Zipwhip + Mavenir Partnership Brings RCS to North American Businesses
Zipwhip Partners with Mavenir to Bring RCS to North American Businesses, Integrating Mobile RCS Capabilities with Existing Wireline Business Zipwhip software provides the first…
Keep it Short: Why Character Limits are Important for Texting
There was a point in time when people paid special attention to their emails. Inboxes weren’t overflowing with messages and promotions, and you probably had a connection with…
NSF: Where Sports and Tech Collide
The National Sports Forum (NSF) is almost here! We’ll be there, will you? Heading into its 23rd year, NSF is one of the largest annual conferences for professionals in the sports…
How Texting Can Help Vets and Pets
For many pet owners, the animals in our homes are an essential part of the family and our daily lives. We know, we have many canine employees here at the Zipwhip office that have…
Texting as an all-inclusive language
As a founder, entrepreneur, and CEO, I have one question in mind when deciding what to build next: how do I help get humanity to the next level? The satisfying challenge, for me,…
Short codes vs. real phone numbers, everything you need to know
Not all texting is created equal. Lots of business software comes with built-in short code texting. A short codes acts like a megaphone—the conversation only goes one way. Phone…
3 ways Apple can make business chat more user-friendly
Today, Apple announced Business Chat, a new tool that allows consumers to text (iMessage) businesses for support, purchases, and more. Sound familiar? Apple unveiled Business…
Google just committed to RCS in a big way
Google committed to RCS -- an Android texting upgrade -- in a big way this February when they announced that they would start pre-loading RCS texting into all their Android…
Clash of the messaging titans: Facebook vs. RCS
Last week at MoNage 2017, Zipwhip CEO John Lauer sat on a panel called "Real World Messaging Experiences," hosted by Verizon's VP of Public Policy Nneka Chiazor (read her recap…
Instagram offers choice over voice with new Click-to-Text feature
Last month we wrote about how a Google AdWords beta is revolutionizing digital advertising by letting businesses embed “text” calls-to-actions on mobile search…