TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Thus, Clickatell became the go-to API interface that allowed companies to send messages to their customers, thereby powering considerable gains in customer engagement via SMS. We had to wait for things like the WhatsApp channel to open up.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2016

And if you’re stuck thinking these are just kids sending stupid pictures to each other then you’re stuck in the past and simply won’t understand new media and how it’s changing. Any which way, Snapchat has large “reach,” which is a key measure for any advertiser.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2021

Gupshup , which has raised $150 million to date and concluded its Series E round in 2011, says each month its clients send over 6 billion messages. For the first six years of its existence, Gupshup was best known for enabling users in India to send group messages to friends. “These are not advertising or promotional messages.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

Skiff isn’t that much different from WhatsApp or Signal, which are also end-to-end encrypted, underneath its document editor. “Instead of using it to send messages to a bunch of people, we’re using it to send little pieces of documents and then piecing those together into a collaborative workspace,” said Milich.

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Feedough

APRIL 21, 2021

A widely used messaging application, WhatsApp , is now the source of privacy concerns. Signal is an encrypted messaging application that allows users to send messages and also make calls. Signal is to WhatsApp as Snapchat is to Instagram. This issue had led to users shifting to other end-to-end encrypted messaging applications.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Instead, resellers market items picked from Evermos’ catalog to their social circles, including family, friends and neighbors, through WhatsApp, Facebook and other apps. Resellers have an online landing page created on Evermos’ app and can send links about products to customers, but Mustaqim says most sales happen through chat.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

I’ve lived on four different continents, and I’m infuriated that in 2022, sending money internationally is still an industry full of “solutions” that make you wonder who’s in charge around here. I, for one, can’t wait until gas-guzzlers are a thing of the past. Keeping it on the DL : ProtonMail buys email alias startup SimpleLogin.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2021

Ferrario said the app also emphasizes customer service, with phone calls typically answered in less than eight seconds, and an in-app WhatsApp link that connects users to a human service representative instead of sending them through a chatbot first.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2021

AtomChat is developing conversational artificial intelligence software focused on improving sales team performance by converting more via asynchronous messaging in WhatsApp. Today, a majority of people in Latin America skip shopping on the web and instead use a combination of apps like WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger, where 3.5

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

It works by using chatbots to interact with customers via messaging apps such as SMS, Facebook and WhatsApp. Image courtesy of Snapcommerce. Snapcommerce launched its first, travel-focused product in 2017. Its service is not just for hotels and flights, but also to help people book restaurants and activities too.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Hera then generates a friendly text that you can copy and paste in an email thread, in a WhatsApp conversation or wherever you’re talking about your next meeting. You send and receive emails, you may use a CRM and you may be meeting several times a year. First, Hera can help you schedule a meeting and get ready for a meeting.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 6, 2022

The photos I take, the movies I buy, the music I rent, the emails I write and receive, the messages I send - all of these are captive. They exist within a database controlled by Google, Netflix, Spotify, Gmail, WhatsApp. At the moment, I see four clusters: A permanent ownership record that exists beyond and outside a company.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2021

You can also start a video call and send files with other users. I also think that with the focus on a revenue-generating, enterprise business, we avoid situations like WhatsApp, where the only model you can ultimately turn to is monetising data,” he added. That doesn’t mean that Wire is a bad product.

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Y Combinator

MAY 6, 2020

Think Slack, WhatsApp Groups — they all grew exponentially as they could tap into groups of social relationships). Students can send gifts to each other or hatch virtual pets together by ordering food via the app. Snackpass , a food app for college campuses, has built social experiences into their product.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Everyone loves an underdog, which is why investors and tech journalists are so fond of discussing startups that launched during the Great Recession of 2008, like Airbnb, Uber, WhatsApp, Mailchimp, Square and Venmo. The send-ahead deck. The presentation deck. The leave-behind deck. You may need more than one pitch deck.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

The company’s hardware is a low-cost NFC-enabled smartphone called Qwili Pula that allows merchants to send and receive payments. Buying a point-of-sale device with limited functionality doesn’t make economic sense for this category; in contrast, a smartphone where they can collect payments and advertise products over WhatsApp suffices.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2023

Word spread like wildfire across UK tech WhatsApp groups, as SVB UK account holders moved to withdraw their cash from Thursday night onwards, following the news in the US. — Matt Clifford (@matthewclifford) March 11, 2023 On Friday, TechCrunch understands several VC firms in Europe told LPs not to send money via SVB UK.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

A prime example is Starbucks, which sends welcome messages to people when they visit a city. It also sends the locations of the nearest Starbucks and special offers on the favorite drinks based on their past purchases. For example, they can collect sales leads and send customized emails or messages to people. Email Marketing.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Email deliverability monitoring : URIPorts , where we send our DMARC reports. . Communications tools : Slack, Facetime, WhatsApp, Skype, Wechat, NFX Signal. We are setting up the following process: every time a company mails us their pitch or further information, we send to a special email, e.g., inbound(@)versatilevc.com.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

