Build an App Using the Twilio API & Win a Netbook!
Saturday March 20, 2010 , 1 min Read
Whether you've already built something that uses Twilio, or you've just discovered our simple and powerful API for voice-enabling your applications to make and receive phone calls, we hope you'll enter to win a Netbook - the folks at Twilio giving one away every week!
Every Monday they announce a category to help guide your ideas for what to build, and you have one week (or sometimes two) to build and submit your project. The day after the deadline, they'll announce the winner and send them a Netbook, and any other prizes from the contest partners.
March 8th -21st, 2010: Phone Controlled Multi-Player Games
Just in time for the South By Southwest, the annual geek fest in Austin, Texas, they're announcing a contest category that has been a hot topic - phone controlled multiplayer gaming. You'll have until Sunday, March 21st to submit your application.
Explore how voice and SMS can be utilized to help people cooperate and collaborate in a mobile gaming experience, no matter what kind of phone they have. Because Twilio uses the keypress, voice recording, and SMS capabilities of the phone no smartphone is required to get in the game.