Category Archives: Inside Twilio

Ducksboard for Twilio: A New Way To Monitor Your Twilio Metrics

A few months ago we released our Usage API, which allows developers to make a single API request to get their usage stats for a given time period. This way, companies can build dashboards or internal tools to figure out … Continue reading

Posted by twilio on February 19, 2013 Tagged , ,

Michael Wawra: What Building Toasters Can Tell You About Twilio

Thomas Thwaites is a designer with an interest in science and technology. He was a student at the Royal Academy of Arts in London when he decided to build his own toaster. He bought a mass produced one for £3.94 … Continue reading

Posted by Michael Wawra on January 28, 2013 Tagged , ,

Ringing In The Anniversary of Callin’ Oates

One year ago today Callin’ Oates, the emergency Hall and Oates hotline, launched with much fanfare. And to celebrate, the Callin’ Oates family is growing, with eight brand spankin’ new (old) Hall and Oates tracks and four additional punny hotlines … Continue reading

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on December 20, 2012 Tagged , , ,

Kevin Whinnery Wants You To Run TIE Fighter

In 1994, LucasArts released TIE Fighter, a space combat simulation placing players in the cockpit of the iconic, wailing cannon fodder that blew up spectacularly in the original Star Wars trilogy.  I’m sure I don’t have to explain to you why … Continue reading

Posted by Kevin Whinnery on December 13, 2012 Tagged , ,

London Calling: Parties, Partnerships and Ringing in 2013

This month we threw a kick ass party for all the DOers in London. What’s the Twilio recipe to celebrate an amazing year? Take a bunch of arcade machines, bowling lanes, pool tables and Karaoke, put them on free vend, … Continue reading

Posted by James Parton on December 6, 2012 Tagged , , ,

TwilioCon Keynote Videos Live: Jeff Lawson and Evan Cooke

This past October, TwilioCon 2012 brought together the DOers and the developers building the next generation of communications. It was incredible to gather all these people in one space for three days of sessions, keynotes and serious hacking. We know … Continue reading

Posted by twilio on December 5, 2012 Tagged , , , ,

DOer of the Month: Charlton Roberts of Order Mapper

Charlton Roberts, lead developer at Order Mapper served up some great applications for a good cause alongside Order Mapper CEO, Jim Bricker. Charlton was instrumental in creating Need Mapper, a service that helped connect Hurricane Sandy victims in need with … Continue reading

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on November 30, 2012 Tagged , , , ,

CloudSquads Offers Click-to-Call and Transcription in the Salesforce Cloud with Twilio

This guest post is from Ashish Seth (pictured right) – Co-Founder and CEO at CloudSquads.  Ashish is admittedly “obsessed” with helping enterprises make their business social, measurable & actionable. When he’s not obsessing with social media and communities – you … Continue reading

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on November 13, 2012 Tagged , , , , , , , ,

Authy Delivers Two-Factor Authentication Security in Minutes With Twilio SMS

Daniel Palacio decided to found Authy in the spring of 2011 following an onslaught of headline-making password breaches. “People’s accounts were compromised, their e-mails and photos stolen, their social profiles spammed, and their bank accounts drained,” he recalled. As a … Continue reading

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on October 29, 2012 Tagged , , , , ,