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Why 36% is the magic number: Finding the right amount of text in mobile apps

Intercom, Inc.

The results shows us the value of taking a principled approach to writing text for mobile apps – because product design is still all about the words. Mobile apps dominate our digital experiences. A quick Google search and a calculator tells me that’s an average 25 mobile apps for every person on Earth. It is the experience.

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Understanding the Benefits of SMS Payments For Transportation

Agile Payments

SMS payments, or “Pay by Text payments”, allow customers to pay for services or goods via a mobile phone text message. The customer typically receives a text prompting them to initiate payment via a website interface or additional text messaging.

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The Electrification of Everything: From Sky to Sea

Andreessen Horowitz

More than 10 million electric cars were sold worldwide in 2022, and consumer behavior is changing as more people embrace alternative and sustainable modes of mobility. Demand for electric cars is booming.

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The trillion-hour attention economy (and where the Apple Car fits in)

IT World

It’s more than just a car, of course, and when Apple does eventually begin to sell the vehicle it is spending billions to develop, we’ll find the future of transport is as different as the future of mobile phones turned out to be with iPhone. It’s not about vehicles, it’s about attention. What’s at stake is human attention.

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Tap to Pay: What It Is and How It Works

Stax

In Seoul, South Korea, the Seoul Bus Transport Association introduced the UPass, a contactless payment card that commuters could tap on as they entered the bus. Google was the first, in 2011, to enable contactless payments via their mobile app. Tapping their phone to a terminal proved far more exciting than tapping the card.

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How to build mobile apps that hackers will find difficult to breach

Audacix

The inconvenient truth about developing a mobile app today is that hackers will find and exploit vulnerabilities in your app to steal data, demand ransoms, ruin your reputation and even destroy your business. The good news for you is that we know the most common vulnerabilities that hackers will target to compromise your mobile app.

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Ultimate Guide to Surcharges: What is a Surcharge and How Does It Work

Stax

Common in transportation and logistics, fuel surcharges adjust for fluctuations in fuel prices. Companies, particularly those in the healthcare, transportation, and food industries, levy surcharges to meet these compliance standards. It’s often used in prepaid services like mobile top-ups and gift card purchases. Fuel surcharge.