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Use the Factery API to Get Important Text From Searches
Adam DuVander, April 18th, 2010Comments (0)
Factery is a search API with a twist. Instead of links, it returns facts. Actually, it returns links, too. But the real interesting stuff is that it extracts the sentence or two that best answers a user’s search.
5 New APIs: Health API, Wifi API, Cycling API, Document Sharing API, and Video URL Shortening
John Musser, April 17th, 2010Comments (0)
This week we had 15 new APIs added to our API directory including a document publication and sharing API, a UK-based cycling route planning API, an API for a health information aggregation service, an API for an open geo database of wifi access points (which we we covered this week), and a URL shortener specifically design for video, movie and television content.
37 APIs Used in 7 Days: Amazon, Digg, eBay, Foursquare, Google, Twitter, YouTube and Zillow
John Musser, April 16th, 2010Comments (0)
This past week 15 new mashups were added to our mashup directory and 37 different APIs were used to build them. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include CorpWatch, ImageShack, LongURL, Scribd, Scribd iPaper, Tweetmeme and TweetPhoto. The most often used APIs this week are Flickr, Google Maps and Twitter. And the most commonly used types of APIs were Office (6 APIs, 6 mashups), Social (3 APIs, 7 mashups) and Video (3 APIs, 3 mashups).
Weather Sites + Bing Maps
Adam DuVander, April 16th, 2010Comments (0)
Though Google Maps may still be the choice of most developers, Bing continues to be a contender. Microsoft evangelist Chris Pendleton points out a new Weather.com feature and mentions it has used the service since back when it was called Virtual Earth (the switch only happened this June).
Finally, Twitter Gives Developers a Home
Adam DuVander, April 15th, 2010Comments (1)
In many ways Twitter is a platform to be admired. But how and where it communicates with its developer community has been a bit lacking. At the Chirp conference, Twitter launched the sort of home for discussion and information that should make Twitter developers happy.
Twitter Reveals: 75% of Our Traffic is via API (3 billion calls per day)
Adam DuVander, April 15th, 2010Comments (6)
There were plenty of stats doled out by Twitter’s founders during Chirp Conference keynotes today. The two that stuck with us were: 1) that its servers handle 3 billion calls every day, just to the API, and 2) that 75% of all their traffic comes from their API. If you look at the volume alone, that’s over 30,000 updates, timeline requests and searches per second. That’s a massive API.
Will Promoted Tweets Be Sent Through the Twitter API?
Adam DuVander, April 14th, 2010Comments (0)
Twitter’s announced “promoted tweets”, a way for businesses to send their status messages into the timelines of users who may not follow them. Many developers are wondering how it affects updates via the API–will promoted tweets show up in results from API calls?
Twitter Mashup Growth: 2009 Was Big, Now What?
Adam DuVander, April 14th, 2010Comments (2)
ProgrammableWeb has been tracking Twitter mashups since the first one was added in December, 2006. Looking at the number developers have added to the database, one thing is clear: 2009 was a huge year for Twitter and apps built upon it.
iPhone App Finds Trees in NYC’s Concrete Jungle
Adam DuVander, April 13th, 2010Comments (1)
New York City is probably best known for its skyscrapers and millions of people, not the trees that line its avenues. A new iPhone app goes out on a limb to give a little credit to the oaks and maples. And it’s doing it thanks to open government data.
Top 10 Things Every Twitter Developer Should Know
Adam DuVander, April 13th, 2010Comments (0)
The upcoming Chirp conference organized by Twitter is bound to interest a new group of developers. Getting up to speed with a new API can take some research, but Twitter makes it easy with a handy list.
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