Ribbit is an open API platform for integrating phone call features into the online world. Calls, texts, and voicemails can be integrated into web banners and sites.
In the demo pictured above, drag and drop features were used to create a pizza banner with features to place an order over the phone. After inputing your number and clicking “Call”, a rep would call you and take your order.
The next demo involved a community voicemail-box. Let’s say you want to promote a movie before it comes out, you can set up the voicemail and have actors call into it leaving updates about [...]

“This is this is the second notice that your vehicle’s factory warranty is about to expire,” or so says the automated voice at the other end of the phone, regardless of whether or not you actually own a car in the first place. An annoyance that has hit a nerve with the American public and recently some are starting to strike back with hassling calls of their own. The Wall Street Journal examines the ethical and legal ambiguities involved with this brand of consumer vigilantism following a thread that appeared on the popular link sharing website Reddit.com, outing one of the [...]