Monthly Archives: February 2013

Apps to Empower: Build an App to Support Women in Developing Countries

Apps To Empower is trying to make the tablet a life changing device for women in developing countries. They need your help. They’re calling on developers to build apps that aid in conflict resolution, entrepreneurship training, mentorship, business planning and … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on February 19, 2013 Tagged , ,

Music Hack Day App Lets You Unlock New Tracks From Beastie Boys and Trent Reznor

Ian Rogers, CEO of digital music service Daisy, a new company launched by Dr. Dre didn’t go into Music Hack Day with a specific idea, but in 24 hours built a Twilio app with two very special musical guests. Maebe … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on February 18, 2013 Tagged , , , ,

Day in the Life: Being a Twilio API Software Engineer

Twilio is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the API team! We’re looking for someone who is driven to improve and maintain our API framework, and build new features for customers. You can find out more about the job here, … Continue reading →

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Real Gifts via SMS: Yiftee Launches GiftUp API, Secret Admirer Feature

Aldo Briano chose an interesting way to test out his company’s API — he decided to test it live at a hackathon. As co-founder of Yiftee, Aldo wanted to figure out an easier way for users to send gifts from … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on February 14, 2013 Tagged , , , ,

To Save The Poet of El Barrio, mGive Twilio and Heroku Join Forces to Launch Hotline

Dial (630) 4-A-Rhyme or (630) 427-4963  to listen to some poems. Text “poetry” to 80077 to make a $5 donation to support public poetry On Friday, February 8, I read a heart-breaking story in the New York Times. Jesus “Papoleto” … Continue reading →

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London Calling: Twilio Cures Hangovers, Hacks with Amigo Labs and Readies for MWC

Welcome, welcome, welcome! February is dominated by the monster that is Mobile World Congress. Team Twilio will be there in force. If you are attending the show then make sure you swing by and visit us in App Planet – … Continue reading →

Posted by James Parton on February 13, 2013 Tagged , ,

Bangalore Gets Down to Business (of APIs)

Over the weekend, Twilio participated in our first-ever developer event in India, supporting around 300 developers in the Business of API hackathon. 37 hacks were demoed, and we were very impressed with the results. As always, Twilio DOers led the … Continue reading →

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Hacking For Good: IDEO.org Cleans Up Kumasi With Twilio

Flying 7,500 miles from San Francisco to Ghana wasn’t new to Robin Bigio. He worked in Tanzania architecting new cookstoves and in Kenya building scalable water and hygiene businesses as part of IDEO.org’s Fellowship Program. But, Robin’s project in Kumasi, … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on February 12, 2013 Tagged , , ,

Our Mobile SDKs Just Got Better: Twilio Client iOS and Android updates

Today, we’re updating our iOS and Android Twilio Client SDKs. In addition to performance improvements, this release adds support for ARMv7s on iOS and x86 support for Android. To upgrade, just download our most recent version of the SDK and … Continue reading →

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