Today in APIs: Flowdock Acquired by Rally, Google App Engine Research Projects, and 12 New APIs

Kevin Sundstrom, February 13th, 2013

FlowdockFlowdock will continue as an independent service despite acquisition by Rally. Google Highlights App Engine award winners. Plus: Dropbox highlights new Chooser integrations, Twilio upgrades iOS and Android client libraries, and 12 new APIs.


Today in APIs: Mining Archives, Open Innovation, and 24 New APIs

Greg Bates, February 11th, 2013

New York Times Article SearchWhy the New York Times is key to the future. Open innovation and the distributed business model. Plus: service tracks API client library changes, Twitter advertising API, and 24 new APIs.


55 New APIs: Backupify, Codebase and Tinypass

Kevin Sundstrom, February 10th, 2013

This week we had 55 new APIs added to our API directory including a health care insurance directory service, a u.s. international tourist service, an anarchy online tradeskills recipe bot, a real-time automatic packet reporting system database, a home automation and remote device monitoring/control service, a saas backup and recovery service, a remote hvac control service and a health data graphing service. Below are more details on each of these new APIs.


Today in APIs: Walgreens Refill API, Facebook Video Channel, and 12 New APIs

Greg Bates, February 7th, 2013

Walgreens Pharmacy Prescription RefillThe Walgreens API is not there yet but has potential. Facebook starts a developer video channel. Plus: Rome2rio grants free access to its API, the evolution of the hackathon, and 12 new APIs.


API Spotlight: Metwit, PayOnDelivery, and The Nobel Prize API

Matthew Scott, February 1st, 2013

Kelley Blue Book InfoDriverOf the many APIs we published this week, thirteen were highlighted on the blog by our team of writers. In this post, we’ll shine a spotlight on those thirteen, which included the Kelly Blue Book InfoDriver API. The Kelly Blue Book InfoDriver API provides data on all relevant car models, features and selling prices. Specifically used vehicle data, new vehicle data, motorcycle, powersports, and anything with wheels. To learn more about the Kelly Blue Book InfoDriver API visit the Kelly Blue Book site as well as the Kelly Blue Book API Blog post.


SmartFile Releases Version 2 of Platform and Includes Brand New API

Janet Wagner, February 1st, 2013

SmartFileSmartFile, a web-based FTP hosting and file sharing platform, has just announced the release of the new and improved Version 2 SmartFile Platform that includes many new features, a new user interface and a brand new API.


OAuth 2.0 Comparisons: The Good, The Bad, The Quirky

John Sheehan, January 29th, 2013

While testing out a new tool I’m working on that uses a variety of OAuth2 providers and thought I’d catalog some of the quirks I came across. This is just for the authorization flow, not for actually making requests once you’ve secured a token. Now that the OAuth2 spec is solidified we should start seeing less and less of these issues.


Mega Overtakes Cloud Storage Rivals: Size, Price, API, and Encryption Matter

Greg Bates, January 28th, 2013

MEGAForget famous names like Dropbox and Rapidshare. They’ve been eclipsed, at least temporarily as measured by the rate of sign ups, by Mega, the new cloud storage brain child of Kim Dotcom. Check out this graphic he tweeted, January 22, claiming that Mega, “is now the biggest .co.nz site in the world!”


Today In APIs: Twitter May Release Advertising API, Facebook Cuts Off Twitter’s Vine, and 4 New APIs

Greg Bates, January 28th, 2013

TwitterTwitter is prepping to release an API for advertising. Facebook Cuts Off Friend-Finding Access to Vine. Plus: Mag+ announces contest, the next generation of API discovery, and 4 new APIs.


Today In APIs: Facebook Platform Updates, Temboo API and 17 New APIs

Romin Irani, January 24th, 2013

FacebookFacebook Platform Updates include restricting content by age and new ad guidelines. Temboo API provides a common way to access 100+ APIs. Plus: Google puts code of all its Cloud offerings on Github and 17 new APIs.


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