466 Mapping APIs: Google Maps, Bing Maps and Foursquare

Kevin Sundstrom, April 30th, 2013

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Our API directory now includes 466 mapping APIs. The newest is the 1Map API. The most popular, in terms of mashups, is the Google Maps API. We list an amazing 2454 Google Maps mashups.

945 Social APIs: Twitter, Facebook and Delicious

Wendell Santos, January 16th, 2013

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Our API directory now includes 945 social APIs. The newest is the SmartBots API. The most popular, in terms of mashups, is the Twitter API. We list [num] Twitter mashups. Below you’ll find some more stats from the directory, including the entire list of social APIs.

97 Games APIs: SecondLife, Internet Video Archive and EVE Online

Wendell Santos, May 30th, 2012

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Our API directory now includes 97 games APIs. The newest is the Ryzom API. The most popular, in terms of mashups, is the SecondLife API. We list 7 SecondLife mashups. Below you’ll find some more stats from the directory, including the entire list of games APIs.

53 Microblogging APIs: Twitter, TwitPic and What The Trend

Wendell Santos, May 22nd, 2012

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Our API directory now includes 53 microblogging APIs. The newest is the Sohu Microblogging API. The most popular, in terms of mashups, is the Twitter API. We list 708 Twitter mashups. Below you’ll find some more stats from the directory, including the entire list of microblogging APIs.

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Trade Second Life Currencies via the VirWox API

Kevin Farnham, January 2nd, 2009

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VirWoX, the Virtual World Exchange for trading currencies in virtual worlds like Second Life, recently unveiled the VirWoX API. The API provides live access to real time quotes from the VirWoX marketplace, where the currency for Second Life, called Linden dollars, can be traded in several real-life currencies (see our VirWoX API profile for details). The Virtual World Exchange provides opportunities for Second Life members to buy and sell Linden dollars in U.S. dollars, Euros (EUR), UK pounds (GBP), and other currencies, potentially reducing the transaction costs for converting between real-life money and Linden dollars.

Virtual Amazon Shopping

John Musser, August 17th, 2006

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Amazon’s Jeff Barr has an interesting post about shopping at the Life2Life store in the virtual world Second Life. The store blends the real and virtual by creatively building on the Amazon API and the Second Life API. In that virtual store you can search the Amazon catalog, discover items, add them to your cart, [...]