The hackathon we are co-hosting at the Woodstock for Cloud Developers is only a week away. It’s not too early to start thinking about the application you might build using partner APIs. And with Hackathon registration opening soon, you might also think about who to invite to join your team. Below you’ll find some more information about hackathon guidelines and prizes, as well as a list of some of the eligible APIs you can use in your app.
Remember all the WS-* specifications that had garnered significant traction in the last decade among major software vendors? It seems that we might have seen the last of them. The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) recently announced that they had completed their work. All WS-I’s assets, operation and mission will now transition over to OASIS that will continue to drive open standards, as applicable. WS-I, which was started in 2002 had a clear goal of laying the groundwork for Web Services Interoperability and did so actively by developing profiles, sample apps and tools towards that.
The YouTube API is one of the most popular APIs in the directory, where we currently list over 500 YouTube mashups. Some recent mashups of the day have really stretched the definition of a YouTube mashup. These three examples below would surely be in the running if we ever revisit our top 10 YouTube mashups of all time.
The TimesOpen developer network last week gathered thinkers, tinkerers, and innovators involved in the emerging data deluge. This was their final conference prior to the first TimesOpen Hack Day this Saturday in Manhattan.
This past week 16 new mashups were added to our mashup directory and 17 different APIs were used to build them. and ome of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include TourCMS Marketplace. The most often used APIs this week are Google Maps, Tropo and Twitter. And the most commonly used types of APIs were Mapping (5 APIs, 6 mashups), Shopping (2 APIs, 2 mashups) and Social (2 APIs, 6 mashups). The list below shows which APIs were used by which mashups:
Twilio, which provides a cloud API for voice and SMS communications, has announced a price reduction for all incoming and outgoing SMS. The blog post announced that with immediate effect, all incoming and outgoing SMS will be charged $0.02 per message, a reduction of 33% from the original $0.03 per message. The new pricing is applicable for both existing and new customers of Twilio.
If you are looking for sound samples on the web and want to add them programmatically to your apps, the Freesound API may be just what you need. Freesound is a collaborative database of Creative Commons Licensed sounds. Users can join Freesound and upload their sound files and share it with others. Recently it also announced that it has crossed 100,000 songs in its database.
Yodlee is extending its platform with an SDK and a new marketplace called the FinApp Store. Recently out of beta, the service enables the creation of apps that exist within the Yodlee interface, to be distributed within its partner services.
Email marketing service provider MailChimp announced last week a new $1 million dollar fund for startups building products that integrate with the service’s MailChimp API. MailChimp’s program is somewhat unique in that they won’t be asking for equity from the companies they fund. It’s a pretty attractive deal for prospective partners and a trail-blazing move for a platform in an increasingly competitive industry.
Etsy, a marketplace for buyers and sellers of handmade products has announced the winners of its Etsy Handmade Code contest using the Etsy API. The company’s blog announcement mentioned that there were a total of 34 eligible entries, including several mobile application entries, that ranged across from iPad/iPhone, Android, Blackberry and even Windows Mobile.
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