2
Mobile Startups and Corporate Relations:
How to scale up and what are the opportunities for working with large
corporates (or not)?

SPEAKERS:
Bill Waytena, CEO Telesocial
Krishna Visvanathan, DFJ Esprit
Redg Snodgrass, Alcatel Lucent
Di-Ann Eisnor, Waze

2.30 – desert/coffees are served

2.45 – 3.15

PANEL 3

Mobile Showcase, Against The Dragons

30 second Elevator pitches (no slides) & responses from our panel of “Dragons”:
Daniel Hoepfner, PressMatrix
Appromoter
Aurasma

Dragons:
Jonathan Reynolds, CEO Swiftkey
Adam Ghei, Accel
TBC

3.15-3.45pm
FINISH, THANKS AND NETWORKING

Sponsors so far:

We are very grateful to our first sponsors who have helped make this event happen.

SwiftKey: SwiftKey makes typing much easier on Android smartphones, replacing the touchscreen keyboard with one powered by smarter natural language technology. The app understands how words work together to give incredibly accurate corrections and can accurately predict a user’s next word. It also powerfully learns over time to make typing even more accurate and users can personalise it using Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, SMS or their blog posts. SwiftKey has received more than five million downloads since its launch in 2010, saving users more than 35 billion keystrokes — or over 400 years’ worth of typing. The app supports 35 languages and is a finalist in this year’s Global Mobile Awards, in the Most Innovative Mobile App category.

Oracle’s OTN Java Developer Community: Java is the foundation for virtually every type of networked application and is the global standard for developing and delivering mobile applications, games, Web-based content, and enterprise software. As the steward of Java technology, Oracle’s OTN Java Developer Community is leading the technical innovation to enable developers worldwide to efficiently develop and deploy exciting new Java applications and services in a multi-device world. Learn more: http://oracle.com/java

GetTaxi opened its doors in August 2011 and was the first Taxi app to launch in the UK. Founded in Israel in 2010 and aggressively expanding into European markets the company has since received multi million pound institutional investment. GetTaxi allows Smartphone users (iPhone, Android and Blackberry) to order a taxi at the tap of a button on their mobile device or via a web interface. End to end instant connection between drivers and passengers means lower dispatch fees, a lower drop rate, more immediate service, and more fares.

Telesocial is the Mobile Operators’ last mile to the social web. They deliver core communication services directly into social networks and apps. With their Social Directory technology, they deliver mobile-to-mobile calls from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social platforms.Telesocial’s white-label apps bring core communication services directly into a social networking environment, for increased subscriber value and revenue.Find out more at Telesocial.com

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“Developers have wanted the ability to easily add rich communications features to their applications at massive scale without exposing users’ phone numbers,” said Eric Stone, CTO of Telesocial. “With the Adobe Flash SDK with AS3, millions of existing Flash applications everywhere can add safe social calling, group calling, TalkSpaces™, virtual conferences, in-app voice mail and messaging, media recording and distribution and other features using our free and scalable API.”

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That has been the goal of Urban Airship, one of the fastest growing mobile tool providers in the ecosystem. It partnered with SimpleGeo before acquiring it and has had several other partnership announcements in the past year, with a few more on the horizon. There are a couple of ways to add functionality and grow a core business without either A) building it in-house or B) spending money to acquire the utility. The first is to partner, as we are seeing PlayHaven do here. The second is to build a data driven platform with some type of critical mass, release an API and let the community build on top of it. A good recent example of that principle can be seen with RunKeeper.What do these new partners bring to PlayHaven’s dashboard and SDK? Telesocial is a free API for making in-app voice calls and leaving in-app messages. The notion is to bring mobile voice to the social Web. It benefits from PlayHaven by being provided an inroad to the vast expanse of iOS games.

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