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Google Prediction API Making Many Applications Smarter
Romin Irani, May 20th, 2011Comments (0)
It seems that the gadgets and equipment that we use today are getting smarter by the day. They are not only taking doing routine tasks but even helping out make decisions based on trends and recommended practices. The Google Prediction API allows you to tap into Google’s machine learning algorithms that crunch data and give your possible outcomes, thereby helping you make your applications smarter. And car-maker Ford may even be using it.
Don’t Take that Tone With Me, Says your AI Chinese Language Coach
Garrett Wilkin, May 20th, 2011Comments (0)
AISpeech is the API behind a Chinese language and pronunciation learning website, AIChinese. You may know that Chinese is a tonal language. Where tones and inflection are used in English to convey emotion or differentiate between a declarative statement and a question, in tonal languages like Chinese, different tones on the same syllable can be altogether different words. The AISpeech API gives you access to a language processing engine which is capable of detecting spoken words and evaluating if the appropriate tone is used.
The Pros and Cons of Government App Contests
Justin Houk, May 20th, 2011Comments (2)
Panelists and presenters at last week’s Open Government West 2011 conference in Portland, Oregon tackled the topic of government sponsored app contests. Attendees asserted that not all app contests are designed the same way and there are different benefits and drawbacks with each kind. An overarching issue seemed to be the value returned to the public on government investment in app contests. Governments are looking for the best way to offer services to the public in the face of budget cuts and are eyeing citizen generated apps.
What Developers Say About API Documentation
Guest Author, May 20th, 2011Comments (0)
In a perfect world, API documentation would contain clear, complete instructions on
everything that developers need to know to use your platform. In reality, organizations
have limited time and budget to create API documentation, and so organizations need
to prioritize to create documentation that is most useful to the people who will use it. This post looks at the results of a survey of those who rely upon API documentation.
Sound Social with AudioBoo
Garrett Wilkin, May 19th, 2011Comments (0)
AudioBoo brings the familiar tape-recorder type interface to the web with all the fixings. Take your audio recording, add a picture, a location, put it in a social context, throw in popularity ratings and you have AudioBoo. The simplicity and social aspects of this service make a great platform for podcasters while providing another avenue of media discovery for users. But it’s new and still changing. If you’re feeling like an adventurous explorer, ready for twists, turns and surprises, jump on in to the AudioBoo API.
FuelFrog Helps Keep Gas Costs Manageable
Allen Tipper, May 19th, 2011Comments (0)
Gas costs sure have risen lately, at least in the US. With many drivers are seeing prices well over $4 per gallon of gasoline, the time has come to do something about it. The FuelFrog website, as well as its iOS app or Twitter, can help with this. It helps you keep track of how far you’ve gone, and how much gas you’ve used, as well as trends for gas prices in your area. Of course, there’s also the FuelFrog API which, despite some security concerns, lets you integrate that data into just about anything.
Be an Online Oprah With OpenTok Video Chat WordPress Plugin
Romin Irani, May 19th, 2011Comments (0)
Tokbox, the online video communications platform, is on a roll. Earlier this year, we had reported how Tokbox decided to change it strategy from delivering an application to focusing on a pure API platform play. This paid rich dividends in an increase in number of partners taking to their platform and they moved later on enabling Video chat on Android and iOS devices. Tokbox has now gone one step further by implanting itself as a solid choice for enabling Video Chat on your site by targeting the millions of WordPress sites with a Wordpress plugin built on the TokBox OpenTok API.
Twitter Extends New OAuth Deadline For Apps Accessing Direct Messages
Adam DuVander, May 18th, 2011Comments (2)
With an announcement of new permissions levels, Twitter is requiring apps that need access to direct messages to re-authorize their users. For mobile apps, this could mean rewriting to use OAuth for the first time. When the developer community balked at a shorter timeline, Twitter extended the deadline to June 14. Though most developers will not need to make changes to their applications, those that do will have to do so in only 27 days.
Industrious E-Signature Hacks: Petitions, Delivery Slips and Parental Consent
Adam DuVander, May 18th, 2011Comments (0)
During an impressive 35 hour stretch over the weekend, over 100 developers came together in San Francisco to hack the electronic signature using the DocuSign Enterprise API and other APIs along the way. The winners show the breadth of applications built on DocuSign’s platform, taking e-signatures beyond the legal document.
Glug, Glug: Guzzle Ayup a Hosted PubSubHubbub Hub Service
Phil Leggetter, May 18th, 2011Comments (0)
PubSubHubbub has become the standard protocol for real-time RSS and Atom feed subscription and delivery. But not everybody wants to host their own PubSubHubbub hub in the same way that hardly anybody hosts their own website, and why cloud services in general have become so popular. Guzzle Ayup has entered the market to offer a [...]
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