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.
The friend graph lets developers explore connections between people. That’s not enough, according to a new service that debuted at SXSW. It uses the status updates, interests and other data–currently just from Facebook–to determine a personality type. Whit.li calls the resulting information the “psycho-social profile.” From that, developers can compare users for different types of compatibility using the Whit.li API. The service could potentially fuel a entire breed of “AirBNB for {blank}” type of apps, among other use cases.
This week we had 91 new APIs added to our API directory including a business process service, geocoding service, licensed photography platform, student verification service, and a newsletter management service. We also covered an API to hack the Gibson and a service that turns your email inbox into an application platform. Below are more details on each of these new APIs.
Get started with using Facebook to let users login to your app. Learn why API design is hurting the cloud (and how to fix it). Also: an API “launch” without details for developers, Facebook hack event headed for Asia and 38 new APIs.
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