SingSend Wins Twilio 'Play' Developer Contest
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October 18, 2010
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At Startup Weekend New York City Frank Denbow had an idea for a phone-based karaoke app. Over the weekend Frank built SingSend and won the award for ‘Spirit of the Event’. SingSend is a fun app that allows a caller to pick a song, then sing along with it over the phone. The call is recorded and the recordings can be sent to friends. Here’s a video of Frank pitching SingSend:
Congratulations Frank!
For his inventive use of the Twilio API, Frank has won a $250 Amazon gift card and $100 in Twilio credit as the winner of the Play contest category.
Building SingSend
We asked Frank about his experiences building SingSend with Twilio.
What inspired you to build SingSend?
FD: It started at NYC Startup Weekend as a fun way to do karaoke on your phone (won an award for the “Spirit of the Event”). I had a girl send me a MMS message with her singing on it. I found the phone that this was saved on the day before startup weekend so it was on my mind. In the future I’m hoping to make it into a full service if we can figure out music licensing and how to do billing.
What technologies are you using for SingSend?
FD: Right now it is just based in PHP.
How did you get started developing with Twilio?
FD: Seeing John Britton demoing around NYC got me interested.
How was the experience of integrating Twilio with your chosen tools and technologies?
FD: Super easy.
We’ve got more contest news coming soon, including announcing the winners of the USV and ‘Anything Goes, With a Twist’ contests and a brand new contest category for this week. Keep an eye on the blog and our contests page for all the latest info.
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