Monthly Archives: October 2011

Get Wired In With Twilio Presence

Hot off the heels of our Twilio Connect contest, this week we’re taking our contests realtime with Twilio Presence.  We launched this feature for Twilio Client at our first-ever Twilio Conference and ever since developers have been integrating it with their Client … Continue reading →

Posted by Rob Spectre on October 17, 2011 Tagged , ,

Flash Contest: Win a ticket to WebDevConf this Friday

Hey Gang, We are sponsoring the Web Developer’s Conference in Bristol, UK this Friday. Danielle Morrill and I will be there and we would love to hook one of you guys up with a ticket too, so we have one … Continue reading →

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Seek Out Expert Help or Offer Your Own Advice with Evisors

During a down economy when jobs are hard to come by, sometimes it’s the little things that can help someone get over the hump. Often, prospective candidates will make it to the interview only to be turned away because of … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Grady on October 13, 2011 Tagged ,

AutoClaims Direct uses Twilio to build a virtual phone system

With employees distributed throughout the country, AutoClaims Direct – a services and technology company in the Property & Casualty insurance claims industry – needed a virtual telephone system for its distributed “virtual” office. After exploring a variety of off-the-shelf options and finding … Continue reading →

Posted by Dan Kaplan on October 11, 2011 Tagged

Robert Levy Wins Windows 8 Contest With Easy SMS Sharing

Three weeks ago we asked the Twilio developer community to dance on the bleeding edge with a contest focused on Windows 8.  You answered with vigor, producing a number of clever WinRT / Metro integrations that brought tasty Twilio communication … Continue reading →

Posted by Rob Spectre on October 10, 2011 Tagged

Use Your Phone to Unlock Doors with Lockitron

Lockitron is a product by Apigy that allows you to lock and unlock doors using only your phone. All you need to do is install a Lockitron-powered lock or doorknob that is connected to your home router. With the Lockitron … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Grady on October 6, 2011 Tagged , ,

Twilio Checks In at the Foursquare Global Hackathon

I entered General Assembly at 10 AM on the morning of September 17, 2011 in full Twilio regalia, ready to get hacking with the crème de la crème of Foursquare developers. To my amazement, up on the projector screen was a … Continue reading →

Posted by Jonathan Gottfried on October 5, 2011 Tagged ,

Free Your App With The Twilio Connect Free-For-All

Two weeks ago all of us at Twilio HQ were very excited to unveil Twilio Connect, the hotly anticipated, oft-requested ability to let your users run your Twilio app with their own Twilio credits.  In its short life so far, … Continue reading →

Posted by Rob Spectre on October 4, 2011 Tagged

Introducing Jon Gottfried, Developer Evangelist

My name is Jon Gottfried and I joined Twilio as a Developer Evangelist to evangelise your apps. I was first introduced to Twilio by John Britton, and within minutes of visiting the website I realized that I had discovered something … Continue reading →

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