
Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - An interactive demo of Twilio's Messaging API
By Contributor
Fri 20 Aug 2021
Techday's 10 Minute IT Jams provide sharp, to-the-point insights into emerging and established technology companies that operate in the Asia-Pacific region.
This is Techday's second IT Jam with Twilio, a cloud communications platform that streamlines comms channels like voice, text, chat, video, and email by virtualising the world’s communications infrastructure through APIs. The company has 26 offices in 17 countries across the world.
Today we speak to Twilio developer evangelist Phil Nash, who goes in-depth on the company's Messaging API. He showcases an interactive demo on the solution, and discusses customer success stories with this and other Twilio APIs.
Watch the video below.
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