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Imperva Breach is Another Reminder That API Keys Alone Cannot Secure APIs
Imperva, a company that provides application security solutions, recently announced that they had experienced a data breach that exposed user’s email addresses, scrambled passwords, API keys, and SSL certificates. In addition, the company's API security standards raise concerns.
2 days ago
Google Cloud Text-to-Speech Gains Additional Languages and Voices
Google has announced updates to the Cloud Text-to-Speech API that will provide developers with 12 new languages/variants as well as 76 new voices. The API now includes 95 WaveNet voices, which the company claims are far more natural-sounding.
4 days ago
Atlassian Adds Asset Management API to Jira Service Desk
Atlassian has announced a new Asset Management API that will allow IT teams to more easily store and view asset information in Jira Service Desk. This new API should help to cut down on the back and forth between IT agents and end-users when working to resolve device issues.
08-22-2019
Stoplight Announces API Visual Editor
Stoplight, a provider of API design management solutions, has announced the release of Stoplight Studio, a new API visual editor that aims to simplify OpenAPI development. The new interface includes tools designed to enable real-time API testing and to streamline collaboration.
08-20-2019
Facebook Announces Marketing API Updates Aimed at Reducing Discrimination
In March of 2019, Facebook announced changes to the company’s advertising platform, these changes aim to reduce discrimination in job postings, housing ads, and credit ads. Developers will soon be required to comply with updated Marketing API standards based on these changes.
08-16-2019
Slack Announces New APIs for Creating Templated Workspaces
Slack has recently announced several upgrades to it’s messaging platform, these upgrades aim to improve communication inside larger organizations. These new enhancements include a new API for creating templated workspaces and a new announcement channel for communicating key information.
08-15-2019
Google Announces Apigee API Security Reporting
Google has recently announced the addition of new API security reporting features to the company’s API management platform. These new features are currently in beta, with the company intending to roll out functionality to all Apigee Edge enterprise cloud customers over the next several weeks.
08-08-2019
Artrendex Announces ArtPI for Fine Art Analysis Via AI
Artrendex has announced the release of ArtPI, which the company describes as “an API driven by artificial intelligence that’s poised to transform the way art gets discovered, displayed, and sold.” The new service takes advantage of AI’s strengths in pattern matching and trend recognition.
08-07-2019
PayPal Announces Invoicing API
PayPal has announced the release of a new PayPal Invoicing API, which aims to provide small businesses with the tools necessary to easily create, send, and process invoices. Although targeting small businesses, the company has noted that the API has a global reach.
08-01-2019
Facebook Releases Graph API v4.0 and Marketing API v4.0
Facebook has recently announced the release of Graph API (v4.0) and Marketing API (v4.0). The changes to these APIs are highlighted by updates to webhooks, Business Asset Groups, and ad creation and editing. Ad Insights also gains new functionality that provides more granular insight into traffic.
07-30-2019
CMS Provides Doctors Access to Patient Health Records via API
Today at the Blue Button Developer Conference at The White House, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a pilot program for a new Data at the Point of Care API. This new API aims to improve patient care by giving Medicare providers seamless access to patient claims data.
07-30-2019
SimpleNexus Announces API for Real-Time Data Syncing
SimpleNexus, a developer of a digital mortgage platform for loan officers, borrowers, and real estate agents, today announced the availability of an API and webhooks that enable mortgage lenders to establish real-time data syncing between SimpleNexus and non-integrated third-party systems.
07-29-2019
Atlassian Announces New Jira Cloud Workflow APIs
Atlassian has announced new Jira Cloud workflow APIs that expand the ways that developers can interact with the company’s issue tracking platform. The new APIs provide users with the ability to create new custom workflow rules, retrieve workflows, and find workflows associated with projects.
07-25-2019
Pine Labs Announces In-Store Payment API
Pine Labs, a provider of a full-stack merchant platform that offers payment and analysis services, has announced the release of an in-store payment API. This announcement comes on the heels of the company’s online payment API recently being made available to developers.
07-24-2019
FIME Releases API Testing Tool for Open Banking
FIME, a provider of Host Card Emulation (HCE) and cloud-based payments consultancy and testing services, has announced a new testing tool for open banking APIs. The company’s new solution, which has been named TrustAPI, allows partners to test APIs based on their specific needs.
07-18-2019
Stream Announces iOS/Swift Library for Chat
Stream.io provides developers with tools for adding scalable feeds, activity streams, and chat functionality to their applications via the Stream API. The company has recently announced a new SDK that aims to streamline the addition/creation of chat functionality for iOS applications.
07-17-2019
Google Launches Local Home SDK as Developer Preview
At Google I/O 2019, the host company announced plans to release the Local Home SDK. This new solution, which was recently launched as a developer preview, aims to reduce latency and improve reliability by allowing smart home device providers to run actions locally rather than in the cloud.
07-10-2019
Smart Home Data Vulnerability Highlights Inherent Risk of IoT Proliferation
vpnMentor‘s team of “hacktivist” security researchers recently announced the discovery of an exposed database connected to Orvibo Smart Home products. The vulnerable account information exposed in the database includes 2 billion logs detailing everything from usernames to precise device locations.
07-09-2019
Google Reverts Ads API Back to Beta
Google recently announced that the Google Ads API, which was officially launched back in March of 2019, has been reverted back to beta. The decision was made based on feedback from users who had concerns about response time when compared to the AdWords API that it was meant to replace.
07-03-2019
US Justice Department Exposes Foreign Lobbyist Data Via API
The United States Justice Department launched an online portal that provides users with information on lobbyists working on behalf of foreign governments. The portal includes a new API that allows developers to programmatically analyze the myriad data provided.
07-02-2019