With all of the new APIs opening-up these days and increasing emphasis on development in the cloud, it’s timely that next week is Mashup Camp. Now in its eighth run, it is free and once again there will be lots going on. Over at InformationWeek, co-founder David Berlind gives a good summary of the event. And although over 350 people have signed-up there are still a few spots available.
The winners of Washington D.C.’s Apps for Democracy mashup contest were announced by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and CTO Vivek Kundra. The contest invited software developers to utilize Washington’s large public data catalog to develop applications that will make the data more readily accessible and useful for citizens.
San Francisco-based Urban Mapping has released a new Mass Transit Proximity API that allows developers to easily tap into the company’s Mass Transit Database. The RESTful API includes two search methods to retrieve results for Station Stops Near a Point and Station Stops Near an Address.
One of the many frustrations that mashup developers (and web developers in general) run into is trying to use contextual ads for sites with lots of dynamic content. By their very nature, mashups typically tap into data that constantly changes, making it difficult to use contextual ads that stay up-to-date with content.
It’s not often we see an API “go on sale”. But that’s what Google is doing with their announced a Google AdWords API. They have a new version update but along with it, they have “holiday season API sale pricing”. The details of the holiday sale are spelled out in the October 20 AdWords API blog post “Happy Holidays! Enjoy more API units”:
The world of music is not just where the phrase “mashup” originated, it is also one of the most popular types of web mashups. With over 40 music APIs to choose from, developers have created a wide range of music-related mashups, over 200 music mashups in our directory.
You may remember our previous blog post on ShowUsABetterWay.com, a web site set up by the UK Government’s Power of Information Task Force as a resource for public involvement in the use of government data made available for use in mashups and applications. As part of the Task Force’s data sharing initiative, a contest with several cash prizes was set up as an incentive to garner ideas on how to effectively use the government data.
BooRah, the restaurant search service, has announced the release of the BooRah API. The API augments the existing BooRah syndication platform, which is currently used by newspapers and other web sites that have a local focus. Their API is a standards-based web services platform, that also provides enhanced mobile platform capabilities. On mobile platforms, the API automatically integrates with Mozilla Geode and Skyhook Loki when they are present.
The Echo Nest API, a suite of web services for music search and recommendations, officially launched at DEMOfall08. As they say: ” Input any song and get an XML description of its content.” It’s a very intriguing API that’s increasingly attracting the notice of the developer community. Paul Lamere exemplifies the excitement Echo Nest is eliciting in his recent Sun blogs post “The Echo Nest Developer’s API.
Google has just announced that it’s Visualization API (our API Profile) now supports server-side data requests. In essence, the API now supports an “open-wire” protocol that allows individuals and organizations to create visualizations directly from data on a server.
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