Pusher has released Beams, a push notifications API for mobile app developers. Pusher Beams allows developers to manage device tokens for iOS and Android apps. Developers can also use Beams to trigger notifications based on the in-app activity of users so that users remain engage … | Continue reading
Fortnite was released in the summer of 2017 as an early access title on several platforms. In about a year, the popularity of this multiplayer, survival shooter game has skyrocketed. An official public Fortnite API is not currently available. This article highlights a few unoffic … | Continue reading
Cloud printing provider Gelato has announced that its partners can now use an API to connect to its platform and sell printed products. According to Gelato, its platform reaches 6 billion consumers in over 100 countries and has been used to fulfill millions of print orders aroun … | Continue reading
Many startups are digital natives, meaning they don't have to deal with issues arising from legacy systems as enterprises often have to. Here are five key enablers to help established companies overcome disadvantages they may face compared to digital natives and stay competitive … | Continue reading
Samsung is preparing to launch an API and SDK for Bixby, its new voice assistant that is integrated into its new Galaxy Home smart speaker. The Bixby API will allow the tech to be integrated into other apps, while the SDK will give developers the ability to make apps with Bixby. | Continue reading
According to Nightwatch Cybersecurity a vulnerability was recently found in system broadcasts by Android OS that could expose information about a user’s device to any applications running on the device. Information about a user's Wi-Fi connection can be read and used for tracking … | Continue reading
Royal Mail, a UK based postal service and courier company has launched a new version of their Shipping API. The API, now in version two is meant to complement the release of a new shipping tool aimed at helping retailers fulfill their orders. The API is offered in two flavors, RE … | Continue reading
Fifteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Payments, OCR, Design, and Natural Language Processing. Today's highlights include the Seametrix API for routing marine vessels, and Tisane Labs NLP APIs. Here's a rundown of the latest addition … | Continue reading
To date, Sonos has worked with strategic development partners on an invite only basis. It's work with companies like Amazon and Samsung have helped ground the company in the smart home space. On September 6, 2018, Sonos will open its developer program to the braoder developer com … | Continue reading
Kong Inc., an API management platform, recently announced that its open source platform will support service mesh deployments. The new service mesh capabilities hope to enable Kong users to better manage increased East-West network traffic within their microservice-oriented archi … | Continue reading
In yet another "attack" on the principles of open source, a Javascript tool maker modified the MIT open source license on its software in hopes of using the rogue license to achieve a political objective. As noble as the intent may have been, members of the open source community … | Continue reading
Sixteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories such as Financial, Messaging, and Insurance. Highlights include the Bestow API for life insurance quotes and sales, and several APIs for Barclays financial services and banking. Here's a rundown of the la … | Continue reading
Google Assistant and other apps are about to get better at controlling your favorite media players. Google this week added a verification testing framework to the Media Controller Test, a change that will let developers test media playback on Android smartphones and Android TV. | Continue reading
Arcentry, provider of cloud infrastructure diagrams, has opened up an API to its diagram building software. Now, cloud and open source diagrams are programmable from third party apps. Diagrams can be created, changed, and deleted in real-time through integrated apps. | Continue reading
Google has announced the release of the Google My Business API version 4.2 containing new endpoints that will let third-party partners create end-to-end onboarding experiences for their merchants on their own platforms. Google My Business offers merchants the ability to create bu … | Continue reading
Some popular cryptocurrencies serve purposes other than use as a currency, with some acting like a liquid startup equity. This article looks at Ether, the cryptocurrency used by Ethereum, which is meant to be used more as a full-blown cryptocurrency stack and developer platform. … | Continue reading
Windy, a popular weather forecasting app, is urging all developers to migrate to Windy API v4.0. The company will discontinue v3.0 October 31, 2018 (at the latest), and v2.3 on November 30, 2018. v4.0 is already available and it is the only API the company will support moving for … | Continue reading
Mobile provider T-Mobile has informed 2.3m of its subscribers that personal data associated with their accounts was exposed to an attacker as the result of an unprotected API. According to the company, the data exposed included name, billing zip code, phone number, email address … | Continue reading
More than a decade ago, a handful of companies looked to capitalize on the open source movement while at the same time perverting the licensing fundamentals behind it. The threat to open source culture was palpable. But disaster was averted. Today, history is repeating itself and … | Continue reading
Express Gateway v1.11.0 is now available. The microservices API Gateway built on Express.js has added a new parameter for the Proxy Policy called stripPath. The new parameter allows users to own the URL space on backend servers as well as the URL space exposed by the Express Gate … | Continue reading
Google has announced the general availability of Cloud Text-to-Speech and a beta release of Cloud Text-to-Speech Audio Profiles. The company also announced updates to Cloud Speech-to-Text which include the addition of multi-channel recognition, speaker diarization, and language a … | Continue reading
RapidRatings is opening up API access to its Financial Health Rating solution. The Risk Management API will enable third parties to pull and aggregate data to run risk scenarios with historical and live data at a scale not previously possible. The solution includes a suite of thr … | Continue reading
Facebook created an API to fight abusive political ads. The Ad Archive API is being tested by a select group of researchers, academics, and publishers. Through the API, developers gain access to ad data including the ad creator, content, recipient, impressions, target demographic … | Continue reading
How one company analyzed the cost of its integral use of the Google Map's Platform. Poland's GdziePoLek.pl incurred a huge monthly charge for the mapping data it relied on to locate the best sites for purchasing medications — it's primary value-added service provided to its custo … | Continue reading
