Company
Date Published
Author
John Sheehan
Word count
351
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Gourmious is a restaurant discovery app built with Python, Django, jQuery, Amazon EC2/S3, the Twilio API, and the Facebook API, allowing users to search for dishes using SMS and receive recommendations based on their location. Gourmious was selected as one of the runners up in an SMS contest, winning $100 in Twilio credit. Pushr is another app that uses Twilio to enhance its services, including sending student reports to parents via SMS and exploring new revenue streams through a potential for-pay service. The winner of this week's Twilio and Salesforce integration contest will receive a Kindle 3G, an Amazon Gift Card, and $100 in Twilio credit.