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Phone Mashup
Groupon API Phone Mashup For Deal of the Day By Phone
Groupon is a startup based in our own backyard so when they recently released their API we figured we'd give it a try. The mashup is pretty simple. You can call (312) 469-0907 and you'll hear Groupon Chicago's deal of the day.
You can download the code here.
Triple Crown of Telephony - Ifbyphone Receives 3 Awards
Three is better than one, especially when it comes to awards. Today, we're excited to announce that we've just received three distinct industry awards. Here they are:
12 Mashup Examples Using Our Phone API
You can build a lot of neat phone mashups with Ifbyphone's phone mashup API.
Here are some mashups our team has built:
Integrate Phone Calls With Google Maps
Some people can look at a spreadsheet and process all of the data within it. Other people do better understanding data when it is presented verbally. Still others process the data better when they can see it in a more visual presentation.
Ifbyphone Reverse Lookup Mashup with WhitePages.com API
At Ifbyphone we are all about business. Well, businesses rather. Our product offerings, such as our recent announcement of our Virtual Call Center, help small to medium businesses get the most out of their phones.
Ifbyphone Creates iPhone Developer 'Stimulus Package'
Chicago, March 3, 2009 -- Ifbyphone today announced an economic stimulus package for iPhone application developers. The most innovative iPhone application developers will each receive $1,000 from Ifbyphone for the development of an Ifbyphone-to-iPhone mashup that is selected and released by Ifbyphone on the iTunes App Store.
3 Phone Mashups Examples
I wanted to link back to some Phone Mashups examples we've featured on the blog. One is fun, one is practical, and one is actually being used by a few customers.
FUN: Yelp.com Phone Mashup - Get reviews over the phone.
Preferred Telephony Solution For Ad Agencies and Web Designers
For a while now we've been saying that Ifbyphone makes developing telephony solutions as easy as building websites. The idea is that anyone who can develop a website can easily and quickly develop a custom telephony solution to integrate voice into advertising and marketing campaigns.
Cool Open Source Telephony Technology at Web 2.0 Expo
Serdar Yegulalp at InformationWeek recently wrote,
"the award for Single Coolest Thing Done With Open Source at the Web 2.0 show has to go to Ifbyphone."
What is the "Coolest Thing" they are referring to? Well, as the article puts it:
Introducing: Phone Mashups
At EComm 2008 our CEO, Irv Shapiro announced our new initiative aimed at allowing developers easy access to our technology (see mentions at Information Week, MacWorld, Thomas Howe, Read full post
MashUps on the Up
In a recent NY Times article we learn that Microsoft, whose philosophy for the last 25 years has been to build "shrink-wrapped software," is slowly moving towards the Web 2.0 side of the Net and introducing MashUps into its development plan. While it's hardly a trend at the company, it does show a transition from Microsoft, who has often been reluctant to stray from its lucrative mold, towards the Web-based applications popular at Google and in the rest of Silicon Valley.