Monthly Archives: November 2011

Twilio Rocks Out at Music Hack Day Boston

It was the first weekend in November when hundreds of hackers descended upon Microsoft NERD in Cambridge, still recovering from their Halloween sugar highs. Their goal: to create the next generation of music tech at Music Hack Day Boston. The event … Continue reading →

Posted by Jonathan Gottfried on November 21, 2011

Guest Post: David Czarnecki's Twilio GitHub Hook

David Czarnecki is a Lead Engineer at Agora Games and an avid Ruby/Rails/Scala/Java developer. One Sunday evening he started playing with Twilio and ended up writing a GitHub service hook. This is how it happened: If you think it’s hard to integrate … Continue reading →

Posted by Jack Aboutboul on November 17, 2011

Zendesk's Adrian McDermott talks about building a virtual call center and dispels myths about phone support

At the 2011 Twilio Conference, Zendesk’s AdrianMcDermott presented the Twilio-powered Zendesk Voice. Zendesk Voice uses Twilio Client to build VoIP capabilities into Zendesk’s customer support software, turning Zendesk Voice into a virtual call center. Thanks to Twilio Client’s click-to-call capabilities, a consumer can reach … Continue reading →

Posted by Dan Kaplan on November 15, 2011 Tagged

Set Your Receivers To Boost – This Is London Calling

Just over three weeks ago, Twilio announced our expansion into Europe and the demand is positively rabid.  Twilio phone numbers in the United Kingdom has opened up new levels of trans-Atlantic possibility to our developer community, from opening up existing … Continue reading →

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Box Innovation Network (/bin) Launch Event – Ticket Giveaway!

One of the most important aspects of innovation in Silicon Valley is the incredible community – mentors willing to pass their knowledge onto young entrepreneurs, angel investors providing seed money to early stage companies, and startups banding together to help … Continue reading →

Posted by admin on November 14, 2011

New Twilio Developer Contest: Set Your Receivers To Boost – This Is London Calling

Just over three weeks ago, Twilio announced our expansion into Europe and the demand is positively rabid.  Twilio phone numbers in the United Kingdom has opened up new levels of trans-Atlantic possibility to our developer community, from opening up existing … Continue reading →

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Wave Accounting Wins Developer Contest With Slick Presence Add-on

Two weeks ago we welcomed the Twilio developer community to compete in a free-form contest using Twilio Presence, and you responded with typical alacrity.  Presence helps your Twilio Client by giving you an easy JavaScript hook that notifies your webapp … Continue reading →

Posted by Rob Spectre on November 11, 2011 Tagged ,

Medical treatment directory WhatClinic uses call tracking to prove its value to customers

The UK’s WhatClinic is a lead-generating directory of international medical treatment providers. The company started off targeting medical tourists — people who travel abroad in pursuit of lower-cost healthcare – but as it expanded its international reach, WhatClinic realized that … Continue reading →

Posted by admin on November 10, 2011 Tagged , ,

Epic October Twilio Events Recap

Hackathons, conferences, code camps, meetups and more, October 2011 had it all. Twilio was proud to take part in so many amazing events, from San Francisco to Indiana to New York to Miami. And for the first time, Twilio was … Continue reading →

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