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Today in APIs: Weemo Funding for US, Metwit’s API for Push Weather Notifications, and 7 New APIs

Greg Bates, May 20th, 2013

Metwit Weather and ForecastFrench Video Startup Weemo raises $3 million to expand to US. Metwit builds API for push weather notifications. Plus: Twitter extends API v1 life to June 11, new GEO APIs for Android, and 7 new APIs.


TokBox Brings WebRTC Video Conferencing to Firefox

Greg Bates, March 6th, 2013

TokBox OpenTokThe Opentok API solves a straightforward but complex problem: how do you get people videoconferncing over different devices and browsers on the web? Now it has arrived on Mozilla’s Firefox browser.


Today In APIs: Codecademy Launches API Lessons, Geo Ads in Stores, and 15 New APIs

Greg Bates, January 14th, 2013

Codecademy invades the API How-To Space. Walgreens starts instore ads with geofencing platform. Plus: Pealk acquired by Viadeo, Dextrorobotics finds objects in photos, and 15 new APIs.


Today in APIs: The Call for a Google Plus Read/Write API, 3Scale’s Top 10 API Blogposts of 2012 and 26 New APIs

Greg Bates, December 31st, 2012

Google PlusTechcrunch calls for a full Google Plus Read/Write API. 3Scale names the top 10 API Blogposts of 2012. Plus: Newspaper posts gun owner names and addresses, Amazon S3 adds root domain website hosting and 26 new APIs.


API Sotlight: Genomics with JChem and Illumina Basespace APIs, and Blogging Simplified with Epistlee

Matthew Scott, November 24th, 2012

MagistoOf the many APIs we published this week, twelve were highlighted on the blog by our team of writers. In this post, we’ll shine a spotlight on those twelve, which included the Magisto API.


Verbalizeit: Instant Human Translation Right When You Need it Most

Greg Bates, November 16th, 2012

VerbalizeItHave you ever been sick in a foreign country but unable to communicate what you needed? Or robbed and needing help without the cash to pay for it or the language to convey it? That’s what happened to the two founders who went on to create Verbalizeit out of that experience, Ryan Frankel and Kunal Sarda. Their Verbalizeit API lets you connect users to human translators on conference calls and on the web.


Microsoft Builds Out Social CRM Ecosystem

Michael Vizard, November 6th, 2012

Microsoft as expected last week announced that it would be integrating its Yammer social networking and Skype unified communications services with Microsoft Dynamics CRM software. This week Microsoft took that effort a step further via an alliance with Moxie Software under which another social networking application for the enterprise is being integrated within Microsoft Dynamics.


Today In APIs: API Mashup Contest returns, Skype API vulnerability, TwilioCon 2012 Hackathon and 8 New APIs

Romin Irani, October 9th, 2012

SkypeThe API Mashup Contest is now in its 4th edition. Hackers exploit the Skype API to infect Windows PCs. Plus: TwilioCon 2012 Hackathon, Art.sy is mapping the world of art on the web, and 8 New APIs.


270 Video APIs: YouTube, Flickr and Skype

Wendell Santos, September 26th, 2012

YouTubeOur API directory now includes 270 video APIs. The newest is the WorldStream TV API. The most popular, in terms of mashups, is the YouTube API. We list 645 YouTube mashups. Below you’ll find some more stats from the directory, including the entire list of video APIs.


239 Messaging APIs: Twilio SMS, Skype and Nexmo

Wendell Santos, August 8th, 2012

Twilio SMSOur API directory now includes 239 messaging APIs. The newest is the Parseco API. The most popular, in terms of mashups, is the Twilio SMS API. We list 169 Twilio SMS mashups. Below you’ll find some more stats from the directory, including the entire list of messaging APIs.


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