Facebook kills Yandex Wonder by denying access to the Facebook Graph API. Evernote announced an overhauled developer resource site that aims to please all. Plus: Google makes AdWords API usage free, building a RESTful API with ExpressionEngine templates and 12 New APIs.
The Mendeley API provides access to research tools and data. In the interview below we discuss with Rosario García de Zúñiga, Senior Software Engineer & Team Leader at Mendeley, how she sees the future of open APIs. This interview is part of a series conducted by ProgrammableWeb and Hojoki (where I work), an aggregation tool for apps such as Google Drive, Dropbox and Evernote, that helps support team work.
The Zendesk API is designed to automate and enhance customer support. In the interview below we discuss with DeVaris Brown, Technical Evangelist for Zendesk, how he sees the future of open APIs. This interview is part of a series conducted by ProgrammableWeb and Hojoki (where I work), an aggregation tool for apps such as Google Drive, Dropbox and Evernote, that helps support team work.
Techcrunch 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.
There is a bold new version of the Box.net API, as the enterprise-focused file sharing company iterates on its platform. In the interview below, we discuss the future of APIs with Box’s Peter Rexer, the first in a series conducted by ProgrammableWeb and Hojoki (where I work), an aggregation tool for apps such as Google Drive, Dropbox and Evernote, that helps support team work.
Blogger has integrated Google+ allowing easier linking to profiles. Facebook used the Apple API to allow in application downloads. Plus: The digital world needs a Switzerland, Box outlines how the If-Match Header was born, and 9 new APIs.
Evernote recently updated its SDKs for both iOS and Android. With both updates, Evernote hopes to simplify API integration and enhance app development around the Evernote platform. As Evernote reaches towards 20,000 developers on its platform, streamlined libraries and simplified code sets are critical for entry into new markets.
In a post over at PandoDaily last week there was some discussion about the trend towards Single Page Web Applications (SPAs) that seems to be emerging especially for SAAS Web Applications (see Zendesk’s great post on Techcrunch last week). Single Page Web Apps are just starting to gain currency, but may end up playing a major role in API adoption since they essentially eliminate the need for “page based” navigation within an application. Instead, SPAs rely on a combination of an API and Javascript to create the user experience. It also seems likely that this trend might eventually extend even to content Web sites, not just functional applications (some thoughts on this here: The Death of the Web Page.
One of the more frustrating things about using business applications is they invariably impose some form of workflow that is baked into software. Vendors have long argued that these workflows are essentially amalgamations of best practices that the vendor has painstakingly aggregated while researching and developing the application.
Our API directory now includes 34 tagging APIs. The newest is the Ontos API. The most popular, in terms of mashups, is the Zemanta API. We list 6 Zemanta mashups. Below you’ll find some more stats from the directory, including the entire list of tagging APIs.
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