December 3rd, 1992. This was the date the first SMS was sent – 25 years ago, give or take a few months. In tech terms, civilizations rise and fall in a quarter of a century; just think… Read More
Who is Ricochet?
Having an interest or an acquaintance in common is the starting point of many friendships. This is the principle behind Ricochet, the social networking app that makes… Read More
Who is SeniorAdom?
Many handicapped and elderly people find themselves living alone. If they fall or faint, they might not be able to contact a relative or caregiver, which could lead to ser… Read More
Who is Zenchef?
Running a restaurant is a balancing act: you have to manage the staff, tables, and menu, not to mention handle the reservations, customer loyalty programs and social ne… Read More
Who is Cityscoot?
Founded in 2013, Cityscoot provides self-service, electric scooters for rent in Paris. Their mission is to create a more pleasant city environment by reducing traffic… Read More
2016 was hyped up to be the year of bots. And indeed, despite the lack of public awareness around the topic – most people only read about bots in trendy blog posts – 2016 w… Read More
With the French presidential elections so close (the first round begins April 23rd), politics has taken over the water-cooler talk in our Paris offices. This inevitably got me thinking… Read More
Telco is a tough world for a newcomer. While each and every one of you has at least a basic understanding of telco’s key concepts, (SMS is not included in this reference), speaking &ld… Read More
The collaborative, gig, peer-to-peer or sharing economy. Whatever your preferred term, these platforms have taken off around the world: the European Commission estimated 2015 gross rev… Read More
An estimated 6 million French adults are food-insecure – 2.5 million of whom are left without aid. Furthermore, 44% of homeless shelters with heavy demand report having limited f… Read More
What does API stand for? Application Programming Interface. You’ve probably heard the term before in one context or another. Maybe from a web developer friend, or in an article o… Read More
This article is the second part of a two-part guide on choosing notification, trust and security building systems for your peer-to-peer platform. We recommend reading part I first.
Part II:… Read More
As we wrote about in an earlier article, the Federal Trade Commission has boiled sharing economy platform success factors, (largely applicable to any peer-to-peer platform), down to:
They ar… Read More
I live in Paris, France, and yes, it is beautiful. The bistrots, the bread, the cheese and the wine, the apéros... All of these are real. But Parisians, either native or adopted, have… Read More
SMS APIs have a lot to offer SaaS platforms. However, for marketers, salespeople or even CEOs, it’s not always easy to know when and how to integrate a new solution into your techstack… Read More
As we wrote about in an earlier post, building security mechanisms and timely notifications into a sharing economy, peer-to-peer or marketplace platform is vital to its success. T… Read More
At CALLR, we know how powerful voice interactions are. Hearing someone on the phone is reassuring, familiar. Voice connections are still more reliable, delivery-wise, than text message… Read More
TypeScript 3.0 is here! Today marks a new milestone in the TypeScript journey, serving JavaScript users everywhere.
If you're unfamiliar with TypeScript, it's not too late to learn about it… Read More