Twilio integrates with Google App Engine for cloud telephony applications

By tim, on April 2nd, 2013 Follow tim on Twitter

Cloud telephony company Twilio has announced a partnership with Google to integrate its API with App Engine, Google’s platform for cloud applications. Google has a clear explanation of what this enables here. You can have your application respond to incoming SMS texts or voice calls, and send an SMS back, or for voice, play messages,

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April 2nd, 2013 | Tags: , , | Category: cloud computing, google, software development | Leave a comment

Twilio adds support for WebRTC: real time communications in JavaScript

By tim, on October 18th, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

Cloud telephony company Twilio has announced beta support for WebRTC at its conference in San Francisco.

WebRTC is a project supported by Google, Mozilla and Opera and lets you do real time communications, including access to camera and microphone, using a JavaScript API without a plug-in. There is also a W3C Working Group.

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October 18th, 2012 | Tags: , | Category: javascript, software development, web authoring | Leave a comment

AT&T partners with Twilio to offer cloud communication apps

By tim, on September 27th, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

Telecommunications giant AT&T has partnered with Twilio to offer cloud communication apps through a web portal:

Powered by Twilio’s cloud communications services and API platform, ACS offers a Web portal for AT&T business customers to browse from a collection of voice and SMS-enabled apps — such as appointment reminder services, polling & surveying data collection

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September 27th, 2012 | Tags: , , , | Category: cloud computing, mobile, software development | Leave a comment

Telcos have a dying business model – APIs and cloud services are the future says Alcatel-Lucent’s Laura Merling

By tim, on February 3rd, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

Laura Merling from Alcatel-Lucent spoke at the Monki Gras conference in London earlier this week, saying in effect that telecommunication companies have a dying business model.

She gave a two-minute summary of Telco history.  “First it was all about voice,” she said. “Then the intertubes happened. Now you had data … then it went

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February 3rd, 2012 | Tags: , , , , | Category: internet, mobile, Web | 2 comments