Blog Archives for the tag API

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Google+ Developer Takes Issue With New Redesign

Update: This post has been updated with comment from Google, please scroll down for updates. The new Google+ redesign may have people goofing about some of Google’s design choices, but…

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TechStars Cloud Demo Day In San Antonio Heats Up

I’m here in San Antonio, Texas for the first ever TechStars Cloud Demo Day, and the action, along with the weather, is definitely heating up. This is the first ever…

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Nike Will Open Up FuelBand API at SXSW Managers Hack

If you would have told me at the beginning of the week that the company who was making the biggest splashes in tech would be Nike, I would have told…

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Check Out Your Google+ Posts in Timeline View

Facebook’s Timeline view is now available for everyone, including brands. We’ve gotten used to viewing our friends’ information in the view, and it’s actually quite handy. Being able to travel…

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ChefHangout Uses Google+ Hangouts to Make Money for Chefs

In what’s probably the first attempt that I’ve seen to monetize Google+, a site called ChefHangout has a unique approach to cooking lessons utilizing the powerful Google+ Hangouts video conference…

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SpotON Radio Could Give Pandora a Run for its Money

The power of Spotify is its expansive database of music that you can stream on your desktop or with a premium account, a mobile device. You’ll be extremely hard-pressed to…

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TaskRabbit API Opens Up All New To-Do Possibilities

Having a publicly available API instantly turns any service into a platform, allowing developers to utilize its functionality and data in their own projects. Whether this platform turns out to…

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Flickr Shuts Off Access To Snapjoy's Flickraft

Earlier, we told you about a new feature from photo hosting site Snapjoy called “Flickraft“. The premise is simple: get all of your photos off of Flickr and onto Snapjoy’s…

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Will Every Company Have an API in the Future?

The site ProgrammableWeb has been tracking web APIs since 2005, and that’s a long time in Internet years. Today, the site announced that it has crossed the 5,000 API mark…

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Google+ Launches a Developers Page to Build an Ecosystem

One of the things that I’m not too fond of when it comes to the launch of Google+ thus far is the lack of a proper API for developers to…

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FoursCrowd Shows you Crowded Locations

Depending on what type of person you are, you might want to head to a coffee shop that is bustling with people, or one where there’s nobody to be found….

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This App Provides Real-Time Language Translation

There’s no shortage of apps that let you chat with your friends on mobile devices. There’s apps like GroupMe, WhatsApp, Kakao Talk, that appeal to people who want to talk…

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Say Mmm Taps Evernote to Generate Grocery Lists

If you use the popular information management platform Evernote, you probably save all types of things to browse at a later time. One major use is to store recipes for…

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Apple's Siri Shops for Electronics at Best Buy

A few days ago, Wolfram|Alpha announced that it had released a cool new feature that lets you shop for electronics using Best Buy’s API. In typical geeky fashion, the company…

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SpotiLast Uses Last.fm to Create Spotify Playlists

When you’re looking for new playlists, there is no reason not to pull out all of the stops. Last.fm was the early music app darling, allowing us to scrobble our…