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Twilio Study Reveals Erosion Of Consumer Trust in Telephone Infrastucture Due to Robocalls
Twilio has released its annual State of Customer Engagement Report and to find out more about the report and the trends that it spotlights, ProgrammableWeb's editor-in-chief David Berlind captured a video interview with Al Cook, the company's Vice President and General Manager of AI
02-20-2020
Facebook Messenger Adds One-Time Notification API
Facebook has announced the release of a new beta API that will provide businesses with a method for offering its customers simple follow-up information. The new Messenger One-Time Notification API is designed for situations like price drops of merchandise or changes in availability.
02-05-2020
Google Shutting Down App Maker
Google has announced the upcoming shutdown of Google App Maker. Google App Maker is a low-code, G Suite development tool that allows businesses to fill gaps in their business workflows and operations. Google has cited "low usage" as the primary reason for shutting down the tool.
01-29-2020
Daily API RoundUp: Spire, PubNub, Apple, ElenaSport, Klippa
Twelve APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining, and Auto. Some highlights are an API that returns data about Superheros from multiple sources, and an API that uses machine learning for crawling the web.
01-18-2020
what3words Launches Voice API Powered by Speechmatics
what3words has announced its new Voice API, powered by Speechmatics. what3words has divided the world into three meter squares, with each square represented by a unique set of three individual words. By using a three word identifier, duplicative and mispronounced street addresses are eliminated.
01-10-2020
Daily API RoundUp: DataMotion, BigCommerce, Veracode, Encircle, Stamped
Thirteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including eCommerce, Testing, and Email. Highlights include an API that returns rental car information for travel applications, and an API that aggregates brand and product reviews and ratings. Here's a look at what is new.
12-30-2019
Google Moving Bubbles Notifications Towards Stable Feature
When Google released the Android 10 beta earlier this year, it introduced the bubbles notification feature. Bubbles are built into the notification system and are used as an alternative to using the SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW to present messages on top of the app currently in use.
12-30-2019
ProgrammableWeb's Most Clicked, Shared and Talked About APIs of 2019: Cognitive Computing
The Cognitive Computing section of our Most Interesting APIs in 2019 series includes APIs from categories such as AI, ML, Recognition, Predictions, Sentiment and more that aim to make computers think like computers. Dozens of APIs were added in these areas this past year, here are some highlights.
12-27-2019
ProgrammableWeb's Most Clicked, Shared and Talked About APIs of 2019: Business and Productivity
This segment of the Most Interesting APIs in 2019 includes all APIs encompassing Business and Productivity that made our list. We focus on APIs that streamline and improve business processes, and new technology that can be integrated that may transform how a company or organization does business.
12-26-2019
Daily API RoundUp: Targomo, Centra, NetFoundry, Spott, Inoreader
Seventeen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories such as Healthcare, Security, and Networking. Featured is an API for the Alan chat platform, an API for NetFoundry network creation operations, and APIs for Targomo for route planning. Take a look at what is new.
12-18-2019
FCC Launches API for Lifeline Subsidy Program
The FCC has introduced a new API for its Lifeline program. The Lifeline program provides discounts on phone service to low-income consumers. The API makes it easier for carriers to verify consumer eligibility through the FCC. In turn, eligible consumers will have a simpler enrollment process.
12-11-2019
Soldo Launches API for Its Expense Tracking Service
Soldo, a provider of business expense tracking solutions, has announced a new API that is designed to streamline integration with legacy accounting systems. The company believes that this will help to reduce the administrative overhead associated with tracking employee expenses.
11-14-2019
How Email Verification Tools Can Help Grow Your Market
Email is probably one of the most important channels explored by marketing managers. Done right, email marketing can have an ROI of 3400%. Bad email lists keep many companies from seeing these results. This article looks at how email verification tools can help companies achieve desired results.
11-14-2019
Facebook Outlines Messenger Platform Updates
Facebook’s newly released update to the Messenger Platform includes new functionality, improvements to existing tools, while also deprecated legacy endpoints. Changes to the platform impact Click-to-Messenger Ads and provide new tools to encourage user engagement.
10-30-2019
Vonage Streamlines Multi-Channel Communication via New Conversation API
Vonage, a provider of cloud communication services, has announced a new API that is designed to provide developers with the tool necessary for creating and managing conversations across various messaging channels in real-time. The Conversation API is the latest addition to the Vonage API Platform.
10-30-2019
Guidebook Announces API for Mobile App Development
Guidebook, providers of a platform for building mobile applications, unveiled an open-source API. Guidebook's API lets users extract valuable data and content that can then be pushed to custom mobile apps. A range of features, such as group discussions, social feeds, and more can be leveraged.
10-22-2019
Twilio SendGrid Email Validation API now Publicly Available
Twilio SendGrid's Email Validation API is now publicly available. The API validates email addresses by searching in real-time for errors such as typos, inactive, non-existent, disposable and shared mailboxes. Further, the API checks for proper syntax, DNS records, disposable domains, and more.
10-01-2019
How to Accept PCI-Compliant Payments Over the Phone with Stripe and Twilio
Accepting PCI-compliant payments can be vital to your business because many people still prefer to call and speak to a live person. This article will show you how, in under five minutes, to capture payment details and charge a credit card using Twilio's TwiML verb and Stripe.
09-12-2019
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.
08-27-2019
Telesign's APIs Go Beyond Typical CPaaS Offerings, Covering Customer 360, Security, and More
Are all CPaaSes (Communications Platform as a Service) created alike? Telesign's director of product management Vince Oh thinks not. In this interview with ProgrammableWeb.com editor-in-chief David Berlind, Oh explains how Telesign's parent company gives it a unique competitive advantage.
08-23-2019