NewsGator has just released their NewsGator Online API. Some overview in their press release and details in their API Homepage.
At first glance looks mostly SOAP based with a subset exposed as REST. Data formats are OPML and RSS, both with NewsGator extensions. Functional API groups for managing locations, folders, subscriptions, feeds, and posts. Authentication [...]
Google Talk is all the buzz today. Using the non-proprietary Jabber/XMPP as the protocol is a nice disruptive Google-style entry into the space.
Couple of points: clean interface, currently no advertising or popups, requires GMail account.
Useful posts on the topic:
The official Google Talk site.
There’s already a Wikipedia entry on it.
DeWitt Clinton’s post on Google [...]
Here’s the initial set of categories for the blog: General, News, Examples, Links, API of the Week, Security, Legal, and ROI. Frankly, if nothing else, it gives me a framework for outlining ideas. I won’t expect to get much posting done initially given most time will be spent on site and database setup.
So what’s the point of this site? Although still euphemistically ‘in beta’, the goal is to create a home page for Web 2.0 developers. Content to include news, reviews, comparisons, and examples. Formal APIs, unofficial APIs, and accidental APIs are all fair game. Anything ‘programmatic’ that’s publicly accessible online from sources including Amazon, Google, eBay, [...]
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