Expert Legal and Medical Directory an API Call Away

Romin Irani, February 3rd, 2011

AvvoLawyers and Doctors have a special place in our society. Most of us need them at some time or the other. Avvo is a directory focused on lawyers and doctors, allowing us to search them based on their area, expertise, user ratings and other criteria. Now its Avvo API provides the same functionality to your applications.


Asthmapolis Innovatively Tackles Asthma, Wins Contest

Romin Irani, November 1st, 2010

TwilioTelephony platform Twilio has a long running developer contest, giving Netbooks and Twilio credit to the winners. Recently it had a special contest, in which the winners could meet with Union Square Ventures partners for lunch. The winner of the contest is Asthmapolis, a site that helps track, manage and research asthma.


Challenge.gov’s ‘Apps for Healthy Kids’ Winners Announced

Alex Stone, October 8th, 2010

Are you familiar with Challenge.gov? If not, let’s take a second and catch you up on one of the most awesome things our government has decided to do. For the uninitiated, Challenge.gov is U.S. General Services Administration’s effort to crowdsource some of our modern problems through contests and competitions. Think of it as a nation-wide science fair for developers. Pretty cool right?


Ready, Set and Go with MapMyFitness

Romin Irani, September 17th, 2010

MapMyFitnessIn the digital age, keeping yourself physically fit can be a challenge. What if you could manage your all your physical activities while at the same time engage your social network with it. Well, MapMyFitness, which runs a network of sites, caters exactly to that.


Bed Bug Mashup Lets You Find a Good Night’s Sleep

Matthew Casperson, September 8th, 2010

Yahoo MapsSleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite. This is a cute saying if you have never had the misfortune of actually letting the bed bugs bite. But a quick Google image search shows that these little critters are no fun at all. A Yahoo Maps mashup is trying to help you find them before they get you.


Bing Health Map Shows Promise of Open Government Data

Adam DuVander, June 11th, 2010

Bing MapsThe Health team at Bing used public data to create a Health Map application (requires Silverlight) that lets users visualize a number of health indicators, such as obesity and premature births, by U.S. county.


Track the Swine Flu With These Google and Twitter Mashups

Tina Gasperson, April 29th, 2009

Google MapsThe globe is abuzz with talk about a possible Swine Flu pandemic, and mashups are helping people who want to track the progress of the disease. Here are some these brand new mashups built using both the Google Maps API and the Twitter API.


Google Health: Now on Your iPhone

Kevin Farnham, March 30th, 2009

Google HealthIf you’ve ever wished you had quick access to your medical records wherever you are, developer Ford Parsons has created a native iPhone application you might want to try. Health Cloud uses the Google Health API to bring your medical records direct to your iPhone. If you a have Google Health account this mobile app gives convenient immediate access to your health records. By the time you’re an adult, you’ve had all kinds of visits to doctors, vaccinations at various intervals, injuries, etc. Who can remember what happened when, what the treatment was, or even which doctor handled the situation? Centralizing this information is the benefit that Google Health provides.


Read the Label with the CalorieKing API

John Musser, February 24th, 2009

CalorieKingCalorieKing has launched “a Web service which enables other developers of weight management applications to readily incorporate CalorieKing’s more than 65,000-item food database”. The CalorieKing database is the primary source of the well-known book “The CalorieKing Calorie, Fat and Carbohydrate Counter”. Initial API details at our new CalorieKing API profile.


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