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The decade software ate the world

Intercom, Inc.

The ultimate failure of Siri to dominate the AI personal assistant game might come to be seen as its biggest miss of the decade. Facebook and Twitter, meanwhile, struggled under the unavoidable pressure of hosting half a globe’s worth of daily online communication.

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How to Pitch Your Seed Stage Startup with Y Combinator’s Michael Seibel (Video + Podcast)

SaaStr

Two sentence description of what Airbnb does: They let any home or apartment owner rent out their place online. They collect the payment online and take a 15% fee for every booking. It’s 2009, and the Obama Inauguration is happening in town. All other products that came before Airbnb didn’t process payments.

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What The Downturn Will Probably Look Like in SaaS

SaaStr

The first thing SMBs did was look at their credit card payments and cancel everything they could. They still needed to process payments, track orders, ship orders, run financials, sign contracts, store data, etc. They still needed to process payments, track orders, ship orders, run financials, sign contracts, store data, etc.

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Mobile Credit Card Processing Explained: What Business Owners Need to Know

Stax

According to Forbes , “mobile payments are increasingly being used by U.S. Not only are there a number of ways your customers could be using their mobile devices to give payments, but you as a business owner could be leveraging mobile devices to accept them as well. shoppers as customers become more comfortable with the technology.”

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What You Need to Know About the PSD2 and Strong Customer Authentication

FastSpring

On September 14th, 2019 all payment providers who process payments for consumers in the European Union must adhere to new requirements for authenticating online payments as part of the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2). Merchants and other players in the payments space are required to have 3D Secure 2.0

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Best WordPress Booking Plugins

Neil Patel

Does your business book appointments online? To use the plugin and all the features it offers, you can sign up for one of their subscription tiers that auto-renews annually: Personal — $39 per year for one website Business — $69 per year for up to five websites Developer — $169 per year for unlimited websites.

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How to Get Your Products in Walmart Marketplace

Neil Patel

The Walmart Marketplace is among the fastest-growing e-commerce stores out there, so if you’re looking for an Amazon alternative, it’s a serious contender. Walmart launched the marketplace back in 2009 to attract online shoppers and grow its customer base. Check out competitor stores. It’s all about moving with the times.