Monthly Archives: January 2011

New Developer Contest: Use Twilio + AppHarbor For Chance to Win Samsung Focus

git push appharbor master. That's how easy it is to deploy your apps to AppHarbor, a new company that's revolutionizing how easy it is to deploy and host your .NET apps in the cloud. AppHarbor is the fastest way to … Continue reading →

Posted by John Sheehan on January 31, 2011 Tagged

Use AppHarbor to Power Your Twilio App and You Could Win a Samsung Focus Windows Phone 7

git push appharbor master. That’s how easy it is to deploy your apps to AppHarbor, a new company that’s revolutionizing how easy it is to deploy and host your .NET apps in the cloud. After you’ve pushed your changes, AppHarbor … Continue reading →

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Can I Port a Phone Number From Google Voice to Twilio?

Yes! At Twilio, we believe in phone number portability, and you can port most mobile and landline phone numbers into Twilio, and port any number out of Twilio to another provider if you need to.  We support porting for both … Continue reading →

Posted by Danielle Morrill on January 29, 2011 Tagged , ,

Twilio Powered Betwext Keeps 700+ Attendees Updated at Wordcamp Phoenix

How do event organizers reach out to hundreds of conference attendees to keep them updated throughout the day about the schedule, wifi, and myriad details that make an event successful? Jonathan Kressaty is banking on Betwext, a service he built … Continue reading →

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JustRemindIt Uses Twilio to Help You Forget About Forgetting

Wake up calls and appointment reminders just got easier to create and manage with the release of JustRemindIt’s iPhone application. Created by Aditya Kothadiya, JustRemindIt is a Twilio powered pay-as-you-go service that’ll call you with a reminder right when you … Continue reading →

Posted by Rahim Sonawalla on January 28, 2011 Tagged , , ,

Roger Pincombe Combines Twilio SMS with DailyBurn to Win Trip To Boston!

Sometimes the most powerful ideas are also the simplest. Roger Pincombe had such an idea. Using DailyBurn‘s database of nutrition facts for over 475,000 food items, Roger built a simple SMS interface that allows you to check just how bad … Continue reading →

Posted by John Sheehan on January 26, 2011 Tagged , , ,

Say Hello to Rahim, Our New Developer Evangelist

Hi, my name’s Rahim, and I just joined Twilio as a Developer Evangelist two weeks ago. I’ll be joining John Sheehan, John Britton, and Brian Levine in helping our developers build amazing apps with Twilio. Prior to Twilio, I worked … Continue reading →

Posted by Rahim Sonawalla on January 25, 2011 Tagged , ,

Billy Chasen Wins Anything Goes Contest with SMS-controlled Door Lock!

We’ve seen people use Twilio to build SMS applications that integrate with door buzzer systems to send the right touchtones to let people through locked doors. Billy Chasen took that concept to another level. He built a system that uses SMS … Continue reading →

Posted by John Sheehan on January 24, 2011 Tagged , , , , , ,

Calling all Java developers – Making voice calls and sending SMS messages with Java

Did you know that Twilio offers helper libraries in a variety of programming languages to simplify the process of connecting your web application to Twilio? Java developers can use the Twilio Java Library to simplify making calls to the Twilio … Continue reading →

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