This week we had 80 new APIs added to our API directory including a cloud platform resource scaling service, civic information service, car insurance rate comparison service, text to speech service and digital content promotion services. We also looked at an emergency notification system now available via API.
This past week 7 new mashups were added to our mashup directory and 13 different APIs were used to build them. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include Amazon Product Advertising, App.net, Highrise, National Weather Service NDFD and WebKnox. The most often used APIs this week are Facebook, National Weather Service NDFD and Twitter. And the most commonly used types of APIs were Music (3 APIs, 3 mashups), Social (3 APIs, 4 mashups) and Weather (1 APIs, 1 mashups).
Dobango, the newest venture by Nexage founder Devkumar Gandhi, has launched the first social marketing platform for Pinterest. The new Dobango Social Marketing Solution for Pinterest allows brands to create and manage contests that are driven directly by the activity of Pinterest users.
Top Developers will earn almost $20K per month on App.net. redBus builds critical system monitoring system using BigQuery. Plus: 100+ developers gathered to hack on Big Data at AngelHack, API Best Practices guide from SOA Software and 12 New APIs.
With just over a month before the submission deadline for the Google Places API Developer Challenge, the time has come for developers to start taking this challenge seriously. As applications are finished over the next month, ProgrammableWeb would like to provide you with the opportunity to gain some exposure by submitting your applications for a chance to become Mashup of The Day.
There’s nothing more frustrating for the serious blogger than having to constantly deal with an overload of destructive spam. Many are rooting for the technical teams who will win the war and see spam banished forever. TypePad AntiSpam has this very vision and the TypePad AntiSpam API to support it.
San Francisco continues its dominance of the API job market, but this week brings us a new location we haven’t seen before: New Zealand. As more and more API-related jobs become available, it’s likely that they’ll continue to show up all over the world.
For sports fans, this might be the best time of the year. Baseball is winding down and the playoffs are about to begin, the NFL and NCAA are in full gear with big matchups every weekend and basketball is on the horizon with camps opening soon. Today’s look at mashups focuses on those that bring [...]
There’s a lot that’s been written about the content of API documentation, but what about its look-and-feel? Unlike many types of information, API documentation is not meant to be read front-to-back, but is meant to be scanned for relevant information. This means that the look-and-feel should be very clean. Clarity is a much higher priority than aesthetics.
Yahoo gives BOSS developers geo services by rolling PlaceFinder and PlaceSpotter into the new BOSS Geo. The Washington Post announces an upcoming hackathon for the 2012 Presidential Election. Plus: The Gates Foundation hosts their own hackathon, Google Analytics now offers iOS6 support and 9 new APIs.
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