Today in APIs: The Fifth API Mashup Contest and Factual Relaunches Geopulse API

Kevin Sundstrom, April 3rd, 2013

The fifth iteration of the API Mashup Contest is happening now. Factual changes the name, among other things, of the Geopulse API. Plus: Merging the mobile and physical shopping experience through apps and APIs.


Windows Azure Media Services REST API

Ajay Ohri, February 14th, 2013

Microsoft has announced the availability of Windows Azure Media Services. The general availability was announced by Scott Guthrie on his blog.


Today in APIs: Kii’s App Analytics Tool, Tesla’s API, and 14 New APIs

Greg Bates, February 14th, 2013

Kii CloudKii lets you define the metrics you measure. Tesla’s app–the API is out of the bag. Plus: turning social data into social meaning, Facebook alerts developers on API errors, and 14 new APIs.


50 New APIs: NFLData.com, PayOnDelivery and Pheed

Kevin Sundstrom, February 3rd, 2013

This week we had 50 new APIs added to our API directory including a mobile application advertising and monetization service, a webrtc video and audio services, a shipment tracking and notification service, an indoor mapping and commerce platform, a mobile application backend service, an unofficial transformice leaderboard and an online store for custom device covers. We also covered an API that changes the way payment processing works. Below are more details on each of these new APIs.


Today in APIs: Nokia Local Search on the Map, Menus You Can Read and 14 New APIs

Greg Bates, January 31st, 2013

Nokia MapsNokia inks local search deal with Toyota in Europe. Menuish makes the edible readable. Plus: SmartFile Updates its File Sharing API, Expanding list of SXSW Hackathons, and 14 new APIs.


Interview: An API-a-day Keeps the… Are You Kidding?

Greg Bates, January 30th, 2013

Okay, spot the New Year’s resolution that’s different: lose weight, exercise, stop procrastinating, build one App every weekday using APIs. Yeah. That last one is the focus of Purchase College student Ali Fairhurst. She’s created a website of her work, APIaday, pledging to build a new App 5 days a week through January.


Today in APIs: App.Net Storage & File API, Metwit Weather API and 11 New APIs

Romin Irani, January 29th, 2013

App.netApp.net plans to become a Social App platform with Cloud Storage and File API. Metwit announces world’s first crowdsourced Weather API. Plus:  Amazon announces the winners of 2012 AWS Start-up Challenge and 11 new APIs.


Retail Intelligence Data API for Online & In Store Shopping: The Price is Right

Greg Bates, January 17th, 2013

Digitalfolio’s API connects retailers up to its rapidly expanding comparison shopping site, currently focused on appliances and electronics, and more recently toys. With seven of the largest retailers on board, including Sears, Amazon, Walmart and Target, Digitalfolio is rapidly becoming a site retailers need to have their wares on.


945 Social APIs: Twitter, Facebook and Delicious

Wendell Santos, January 16th, 2013

TwitterOur 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.


225 Utility APIs: Google Translate, Bit.ly and uClassify

Wendell Santos, January 9th, 2013

Google TranslateOur API directory now includes 225 utility APIs. The newest is the Longdo Dict API. The most popular, in terms of mashups, is the Google Translate API. We list 41 Google Translate mashups. Below you’ll find some more stats from the directory, including the entire list of utility APIs.


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