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Google Provides New Tools for Live Streaming Video
Earlier this week Google announced new tools that aim to make it easier for content providers to share when they are streaming live video. The announcement includes the addition of an update to the Indexing API and the addition of structured data for livestreams.
4 days ago
Certua Launches Enterprise Insurance Platform
Certua, a financial services provider that aims to use data and the latest technology to transform the financial industry, has announced a new Enterprise Insurance platform that will provide customers access to their platform via APIs.
6 days ago
Carroll Publishing Releases GovSearch API
Carroll Publishing, a government contact data-delivery service, recently published the GovSearch API, exposing the company’s directory of over 260K government contacts. The database includes contacts from over 40,000 government agencies.
12-03-2018
How to Succeed in the API Economy; a Prescription from ProgrammableWeb
In aggregate, the organizations around the world that directly or indirectly monetize their APIs form the basis of what the media often calls the “API Economy.” As a subset of the total global economy, the API economy is responsible for the exchange of trillions of dollars of value annually.
12-03-2018
NovoPayment Announces Upgraded Developer Portal
NovoPayment, provider of digital financial services, recently announced various upgrades to their developer hub that includes new APIs and enterprise customer functionality. The new APIs include back-end integration providing functionality from partners that include Visa, Facebook, and LexisNexis.
11-30-2018
Findaspot Simplifies Finding a Location to Meet with New API
Findaspot, a geolocation services company based in Los Angeles, recently announced the release of their flagship service and corresponding API. The service hopes to aid groups in finding a place to meet that is convenient for all parties.
11-28-2018
USPS API Vulnerability Exposed 60 Million Users’ Account Details
The United States Postal Service confirmed recently that they have patched an API issue which exposed the account details for up to 60 million users. Additionally, in some cases, the vulnerability could have allowed hackers to modify other users’ account details.
11-26-2018
Google Adds Quick, Draw! API
In 2016 Google released Quick, Draw!, a digital version of Pictionary that uses machine learning to guess what users are drawing in their browser. Google is now providing the entire data set behind this algorithm as an open source API, allowing developers to research the way people draw.
11-21-2018
BlockMarkets Launches API for Real-Time Cryptocurrency Market Data
BlockMarkets, provider of cryptocurrency market data, has announced a new API that will provide access to both real-time and historical cryptocurrency pricing. The company’s data set features over 500 assets in total, including leading cryptocurrencies, exchanges, and real-time USD spot rates.
11-16-2018
ZeroBounce Announces New API for Bulk Email Validation
ZeroBounce, provider of email verification services, has announced the addition of a new API for bulk email validation. The new API is designed for users with frequent email validation needs, that would prefer to automate the entire process.
11-15-2018
Zype Announces News Video Analytics APIs
Zype has announced the release of video analytics APIs that allow users to create custom views around video stream hours, impressions, and devices used. The APIs aim to further the company’s vision of connecting content owners directly with their audiences.
11-14-2018
Google Adds New AI Features to Cloud Video API
Google recently announced the beta release of three new AI features for the Google Cloud Video Intelligence API. With the addition of Text Detection, Object Tracking, and Speech Transcription, the API is now more capable of handling common video challenges.
11-09-2018
Android Dev Summit Brings In-App Updates, Android Studio 3.3 Beta
Today, Google is hosting the annual Android Dev Summit and has announced a set of new features and upgrades aimed at increasing developer productivity and user engagement. The updates include a new In-App Updates API that allows applications to update in the background while being used.
11-07-2018
Moonlighting Launches Moon API, an Open API for On-Demand Hiring
Moonlighting, a freelance hiring platform that first opened in 2014, recently announced the open release of the Moon API. The API allows staffing professionals and recruiters to post short and long-term projects on the company’s platform, reaching over 650,000 users.
11-05-2018
KeyedIn Launches API for Sharing of Project and Portfolio Data
KeyedIn today announced a new API Version 3 that makes it easier for its customers to share or extract project and portfolio data with other business software solutions for a more complete view of their businesses in real time.
11-04-2018
Instagram Brings Hashtag Search to Graph API, With Restrictions
In support of the upcoming deprecation of Hashtag Search via the Instagram Platform API, Instagram announced the release of similar functionality for the Instagram Graph API. The new Graph API feature will still provide businesses the same basic functionality, but Instagram is imposing limitations.
10-31-2018
Metropolitan Museum of Art Launches New Public API
The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, today announced a new API that will provide access to 406,000 images from the The Met collection, all available to use free of copyright or restriction. The Met Collection API is a step forward for the museum’s Open Access Program.
10-26-2018
Data Theorem Announces New Solutions for API Security Analysis
Data Theorem, developer of application security systems, has announced two new solutions for API security analysis, API Inspect and API discover. Both tools aim to help customers gain a greater visibility into the status of their applications overall API security.
10-25-2018
Everypixel API Expands to Provide User Generated Content Photography Scoring
Everypixel, a stock image search engine that uses AI to analyze images on the basis of aesthetic appeal, has expanded the Everypixel API to include User Generated Content Photography Scoring. The API already provided functionality for image tagging, stock photo scoring, and visual search.
10-24-2018
Facebook Announces Update of Graph API to V3.2
Facebook recently introduced Graph API V3.2, which includes updates to Instagram Graph API, Page Insights, Pages and Video Polls, and Marketing API. The company also announced updates to Facebook Login and the Messenger App.
10-24-2018