Yesterday Sun Microsystems launched a new, media rich site The Big Mashup: How the network is changing entertainment and news gathering in the Participation Age. The Big Mashup will feature a documentary with media and entertainment thought leaders, a community blog discussing the impact of changes brought on by the network, and other related content. [...]
Picking-up from yesterday’s review of interesting new mashups, here are few use, either for dating, cycling, or media tracking.
Rendezbook: A crush system for Facebook. Tell the system who you would like to become better friends with, date, or have a fling with, and if they feel the same way, you’ll be sent an e-mail. Facebook [...]
This week’s entries for interesting new mashups include a couple using APIs we don’t see used everyday like the the Basecamp API and the the Skype API.
Fotoland: Although Flickr has their own official Flickr Photo Map built with the Yahoo Maps API, there is still a place for Google Maps + Flickr mashups. The [...]
Today Saleforce.com is announcing some notable upgrades to their AppExchange platform. Called ApexConnect these integration-focused enhancements are another step in making previously isolated software as a service (SaaS) solutions into more truly distributed platforms, the kind that can be directly integrated with enterprise IT systems as well as the APIs listed at ProgrammableWeb.
There are [...]
Often in the mashup space you’ll hear people say that at some point we’ll start seeing development tools that will simplify creation of applications using multiple online web services so that mashups can reach new levels of sophistication. Earlier this week I had a demo with a company building an intriguing new development system for [...]
Since today is our Thanksgiving Holiday here in the US, just a quick post in honor of the feast-like tradition of today: food and drink. As of now, there are 42 mashups tagged with “food”. This tends to include ones related to drink as well, so where to find a bar in your neighborhood is [...]
So what’s new on the API front here at Programmable Web? 28 new APIs added over the past 30 days is the current measure. Been averaging close to one-per-day added for a couple of months now. Some are of the type we’ve seen before, but with new variations, such as the Widget APIs, Mapping APIs [...]
If you want to meet with the key players in the mashup space — the API providers, the developers, the investors, and a host of others — your next chance is in about eight weeks. Where? At Mash Camp 3 taking place January 17 and 18th at MIT. Registration is now open, as is the [...]
Quick pointer to the story on mashups by Jennifer Schiff over at E-Commerce Guide, “The Lowdown on Mash-Ups”. The article takes a very commerce-centric view of mashups, looking at where money is, or isn’t, being made in mashups. It includes interviews with me, analyst Freeman Evans over at Jupiter Research, and Robert Yeager, the developer [...]
Continuing from Wednesday’s review of new mashup highlights, the first couple here fall into the category of “utility mashups” and the next four are more about leisure than function.
Gmaps Pedometer: Exact distance pedometer using Google Maps, built by a marathon runner.
Airport Parking: Good utility mashup that gives nearly everything you need when rushing to the [...]
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