Uber is now out with a new update for its ride-sharing services, which is even cheaper than Uber Pool. Earlier, Uber Pool was very popular for riders due to drastically cheaper fare rates as compared to the other Uber ride-hailing services. Based on the success of the Uber Pool model, Uber has now rolled out a […]
Women Drivers To Women Entrepreneurs In Saudi Arabia 2018
Thanks to the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, women will now be eligible to drive and can opt to be drivers for ride-hailing services like Careem, as well. As per royal decree, the ban on women drivers will be lifted on June 2018. Nearly 1000+ women have already registered on the […]
What is ReactiveX programming? 5 reasons to use RxJava & Rx Swift in app development
ReactiveX – A Brief Introduction Taking the definition straight from reactivex.io – ReactiveX is a library for composing asynchronous and event-based programs by using observable sequences. You might be familiar with Iterators and Iterables that is based on a pull model. In Rx programming, Observers and Observables are used instead. Based on a push model, an […]
Stripe vs PayPal vs Braintree Payment Gateways: Pros & Cons
Any form of e-commerce app requires a payment gateway to facilitate the transaction between the merchant and the customer. While there are numerous amount of options in the market – we have compiled the pros and cons of 3 widely used payment gateways. Namely, Stripe, PayPal & Braintree. 1 ) Stripe Known for its simplicity in usage […]
Dummies Guide To A Successful E-Commerce Store 2018
You could probably google “e-commerce website builder” or “e-commerce app maker” and would have a ton of options thrown at you. What you would find common, is a template based store design-builder. Which is great for a quick and easy solution but such options usually come with – Barebone features Scalability issues, not recommended for […]
Tinder-Like Apps: Business Usecases & Examples
Tinder has been valued at a whopping $3 Billion Dollar and had taken the #1 spot on Apple’s top-grossing app chart on August’17.Technavio’s analysts forecast the global online dating services market to grow at a CAGR of 5.31% during the period 2017-2021. However the swipe and match functionality that Tinder heralded, can be applied to so much more than […]
Saudi Arabia Transport & Logistics Growth: Digitally-Enabled in 2018
One of the largest Transport & Logistics(T&L) markets in the GCC, Saudi Arabia has a logistics market size of $55 billion with UAE following close behind at $30 billion. Due to the massive initiatives taken by the government towards economic diversification (transition from energy-based industries to commercial sectors), the logistics market has been growing exponentially […]
4 Food delivery trends to watch out for in 2018
It’s no surprise that one of the major drivers for the online food delivery market is convenience and easy accessibility. With millennials being the largest consumer segment of this market, consumers have gotten accustomed to food delivery apps that provide a wide variety of restaurants, offers, reviews and quick food delivery. The global online on-demand food delivery […]
Chatbots & Voice-Powered API’s for E-Commerce 2018
With the dawn of 2018 fast approaching, the e-commerce landscape is shifting drastically across the world. “Conversational Commerce” (a term coined by Chris Messina of Uber) was used to describe the rising trend of utilizing messaging, chatbots and voice-powered searches to interact with customers via messaging platforms like Facebook Messenger, Whatsapp, Telegram, Slack etc – would […]
UPS & Blockchain Technology – New technology trend for shipping & logistics
UPS & Blockchain Earlier this week, United Parcel Service – American multinational package delivery company and a provider of supply chain management solutions, announced that it has joined the Blockchain in Trucking Alliance (BiTA). BiTA is a forum for the development of blockchain technology standards and education for the freight industry. “Blockchain has multiple applications in […]