Tag Archives: twilio sms

Checkfront Eliminates Booking Hassles, Helps Businesses Keep In Touch w/ Customers via Twilio SMS

Kayaking is fun. Searching for the paperwork you filled out to go on a kayak tour is not fun. Checkfront aims to automate booking processes so both companies and customers have less to worry about. The Checkfront online reservation system … Continue reading →

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

NodeConf Contest Winner: SMSFoo Lets You Edit Wufoo Forms via Twilio SMS

Last week, we announced a contest to send one lucky node.js hacker to NodeConf 2013.  We had a bunch of amazing entries, but the hack that stood out as the most useful and innovative use of the API was SMSFoo, … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on June 11, 2013 Tagged , , ,

Diginate Shares Shipping Status Updates with Customers via Twilio SMS

How hard could it be to custom order a few posters? Tim Lamm (pictured right) discovered it’s pretty hard, and more expensive than you’d think. You could order prints from a big manufacturer and pay for more than you need. … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on May 31, 2013 Tagged , ,

SOBERLINK Improves Alcohol Monitoring and Communication with Twilio SMS

SOBERLINK is fighting an old old problem with new technology. They’re offering law enforcement and treatment centers a new way to stay in touch with patients, and monitor their alcohol consumption. Their alcohol monitoring tool, SL2, uses Twilio SMS to … Continue reading →

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

Txt2Give Lets You Donate to Non-Profits via Twilio SMS

Engineer and entrepreneur, Chad Boyd (pictured right) wanted to create an easy and secure way to donate money to his church. When it came time for donations on Sunday, he never had his checkbook and didn’t want to write his … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on May 28, 2013 Tagged , ,

Resurrecting Google SMS Search Using Twilio

Join the discussion on Hacker News! Like many of you, I was sad to hear on Friday that Google decided to shut down their service that let you search via SMS. Luckily, a basic version of the service is not … Continue reading →

Posted by Jonathan Gottfried on May 13, 2013 Tagged ,

It Takes A Village – The Lassy Project Crowdsources Communication To Keep Kids Safe

It takes a village to raise a child. But, what does it take to keep that child safe? John Guydon asked himself this question following 5th grader Jessica Ridgeway’s tragic kidnapping in his home state of Colorado back in October … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on May 10, 2013 Tagged , , ,

Using Google Glass, Twilio, Ruby, and Sinatra to Send and Receive SMS Messages

Join the discussion on Hacker News! Myself and other developers have been giddy with glee at the recent release of Google Glass, one of the first largely available wearable computing platforms. After the Glass Foundry hackathons in January, I couldn’t … Continue reading →

Posted by Jonathan Gottfried on May 9, 2013 Tagged , , , ,