Can you hear the longtime Twitter users breathing out a collective “finally?” The micro-blogging giant announced that a list feature will launch soon. First it will only be accessible on the main site, but it will also be added to the API (our Twitter API profile).
Is there any question map mashups have gone serious? How about billions of dollars serious? The U.S. website Recovery.gov was built to make transparent the use of economic stimulus money. Now you can track every dollar on a map.
Several enterprise mashup proponents, including ProgrammableWeb, have come together to form the new Open Mashup Alliance (OMA). The OMA has been founded with the goal of supporting the implementation of enterprise mashups along with an open language that promotes enterprise mashup interoperability and portability.
The trouble with some music sites and APIs on the web is that they have been known to get taken down due to legal battles. Worse yet, often the only real way to monetize is to take a teensy percentage of an already low-priced track. BandsInTown wants to help your music site stay up and even make money.
This past week 15 new mashups were add to our mashup directory and 26 different APIs were used to build them. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include Currencies exchange rates, Google Maps Data, Jigsaw, Maplight, New York Times Campaign Finance, New York Times Congress, and What The Trend?. The most often used APIs this week are Google Maps, Google Maps Flash, and Twitter. And the most popular types of APIs used were: Government (6 APIs, 6 mashups), Mapping (5 APIs, 13 mashups), and Social (3 APIs, 6 mashups), The list below shows which APIs were used by which mashups:
This week we had 9 new APIs added to our API directory, 5 of which are outlined below. These include Google’s Sidewiki API for commenting across the web, an API for predictive content analysis that includes plugins for major CMS platforms like WordPress and Drupal, an online storage API designed to protect files as a type of virtual deposit box, and an API for a specialized search engine focused on “many to many” user generated sources like forums, discussion groups, mailing lists, answer boards, and opinion sites. More details on each there are below:
Each week a number of new mashups are added to our directory of 4,300+ mashups. Some catch our eye more than others. Here is a quick overview of some of the best recent additions:
With exciting new web techniques comes inevitable security issues. Luckily, there’s usually a solution, though it can require a little more effort from developers.
An article posted on IBM’s developerWorks site covers some common mashup vulnerabilities. Among the techniques addressed are cross-site scripting and JSON data security. The author also provides some solutions or ideas for each vulnerability.
Earlier today Google announced the release of Sidewiki, a universal web page commenting system that allows anyone with the Google Toolbar to add comments and feedback on any web page. The web is abuzz with the news. The video included below gives a good overview of how Sidewiki works.
A new mashup is blending our two most popular APIs: Twitter and Google Maps. Trendsmap overlays a tag cloud on a map to show the trending terms by location.
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