Heello

Heello
Screenshot
Screenshot announcing the shutdown of the site
OwnerHeello Inc.
FounderNoah Everett
Launched10 August 2011; 15 years ago (2011-08-10)
Current statusDefunct (August 15, 2014)
Native clients oniOS, Android

Heello was an online social networking and microblogging service launched on August 10, 2011. It was based on 140-character posts, called Pings, to which users could attach pictures and videos.

Heello was widely released by Noah Everett, the founder of TwitPic, one day after Twitter rolled out its official in-app photo sharing. Everett said Heello would be financed by revenue that TwitPic generated through online advertising.

In its first day, Heello reported averaging about 4 Pings per second. Everett said that Heello had reached 1 million Pings in its first two days.

On August 8, 2012, the Heello team announced via Twitter that they were working on a new version of the website, and mentioned the development of mobile applications for the iPhone and Android platforms.

A post on the Heello blog stated that the new version's main features would be:

The old Heello website was shut down in November 2012.

On January 12, 2013, Heello launched a beta version of its new website. The beta included Private Pings, header photos (similar to those of Facebook or Twitter), and a cleaner design.

The Heello API was released in January 2013. The official Heello for Android app was launched in August 2013, and the iOS app followed in September.

On June 23, 2014, the Heello team announced that Heello would be shutting down on August 15, 2014. A link was provided to request an archive of user data. Everett said there had been "a lot of interest" in a developer-friendly alternative to Twitter, but "people wanted to stay where their friends were."

It was unofficially recreated in Russia after 2014.

References

  1. ↑ Catacchio, Chad (2010-08-10). "TwitPic founder launching stealth startup Heello". The Next Web. Retrieved 2026-10-16.
  2. ↑ Rao, Leena (2011-08-10). "TwitPic Founder's Heello Launches As A Simple Twitter Clone". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2026-10-16.
  3. ↑ "You can now add video to your Pings!". heello.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02.
  4. ↑ "Twitpic founder launches Twitter competitor Heello". VentureBeat. 2011-08-10.
  5. ↑ Bilton, Nick (2010-08-11). "TwitPic's Creator Has a New Project, Heello". The New York Times. Retrieved 2026-10-16.
  6. ↑ "Averaging 4 Pings a second in our first day". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2026-10-16.
  7. ↑ "We hit 1 million pings in 2 days!". heello.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02.
  8. ↑ Kearney, Brendan (2011-08-14). "Twitpic founder Noah Everett takes on Twitter". The Post and Courier. Archived from the original on 2025-12-06. Retrieved 2026-10-16.
  9. ↑ @Heello (8 August 2012). "We've been working on a new Heello http://new.heello.com" (Tweet). Retrieved 2012-09-26 – via Twitter.
  10. ↑ "New Heello". new.heello.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-25.
  11. ↑ "Stay tuned for our iPhone and Android apps that are in the works". heello.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-19.
  12. ↑ "The New Heello". Heello Blog. Archived from the original on 2012-08-12. Retrieved 2026-10-16.
  13. ↑ "Important Update for the old Heello.com". Heello Blog. Archived from the original on 2012-11-27.
  14. ↑ "We've launched a beta of the new Heello". Twitter. 2013-01-11.
  15. ↑ "Developers: check out our API documentation to build your own apps on Heello". heello.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-19.
  16. ↑ "Heello REST API Documentation". developer.heello.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15.
  17. ↑ "Check out our just released Heello for Android app". Twitter. 2013-08-28.
  18. ↑ "Heello for iPhone is out!". Twitter. 2013-09-18.
  19. ↑ Paras, Andy (2014-08-09). "Charleston's Noah Everett, founder of TwitPic, wants to revolutionize email with Pingly". The Post and Courier. Archived from the original on 2015-01-08.
  20. ↑ "Welcome to Heello". Archived from the original on 2019-06-16.