Category Archives: Twilio Features

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 , , ,

OpenVBX Releases New Updates and Improvements

We are very happy to share that OpenVBX 1.2 is now available for download. This release comes a bit sooner and a bit lighter than we had originally planned, but is no less packed with goodies than you deserve. OpenVBX … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Murphy on December 20, 2011 Tagged ,

Twilio SMS Lands in Canada

Developers have been requesting SMS functionality for phone numbers and locations around the world, and today we’re proud to deliver the next country for our SMS product: Canada! Until now Twilio SMS has only been available in the U.S. using … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Murphy on December 13, 2011

3 ways you can leverage cloud communications to supercharge your sales

The world of sales has changed dramatically over past couple of years. Leads come in from multiple sources, at all times of day, from more informed customers. With this new set of challenges, here are three key ways that your … Continue reading →

Posted by Dan Kaplan on November 30, 2011

Phone-Based Two-factor Authentication Is A Better Way to Stay Secure

This week, Facebook announced that 600,000 Facebook logins are compromised every 24 hours. In another recent incident, a massive hack hit 760 companies and the IRS, allowing very private information to become public. Even old-school solutions, such as RSA’s SecureID, were hacked in the past … Continue reading →

Posted by Team Twilio on November 3, 2011

SnapEngage Releases New Call Me Feature Powered by Twilio Client

SnapEngage, a live chat service for websites, is rolling out Call Me, a feature powered by Twilio Client. As a website visitor, you will find a handy web pop-up allowing you to connect to a representative immediately. For a website owner, SnapEngage provides … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Grady on August 30, 2011 Tagged , ,

Announcing the Twilio API Explorer

Need a hand with that app? At Twilio we pride ourselves on simple, easy to use APIs with great documentation. We try our best to ensure that building powerful telephony applications is a seamless process and to provide the right … Continue reading →

Posted by Team Twilio on August 9, 2011 Tagged ,

Announcing OpenVBX, a virtual phone system, now with Twilio Client

Today we are excited to share the latest version of OpenVBX, a virtual phone system that now features native VoIP integration with Twilio Client. OpenVBX users now have a sleek, intuitive interface for making and receiving calls directly in the browser … Continue reading →

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Testing Twilio’s Text-to-Speech Engine Using Twilio Client

Twilio Client is more than just a phone in your browser, it’s an audio pipe into Twilio. So in addition to being able to create a “soft phone”, you can make all kinds of other interesting applications. In this tutorial … Continue reading →

Posted by Rahim Sonawalla on August 3, 2011 Tagged , ,