Hey, Google, send some money to my BFF : There’s been surprisingly few voice-powered payment solutions, but Kyle did a deep-dive into PayTalk and its promises to handle all sorts of payments with voice. You can step up your emoji game on WhatsApp now and use any emoji as a reaction, Ivan reports.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Founders : Among them is CEO Bashir Aminu, who said he previously built Coinprofile, a similar company enabling the sending and receiving of cryptocurrency. Promises include: “We built a chatbot that lets customers place orders for meat on WhatsApp and they get it within 3 hours.” Touch and Pay Technologies.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 17, 2023

We all use the SMTP protocol every day to send email. Many people in the world use Whatsapp for mobile messaging. But Whatsapp doesn’t speak to iPhone’s messaging app. And Signal doesn’t talk to Whatsapp. ” Until recently protocols were mostly free and unmonetized. Nor does Signal.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 3, 2023

WhatsApp and SMS: add +1 (314) 333-1111 to your contacts to message Pi. and click here to send Pi a DM. Described as a “kind and friendly companion” that engages via text and voice, Pi is available free for use on: Web: talk with Pi at pi.ai. Mobile: download Pi, your personal AI for iPhone or iPad. Instagram: follow @heypi.ai

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Platforms like Slack and WhatsApp are used for communication and collaboration needs. Prioritize understanding their needs and consider sending a coffee gift card before the meeting, allowing your employees to enjoy a virtual coffee chat. This practice significantly benefits their work environment.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

It could be on any social platform, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram. If you want to start a store and you do not have money to start that store offline, you come and start that store on WhatsApp, Instagram, or Facebook, and we give everything that you need in the ecosystem to do so. WhatsApp was generally the first app most people use.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

While we’re thinking about features, we have some bad news to share: GitHub has decided to send Atom out to pasture. Oh, and Twitter also dropped a new merchant teaser feature so you can let your customers set a reminder to know when a new product is on the way.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

Two years later, he became part of the founding team of Kenyan-based fintech PawaPay , whose API connects up to 25 telecom operators’ mobile money systems and allows merchants from 10 countries to receive and send payments between mobile money accounts. It wasn’t a coherent picture and was just a big mess,” he said on a call to TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The audience is invited to send in questions. Avatars are everywhere : Speaking of things in the news a lot lately, WhatsApp is rolling out 3D avatars, Jagmeet reports. Beginning at 9 a.m. PST/ 12 p.m. EST, they will discuss immigration-related issues and answer questions about layoffs, work visas and being a visa worker in tech.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Sending a text is how people get stuff done with family and friends. But thanks to a proliferation of development tools from Microsoft, Amazon, Google and others, as well as enhanced support for chatbots across platforms such as Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, chatbots have experienced a resurgence in recent years.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2019

The call hadn’t quite resolved the issue, so now I was on whatsapp. I was still sending cars his way but he figured it was mechanical. He was sitting at one end, me on the other. Cars shuttling between us. It was a disgruntled client, the kind you can’t postpone. So he got up. He came to me.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

For instance, block off time to send off email sequences, post on socials, reach out to your network on LinkedIn, etc. They’ll likely be the most vocal and willing to support you. While being a megaphone and spreading the word about your launch can seem cringe and spammy, it’s almost a pre-requisite to a successful launch.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2023

While today’s bigger news from the world of Meta’s messaging apps was the rollout of end-to-end encryption in Messenger, the company is also bringing another useful feature to its WhatsApp users: disappearing voice messages. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 9, 2023

Impact Hub Network April 10, 2023 qdqsdqds Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Impact Hub Candidate Bissau, for instance, has recently joined our global family through a seed programme supported by the MAVA Foundation and the United Nations Programme for Development (UNDP). Send us a mail at connect@impacthub.net.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

People have a habit of using messaging apps to send things to themselves. So much so that chat apps like WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram have built-in features for bookmarking or note-taking. Developer Willem de Beijer has developed a new note-taking app for iOS called Qept with the “DM-to-yourself” phenomenon in mind.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

As part of that broader movement, the mighty WhatsApp, a dominant force in the messaging world, has been pushing deeper into the business arena with myriad tools to connect retailers with customers — from product catalogs and collections , to shopping carts and Instagram Shops integration. WhatsApp newsletter: An incentive to sign-up.

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 3, 2022

WhatsApp, Telegram in the 2010s. When web3 messaging arrives, consumers will send billions of private messages to each other. Applications won’t trail far behind sending product, marketing, & support messages. Instant messenger in the 1990s. SMS in the 2000s.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

Last week, WhatsApp announced it was adding support for HD photos, allowing the messaging app users the option to preserve the high-def resolution of the phones they wanted to share with friends and family. Similar to the HD photos feature, the HD videos feature gives customers the choice to share high-def videos across WhatsApp.

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