When Amazon recently implemented what it calls “efficiency guidelines” in its Amazon Product Advertising API, the online retail giant took some developers by surprise. The change was meant to limit access to sites that did not send buying customers. However, a change to your code is required to ensure that you receive the correct level of access. Those that didn’t make the change were subjected to the lowest limits. For some, that meant lost revenue–both to the developer and Amazon.
Those worried about the longevity of their tweets have another reason to relax. The Social Archive, which also stores status messages for many StatusNet-powered sites, is entering the Twitter search game. It joins Topsy, Tweet Scan and Twitter’s own search engine, which received a recent upgrade.
A month after we covered USA Today’s API plans, the newspaper has opened its Developer Network to the public, giving access to two datasets for now. But there’s much more on the way, as we learned in our discussion with Steve Kurtz, VP of Digital Development.
The current API supports access to Best Selling Books and [...]
This week we had 26 new APIs added to our API directory including an email newsletter service, radio station database, ip geolocation service and mobile payment platform. Below is more detail on each of these new APIs.
This past week 20 new mashups were added to our mashup directory and 39 different APIs were used to build them. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include DonorsChoose, Eventbrite, Google Health, MailChimp, Yahoo Weather and zanox. The most often used APIs this week are Foursquare, Google Maps and [...]
Salesforce.com is inviting all developers to convene for Cloudstock, a free one day conference covering cloud APIs, including the company’s own service. The event will take place December 6 in San Francisco, a day before its popular DreamForce conference.
Network administrators have many responsibilities. Is the server up? Are e-mails bouncing? Now, in addition to these low-level issues, Google’s Safe Browsing Alerts for Network Administrators allow sysadmins to get alerts for web sites in their network which may be hosting malicious content.
MapQuest has launched another API on top of OpenStreetMap (OSM), the Wiki-like editable map of the world. The new search service provides geographic search results for any data added to OSM, such as streets or landmarks. Of note, the MapQuest API provides the service without any API Key requirements or rate limiting.
Yahoo has revealed more details on its Yahoo Search BOSS, which is undergoing a major transition due to the Yahoo and Microsoft Search alliance. It had previously announced the move to a paid version of BOSS, which stands for Build your Own Search Service. Details have now emerged, with timelines and a pricing structure.
Sometimes it takes a little human intervention to make semantic applications easier to build. The Guardian newspaper has augmented its Open Platform API with unique identifiers for bands and books. In turn, the company has simplified the process of creating a mashup that uses multiple sources to focus on a single work, which may help its content spread farther.
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