Glide (software)

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| name = Glide

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| author = Glide Talk Ltd.

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| genre = Instant messaging

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| website = {{URL|glide.me}}

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Glide is an instant video messaging platform for iOS, Android, and Windows mobile devices.{{cite web | url=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/test-run-glide-video-messenger-app/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 | title=Test Run: Glide Video Messenger App | publisher=The New York Times | work=Nick Bilton | date=19 April 2013 | accessdate=1 February 2014 | archive-date=20 February 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220160936/http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/test-run-glide-video-messenger-app/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 | url-status=live }}

The app enables a user to live stream broadcast brief video clips, in a similar way as sending text messages.{{cite web | url=http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-1000840555 | title=Israel's Glide is TechCrunch Disrupt finalist | date=May 2013 | publisher=Globes | accessdate=1 February 2014 | archive-date=4 February 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204041621/http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-1000840555 | url-status=live }} Glide communicates through WiFi, 3G, 4G, and LTE. Users have the ability to send private videos up to five minutes to a desired list of contacts. Recipients have the freedom to watch and respond to the video instantly or later. All messages can be watched anytime and saved on the cloud.{{cite web|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glidetalk.glideapp&hl=en-|title=Glide - Video Chat Messenger - Android Apps on Google Play|website=play.google.com|accessdate=4 August 2017|archive-date=29 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429001910/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glidetalk.glideapp&hl=en-|url-status=live}} This Jerusalem-based startup was founded by Jonathan Caras, Adam Korbl, and Ari Roisman on May 15, 2012, and was launched to the public in March 2013.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

Glide won the Techcrunch Startup Battlefield Audience Choice award at the publication's disrupt New York Technology conference in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/30/disrupt-ny-battlefield-2013/|title=The 7 Disrupt NY Finalists: Enigma, Floored, Glide, Handle, HealthyOut, SupplyShift And Zenefits - TechCrunch|first1=Eric|last1=Eldon|first2=Alexia|last2=Tsotsis|date=May 2013|publisher=|accessdate=4 August 2017|archive-date=3 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603234448/http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/30/disrupt-ny-battlefield-2013/|url-status=live}}

In 2015, Glide reported having more than 15 million active users.{{cite web|url=http://www.glide.me/press-releases/glides-live-video-messaging-app-gets-major-design-overhaul-on-android|title=Glide's Live Video Messaging App Gets Major Design Overhaul on Android - Glide - Live Video Messaging|publisher=|accessdate=4 August 2017|archive-date=4 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804173657/http://www.glide.me/press-releases/glides-live-video-messaging-app-gets-major-design-overhaul-on-android|url-status=dead}}