Using common short codes for mobile app marketing
Friday, February 16, 2018 by Richard Harris
App developers know well the difficulties in marketing their apps. But a highly compelling way to advertise their apps in the context to the real world is being overlooked.Common Short Codes provide an easy way for app developers and brands to get consumers to download an app in context with their current, real-world surroundings. Common Short Codes bring integrity and ...
Explaining RCS and how it could kill the need for some apps
Friday, May 12, 2017 by Richard Harris
Throughout the past 20 years, we've become well acquainted with the traditional text message. We've seen it evolve from a method of communicating with friends and family, to a way for consumers to interact with businesses in order to receive updates and relevant information. As 4 billion people worldwide use SMS, this traditional method of communication continues to evo...
Why selfdiscovery is the hottest customer service tool right now
Friday, January 27, 2017 by James Ramey
Remember the days when the only way to get information about a product in a store was to ask an employee, or when you would have to call a customer service hotline to ask questions about a product you purchased? Those days may soon be distant memories to most shoppers and some younger generations may have never even had to do it.The consumers of today are tech-savvy, do...
Busting a Move: Lessons for entrepreneurs from the world of competitive hiphop dance
Thursday, December 8, 2016 by Sean Hsieh
I’ve always enjoyed dancing, but I didn’t have the opportunity to get serious about it until my first year at the University of California, Irvine, when I auditioned for a competitive hip-hop team called CADC. Little did I know, it was also at UC-Irvine where I would meet Bayan Towfiq and Jordan Levy, who later become my partners at Flowroute, a communi...
The advantages and disadvantages of chatbots
Tuesday, October 4, 2016 by Richard Harris
Chatbot developers each have their own set of tools that they use to independently develop their products, which has lead to changes across the industry. The key, however, has been chat apps opening their APIs to allow developers build conversational tools. APIs are constantly improving, adding more and more capabilities. For example, Facebook Messenger’s last upda...
Flowroute Releases New SMS Messaging Capabilities Offered Through a Single API
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Flowroute has released a new platform to help developers offer carrier-grade messaging capabilities within their applications and services. The new SMS capabilities enable developers to simplify the integration of text messaging into their offerings. By unifying calling and messaging on a single phone number, through one provider with a single API, companies are ab...
RingCentral Offers Integrations with Microsoft Outlook and Skype for Business
Monday, May 30, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
RingCentral has announced that it has expanded the integration of RingCentral Office capabilities into the Microsoft ecosystem providing integrations with Microsoft Outlook and Skype for Business. Companies that utilize the Outlook PC client for email, calendar, and contacts list can use RingCentral for phone calls, SMS messaging, faxes, phone conferences and onlin...
Acision Launches New Developer Portal for WebRTC and IP Services
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Acision has announced the availability of a new self-service developer portal for its forge by Acision communication platform to give developers the ability to inject smart communication features into their iOS/Android applications and services from the cloud. The forge communications framework provides the ability to integrate SMS, IP messaging, notification...
Happy Birthday SMS Messaging!
Thursday, December 4, 2014 by Richard Harris
December 3, 2014 is the anniversary for the first SMS text message ever sent. SMS was created in the 1980s and didn’t take off until user experience was improved in the later part of the 90s and early 2000s. It was developed as part of the GSM standard. The growth of SMS today is predicted to drive A2P (application-to-person) messaging for both users and enterprises bei...
Infobip Extends 2 way SMS Messaging Coverage to 40 Countries
Thursday, August 21, 2014 by Richard Harris
Infobip is extending its 2-way SMS messaging coverage to 40 countries, including the U.S., Brazil, China, India, Russia, South Africa and Mexico. 2-way SMS messaging enables online businesses, service providers, application developers, and marketing agencies etc. to offer their users instant, time-sensitive mobile consumer interaction. For every country covered, In...
Acision SDK Allows App Developers to Provide Skype and WhatsApp Like Features
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Acision has released out of beta its Acision SDK via its forge by Acision API platform. With the Acision SDK, developers can incorporate WebRTC functionality, such as video and voice calling, messaging, content sharing and presence into web and native mobile applications. For example, by using Acision’s technology and cloud-based network, companies can integrate cl...
Developers: Start Building For Google Glass Now
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 by Richard Harris
This week the specs were released for the Google Glass hardware so developers can start taking a bite of the SDK and see what is possible for interfacing with the new device, here are the specs.FitAdjustable nosepads and durable frame fits any face.Extra nosepads in two sizes.DisplayHigh resolution display is the equivalent of a 25 inch high definition screen from eight...
