GroupMe launched last fall as a group messaging solution — a kind of SMS chatroom. Over the past year, it has amped up its features to compete with similar services like Fast Society and the Facebook-owned Beluga, adding bells and whistles like location and photo-sharing.
Fast Society has been consistently rolling out new additions as well -- most recently video -- but Beluga seems to have stalled back in March. Apple, in the meantime, is planning on releasing a new messaging service called iMessage (which includes group messaging) -- part of iOS 5.
To keep up with the times, GroupMe is out with a few more tweaks to round out 3.0, which is available on iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone 7 devices.
Changes include:
Availability in 90+ countries on 900+ carriers.
Enhancements to the web app to make it fully-functional.
The ability to send messages to an individual (yes, like a text message).
A "Questions" feature that lets users create opt-in groups and adds the ability to poll audiences on Facebook and Twitter.
