how to build apps on txtweb
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people
Internet on SMS
txtWeb
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people
3 Billion people or half of humanity
with phone but no Internet
people
Government programsWeather
PricesNatural wonders
Health informationNews
RecipesHow to fix…Homework
Home repairCareer adviceEntertainment
Public transportFinancial advice
Crop growingMachine breakdowns
Job openingsTechnology
Product reviewsFor rent
BooksEmail
Cricket scoresNational disasters
Welfare benefitsMedicinal effects
They can’t “Google” to find information
Have no “Facebook” friends to share
That means…
Don’t have “smartphone” apps to rely on
people
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The Web & more
through
text@wikipedia book
A book is a set or collection of
written, printed, or blank sheets..
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people3,000 plus active apps
in health, finance, entertainment, news,weather, crops, jobs,
education, govt.programs...
@railstat@railstat
@taxrefund@taxrefund
@wikipedia@wikipedia
@fb@fb
@news@news
@sos@sos @mmt@mmt
@passport@passport
@govtjobs@govtjobs
@cricket@cricket
@weather@weather
@autofare@autofare
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txtWeb is widely used across India and is growing
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txtWebPlatform
txtWeb platform – How does it work?
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Step1: SMS to 9266592665Message: @news
Step 3: HTTP Request: GETURL:/appengine? Message= & Mobile number: <hash>
Step 5: HTTP RESPONSE: 80India Erupts in Outrage
Step 6: SMS India Erupts in Outrage
DeveloperApp
Externally Hosted
Environment
Phone
Carrier
SMS InternetHTTPSMS HTTP
Step 2: Accepts keyword and invokes the App URL
Step 4. AppSpecific logic
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Why build on txtWeb?
Minimal Time Investment
Zero Infrastructure Investment
Reach users on all operators
Revenue Share with developersNew
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Advantages of txtWeb
Simple, easy and Open API
Programming language agnostic
Build, Test, Go Live in no Time!
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