Twilio & Google partner to bring cloud communications to App Engine

Cloud communications startup Twilio has partnered with Google to bring voice and messaging abilities to apps being developed with Google App Engine, the companies announced today.

Silicon Valley’s under-the-radar VC firm sees record-breaking year (exclusive)

Bessemer Venture Parters ("BVP") has made do with having the reputation as the "down to earth" venture capital firm. But 2012 was a record year, and BVP is ready to shout it from the rooftops.

Codecademy adds API training with YouTube, NPR, Bit.ly, and 6 other services to help new devs build actual products

Today Codecademy is launching a new partnership with nine companies to help budding developers learn APIs and create actual functioning sites, projects, and even products.

Cloud tag team: SendGrid & Twilio partner on email, SMS, & voicemail solutions for the enterprise

Cloud-focused messaging startups SendGrid and Twilio have teamed up to empower SendGrid enterprise customers with a suite of messaging tools, including transactional emails, SMS, voicemails, and push notifications.

Startup Culture: To keep pace, Twilio is hiring engineers at a rate of 20 per quarter

Few other companies have internalized the principles of Eric Ries and Steve Blank -- the rapid product cycles, culture of experimentation, and emphasis on customer feedback -- more so than Twilio.

Twilio is now available all around the world

Twilio's expansion means big things for developers working internationally. Historially, geopolitically bounded mobile carriers have made it difficult for certain types of apps to flourish without lots of behind-the-scenes infrastructure and business machinations.

Plivo makes it to 50 countries in 30 days, outstrips competition

Since its launch last month, Y Combinator startup Plivo has provided cloud-based local phone numbers in more than 50 countries worldwide, across the US, Europe, South, America, Africa and Asia.

MicroVentures Investment Challenge is like fantasy football for venture capitalists

MicroVentures Investment Challenge is a Facebook game pitting notable Internet startups against each other in a fantasy sports-like competition aimed at venture capitalists.

On the ‘startup bus’ to Montreal, early-stage founders network and chase dreams

It’s 11 p.m., I’m drinking a can of Molson, and the bus passengers are finally quieting down as we get closer to New York City, where we departed two days ago. Many founders from promising early-stage startups from around the …

Cloud communications biz Twilio adds global SMS and multi-language support

Cloud communications startup Twilio has upped its worldwide footprint with much-welcome support for global SMS and dozens of new languages, the company announced Thursday.

Twilio helps many small- and medium-sized businesses by providing telephony infrastructure via the cloud. Developers working …

Check out this phone-controlled robot from a Twilio/Node.js hacker

An aspiring hardware hacker at Twilio has used his company’s own telephony APIs as well as Node.js and Arduino to build the charming robot you see in the clip above.

We just about overloaded on developer buzzwords there, so let’s …

TextMe turns your iPod into a phone with today’s launch (exclusive)

Given the chance, you would probably turn your iPod Touch into a fully working iPhone, right? TextMe is launching in the U.S. today with an app that will get you close to that dream.

“The real vision is to deliver …

Tech darling Twilio cozies up to Android with new client

Twilio has finally released its Android client with a new native software development kit that will allow Android developers to add VoIP features to any Android app.

The startup’s iOS client has been around since February, and today, Android developers …

Twilio and Microsoft partner to bring cloud communications to Azure developers

Microsoft and cloud communications startup Twilio have signed a deal to bring Twilio’s APIs to developers who use Windows Azure, the two companies announced today.

Azure is used by many companies to host and build web applications through Microsoft’s data …

“Press 3 for $15 million” — How Twilio got a touchtone term sheet

When Twilio chief executive and co-founder Jeff Lawson was ready to take on a third round of funding, he didn’t expect investors to send his term sheet via Twilio application. But, in keeping with the culture that surrounds Twilio, that’s …