Category Archives: Tips, Tricks & Sample Code

CakePHP and Twilio: Receiving and Replying to SMS

This post by developer Bruno Nadeau  was originally posted on the Wyld Collective blog here and is related to a project exploring communication that drives public displays of commentary called Cityspeak. Bruno is an interactive designer and software developer at … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Murphy on April 30, 2012 Tagged ,

Two-Factor Authentication with Node.js and Twilio

Two-factor authentication is becoming the go-to method for increased login security on the web, as it ties a physical device to your virtual credentials. It is being adopted by many of the major players in the industry, including Intuit, Google and Facebook. While … Continue reading →

Posted by Jonathan Gottfried on April 27, 2012 Tagged , ,

Get Started with Twilio SMS: Receiving Incoming Text Messages Screencast

The Twilio Quickstart Tutorials are a great place to get started and learn the basics of our cloud communication platform, but I have always found it helpful to not only be able to read about the tools I’m using but … Continue reading →

Posted by Jonathan Gottfried on April 20, 2012 Tagged , ,

A Picture Caption Game with Twilio and PubNub

Developer and DOer Alex Swan built this picture caption game using Twilio SMS and PubNub. He put together this awesome screencast that shows off the game in action and then dives into the code behind it. For this game, see … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Murphy on April 19, 2012 Tagged

Build a Simple Phone Verification with Twilio, PHP, MySQL, and jQuery

About a year ago we wrote about phone verification as a preventative to spam or fraud, and a simple way to keep your users safe. Twilio customers continue to use two-factor authentication for the benefit of their customers. Read more about … Continue reading →

Posted by Jonathan Gottfried on April 17, 2012 Tagged ,

SMS for Democracy: Cost of Freedom Voter ID App

 The Cost of Freedom Voter ID app powered by Twilio seeks to jump start the application process for voters who need to get a voter ID. Launched on April 4, the SMS-based app provides information for all 50 states and … Continue reading →

Posted by jack on April 13, 2012 Tagged ,

A Hidden Gem: Fallback URLs

When you build an application with Twilio, connecting your app to your Twilio number is simply a matter of defining a couple of webhooks to the parts of your application that will be handling voice and SMS requests. Just like that, … Continue reading →

Posted by Carter Rabasa on March 27, 2012 Tagged , , ,

DOers in Action: Behind the Scenes of Cat Facts SMS App

Akiva Bamberger is a software engineer at Google. While lurking on reddit one night, he came across a post where a user was manually sending his friends cat facts via SMS. Akiva was inspired to write his own “cat facts” … Continue reading →

Posted by Jonathan Gottfried on March 23, 2012 Tagged , , ,

Introducing Status Callback for Caller ID Verification Calls

Today we’re happy to announce the release of a small and useful feature: status callbacks for caller ID verification calls. This allows your application be notified when a verification call succeeds or fails so you can notify your users without … Continue reading →

Posted by John Sheehan on March 19, 2012 Tagged , ,