Ten APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Validation, Email, Sustainability and Security. Also new to the directory is the official Clash Royale API and African bank-based Jenga API for payments integration. Here's a rundown of the latest a … | Continue reading
DNA testing provider 23andMe has informed developers that it will be shuttering its public API in two weeks to focus on apps that use its internal reports. The API was intended to give developers the ability to build apps and tools that took advantage of the company’s genetic dat … | Continue reading
Fitbit, the maker of popular fitness tracking devices, has announced a major upgrade to the Fitbit OS SDK, which enables developers to build apps and clockfaces for Fitbit OS using JavaScript, CSS and SVG. The biggest addition to the SDK is a CLI for Windows, Linux and macOS. | Continue reading
Six APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Video, Messaging, and Currency. Highlights include the Moovly API for custom video creation integration and the Open Brewery DB API for retrieving beer and brewery data. Here's a rundown of the late … | Continue reading
Bestow announced the launch of its Bestow API. Through the API, third party companies can offer life insurance as a service within websites and apps. Integrated apps and sites allow consumers to explore options, receive a quote, and purchase life insurance in less than five minut … | Continue reading
One of Kenya's largest banks, Equity Bank, made a huge advance in the fintech space with the launch of the Jenga Payment Gateway API. The API connects all parties in the financial ecosystem through API integration that enables account management, payment, charges, and much more. | Continue reading
DronaHQ, a digital enablement and transformation provider, has launched API Genie, a tool that allows users to create APIs for existing web apps without writing code. It is aimed at users who would like to build APIs for legacy applications but at reduced cost and faster time to … | Continue reading
Amazon has released a Cameras Recap API that gives apps the ability to play video feeds recorded by smart home cameras. The Cameras Recap API is part of the Smart Home Skill API and requires version 3 of the latter. Users of integrated apps can initiate playback using Alexa. | Continue reading
Two years after the successful launch of ClashRoyale, Supercell has announced the availability of an official API providing developers an alternative to APIs from the community. The RESTful API promises near real-time access to game data including players, cards, clans, locations … | Continue reading
Mavenlink has extended its API-first portfolio strategy with the introduction of M-Bridge Integration & Extensibility Platform. The Platform solves what Mavenlink calls the "hariball tech stack" problem by offering a centralized hub for disparate app integration and management. | Continue reading
The UK's FCA has required banks to participate in the API economy through its growing Open Banking Initiative. The FCA has made yet another use of APIs by requiring banks to report outages, service availability, helpline information, and complaints via APIs and/or a standard web … | Continue reading
On August 16, Twitter shuttered two legacy APIs that it had announced would be removed earlier this years. Developers of a number of popular third-party Twitter clients warned that the shutdown of the User Streams and Site Streams APIs would negatively affect users of their apps … | Continue reading
Computer Services, Inc. a provider of financial technology solutions, introduces CSIbridge, an open application programming interface (API) platform, to give banks the power to build custom technology integrations that help to increase efficiency and enhance competitiveness. | Continue reading
Fourteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Cryptocurrency, Marine, and Games. Highlights include an unofficial API for SpaceX data, an API for eBay image recognition services and a GraphQL API for movie data. Here's a rundown of the lat … | Continue reading
Unity Technologies has completed its move from asm.js to WebAssembly with the Unity 2018.2 release. With this release, developers can now make wasm-only builds and the default linker target is now wasm instead of asm.js. The company plans on deprecating asm.js in the Unity 2018.3 … | Continue reading
If you're a developer looking for a weather API, you're probably overwhelmed by the number of options out there. The ClimaCell Micro Weather API has more granular data making it different from the rest. ClimaCell can sense more weather so it can deliver more granular real-time an … | Continue reading
A number of brand new features have been added to Firebase including a Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) API Reporting dashboard and Firebase In-App Messaging. The FCM API Reporting dashboard allows developers to view notification and messaging statistics from one central user inter … | Continue reading
The Bing Maps Time Zone API is now generally available. The API is a set of REST APIs designed to cover a variety of scenarios developers often deal with when it comes to time zones. Among the capabilities of the API are time zone conversion, list time zones, and find a time zone … | Continue reading
Lufthansa's Open API has added new functionality that allows authorized third parties to integrate flight search, selection and direct booking into their applications. According to a press release issued by Lufthansa and its technology partner Mindtree, only 4% of members of IATA … | Continue reading
Web developers often have to work harder than mobile app developers to get information about their site visitors. This article will introduce you to the ipstack API, a service that provides users with geolocation, timezone lookup, language, currency and organizational identity. | Continue reading
Oracle today unveiled GraphPipe, an open-source standard that aims to simplify machine learning model serving. GraphPipe itself is a high-performance protocol for transmitting machine learning data between remote processes that Oracle developed to address machine learning model c … | Continue reading
Fifteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Messaging, PaaS, Finance, and Cryptocurrency. Featured APIs include a customer engagement platform for non-profits API from Jukko and MessageBird APIs. Here's a rundown of the latest additions. | Continue reading
In its effort to "deliver a developer-centric platform", eBay today announced that it is making its image recognition technology available to developers through an Image Search API. The API gives developers the ability to implement image search functionality into their apps. | Continue reading
Amazon today announced the open source release of its Alexa Auto SDK, which lets automakers integrate its Alexa service into their vehicles. Voice-based services like Amazon Alexa are a perfect fit for automobiles, as consumers are in many cases required by law to use hands-free … | Continue reading