The Zevvlog
/ˈzeəvlɒg/ noun (s.)
an absurdly agreeable corner of the internet with memes, stories and updates from a British-baked mobile network.
Zevvle Rewards
Hello, and welcome to this fine Friday’s edition of the Zevvlog. Today we’re updating our rewards program, and to get straight to the point: For every referral, you’ll both get 1 GB per month for life By for life we...
READ MOREUndles of bundles
Yes, it’s maybe a word. Last Saturday we quietly released 5 new data plans that give Zevvle a makeover. More data, better prices; what’s not to like?! Coincidentally, this is how I originally planned Zevvle. We launched with pay-as-you-go last year, but decades ago in 2018 the plan was 4...
READ MOREZevvle with friends and contact privacy
Last year, we did something a little different for our referral program. We set aside 1 million shares of Zevvle for inviting your friends & family. But it always felt a little off — you’d get shares for inviting someone, but they’d get nothing (except for being with Zevvle, of...
READ MOREThe length of an SMS Part 2: More Encoding Adventures
Did you read part 1? If not, you should definitely read part 1. To sum up: Computers only understand 1s and 0s (bits). A byte is 8 bits. Computers use bytes to represent things we understand, like the alphabet and emoji. How they do that is called encoding. Unicode exists;...
READ MOREShow me the money
If you’re interested in what makes companies work, financial statements are like a window to their soul. Balance sheets are great, but only show you a snapshot in time and may have looked very different a week earlier. Profit and loss statements (P&L, also known as income statements), however, are...
READ MOREThe length of an SMS Part 1: Bits of Encoding
If you’ve ever wondered why a text message (or SMS for Short Message Service) is split in 2 (or 3 or 5), or why some texts are shorter than others; this post will go into some quirks of SMS and why that is. This was originally one long post, but...
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