Now You Can Text with Trendy Brands: Lango Introduces Garfield, Dreamworks' Turbo, Annoying Orange Textable Icons

SAN FRANCISCO, July 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile messaging app Lango today announced the availability of textable icons based on popular brands including Garfield, Annoying Orange and the new Dreamworks animated film Turbo. Lango, a messaging app that lets users communicate with images instead of words, sets itself apart from competitors by offering more than just standard emoticons and emoji. Through partnerships with global branded mobile app and branded virtual goods provider Bare Tree Media and global virtual good distribution provider meemo, Lango can offer textable icons based on the hottest brands and characters.

Instead of offering visual content—like emoticons and emoji—that compliment conversation, Lango gives users the means to communicate based on current hot topics, with icons that quickly become the center of conversation. Lango textable icons are relevant to current trends in fashion, television, sports and more. This is why Lango is announcing textable icons just in time for the July 17th release of the Turbo movie—users can communicate using icons of Turbo characters while the movie is being talked about the most. In the same way, Lango will offer textable images of the iconic Garfield character to let Lango users have fun adding some attitude to their texts with familiar Garfield images and expressions.

"We want our users to have access to textable icons that represent what their friends and family are talking about now," said Ori Assaraf, VP of R&D, Lango. "These new icons represent our ongoing effort to provide Lango-ers with an endless flow of self-expression—and a creative way to talk about the latest movies, celebrity news, and gossip."

Through Lango's partnerships with meemo and Bare Tree Media, the messaging app will continue to provide fun and creative textable icons based on characters that can replace words within text messages. In addition to branded icons, Lango offers topical content like the NBA Finals Pack featuring Spurs and Heat icon, and a Sopranos Pack in tribute to Gandolfini's death.

For more information about Lango, visit www.lango.me. To get the free iPhone app, visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lango/id499824003?mt=8&uo=4

To get the free Android app, visit https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zlango.zms&feature&utm_source=web&utm_medium=web_google&utm_campaign=web

About Lango

Lango—formally Zlango—is the provider of a unique mobile app for visual messaging with dynamic content. Located in the heart of San Francisco, Lango's lead investors are Benchmark and DAG. Lango operates as newspaper editorial—every day releasing fresh visuals that are dynamically updated via the app. Lango is redefining what it means to send a text-message and share images across social media channels. Its quirky and often humorous daily content provide users with the capability to create an endless flow of self-expression. Lango is available for both iPhone and Android.

To learn more about Lango or to download, visit www.lango.me

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