Category Archives: Voice Applications

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 , , ,

Your Tutor Is One Call Away: Help Hub Connects Students and Tutors Via Twilio Voice

At 14 years old, Miguel Kudry (pictured right) started building apps. Now at age 20, he’s launched his second company, Help Hub, a new social platform that connects students with tutors via Twilio Voice. I can’t exactly picture Miguel needing … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on May 1, 2013 Tagged , , ,

CallTask Helps You Get The Most Out Of Your Call With Twilio

CEO Joel Gross built CallTask as a training tool for his sales team at Coalition Technologies. He used Twilio to record sales calls that his team could download and listen to when on-boarding a new salesperson. Pretty soon, CallTask was … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on April 29, 2013 Tagged , , ,

Mobile Commons Connects Citizens to Senators with Twilio

Mobile Commons is giving citizens the communication tools they need to spark political action. They’re powering the communication technology behind Mayors Against Illegal Guns’ (MAIG) campaign to pass more comprehensive gun laws. Mobile Commons and MAIG’s joint effort called, Demand … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on April 25, 2013 Tagged , , , ,

HomeJoy Bringing Everyone Clean and Happy Homes, Powered by Twilio

When clutter inspires a startup, you get HomeJoy. Founding a startup from your home can get messy. For Adora Cheung and her brother Aaron, the mess they accumulated while working on one startup actually inspired them to found another Homejoy … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on April 24, 2013 Tagged , , , ,

Twilio-Powered Nomorobo Wins FTC Robocall Challenge

In October, the FTC declared war against illegal, unsolicited robocalling, and asked developers to join them in the fight. The FTC offered $50,000 and an FTC Technology Achievement Award to the developer who could build the best tool to deter robocalling. … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on April 2, 2013 Tagged , ,

Max Temkin Fights Robocallers with Charles Dickens and Twilio

It’s unlikely Charles Dickens intended for his prose to be used to ward off robocallers and telemarketers. But it just works so well. Using Twilio, Max Temkin, co-creator of Cards Against Humanity and Humans vs Zombies, created a Twilio-powered line … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on March 27, 2013 Tagged , ,

Teach Your Old Box New Tricks: Introducing SIP from Twilio

Today, we are happy to announce <Sip> from Twilio, allowing companies to receive incoming calls by connecting Twilio to their existing SIP infrastructure. This new capability enables companies to quickly and easily modify their communications processes using the Web programming language … Continue reading →

Posted by twilio on March 18, 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 , , ,