Category Archives: Contests

Jumping into the Shark Tank: How VerbalizeIt Swam With the Sharks and Prepped Their App With Twilio

VerbalizeIt co-founder Kunal Sarda (pictured right) shares four keys to preparing your communications app, which he and co-founder Ryan Frankel learned from appearing on the ABC Television series “Shark Tank.” After a harrowing experience being unable to communicate in a … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on May 16, 2013 Tagged , , ,

Powered Now Simplifies Construction Contracts, Wins Big at The Next Web Conference

In the midst of a noisy, chaotic home-remodeling, Ben Dyer was inspired to found a company. I use the term “inspired” loosely. Ben really needed to found Powered Now. Contractors working on Ben’s house gave him wildly different quotes and … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on May 8, 2013 Tagged , , ,

Twilio Fund Europe Deadline Extended to May 6 – Apply Now

Ahoy! We’ve extended the deadline for submissions to our 500 Startups backed micro fund, Twilio Fund Europe to May 6th 11:59 GMT. Building the future of communications isn’t easy, so we figured a few more days to work on your … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on April 30, 2013 Tagged , , ,

Win an Atomic Getaway to Visit the Large Hadron Collider at CERN

A team of the worlds brightest scientists from over 100 countries are working to simulate the Big Bang in a giant 17 mile long hadron collider, buried 574 feet below the earth. Why are they doing this? To prove the … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on April 26, 2013 Tagged , , , , ,

Female Hackers Represent Well At First espnW Hackathon

About a week ago, ESPN held their first public hackathon, and over 100 female developers and designers packed the Stanford design school to attend. HackespnW brought together female hackers and college athletes to create apps combining sports and tech. Organized … Continue reading →

Posted by Tony Mataya on November 20, 2012 Tagged , , ,

Join The FTC in their Fight Against Evil Robots

We take our role as a network provider seriously, and heavily invest in how we protect our customers from unsolicited calls and messaging. Keeping our developer ecosystem free of spam is essential so you can continue building with confidence. You … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on October 24, 2012 Tagged , , ,

London Calling: Facebook World Hack, 3Beards and a World of Apps

Can you believe summer is gone? The pace isn’t slowing down around here. September kicked off a mammoth #EURoadshow with Team Twilio hitting 17 events in seven cities over six weeks. The mission continues this October as we aim to … Continue reading →

Posted by James Parton on October 2, 2012 Tagged , , , ,

Developer Contest: Queue, the Newest Member of the Twilio family

Today we announced a brand new TwiML verb to the Twilio family: meet <Queue>. In celebration of this newly launched verb, we’re kicking off a special extended developer contest to get your creative developer juices flowing. In exchange for rad … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Murphy on September 5, 2012 Tagged ,

Developer Contest: Build the Next Great Event App

Ah conference season… long days of fulfilling sessions with new ideas flowing, followed by late nights of networking, hackathons and not nearly enough sleep.  Sometimes it can be overwhelming with all the hustle, especially without the right tools to make … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Murphy on July 30, 2012 Tagged