Category Archives: SMS Applications

Tonightish Makes It Easier To Book Trusted Babysitters w/ Twilio SMS

Booking a babysitter is no small task. Typically, you need to book a sitter weeks in advance. If your go-to sitter isn’t available, you might be canceling your Friday night plans. Tonightish hopes to change this, and bring parents some much … Continue reading →

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

Video Screencast: Building an App with Twilio Client and Web RTC

When you hang out with a Developer Evangelist you do typical things like learning to build IVR apps, using Web RTC with Twilio Client, embedding Twilio Client into your browser based app, and of course–listening to disco through Twilio. Kevin … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on March 21, 2013 Tagged , , , ,

GroupGel Makes It Easier For Friends To Communicate with Twilio SMS

GroupGel helps large groups communicate and interact easily. Whether you’re sending a text, scheduling an event, surveying interests or starting a discussion, you can do it all in one place with GroupGel. We spoke to GroupGel CTO, Colin MacLean about how … Continue reading →

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

Why Two Factor Authentication Should be a Part of Your Security Plans for 2013

Cyber security heats up this week at the RSA Conference with more than 20,000 people in San Francisco discussing President Obama’s recent executive order, the growing number of password hacks and how to protect your business against them. Twilio will … Continue reading →

Posted by twilio on February 25, 2013 Tagged , , ,

MyAKA Offers Private Numbers, Supports Non Profit To End Dating Violence

MyAKA helps users keep their private phone number private. Using Twilio Voice, MyAKA gives them a number they can use publicly and control privately on their phone. We talked with CEO John Skorick (pictured right) about MyAKA’s partnership with Break The Cycle, … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on February 22, 2013 Tagged , ,

Music Hack Day Recap: Bonhamize It, Saxophones As Keyboard Controls, Laptop Orchestras

You give developers 24 hours to hack at Music Hack Day and the next thing you know they’re controlling your computer’s keyboard by playing saxophone. Seriously, that happened. Music Hack Day challenged developers to build apps at the intersection of … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on February 21, 2013 Tagged , ,

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 , ,

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 , , , ,

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 →

Posted by Kevin Whinnery on February 13, 2013 Tagged , , ,