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Google Adds Entity Extraction, Selfie Segmentation APIs to ML Kit
A few years back Google introduced ML Kit, an SDK that lets mobile developers add machine learning to their apps. Recently, Google announced two new APIs (Entity Extraction and Selfie Segmentation) would be added to ML Kit to allow developers to create richer in-app experiences.
01-03-2021
Sendbird Announces Chat Platform Enhancements
Sendbird has announced several updates to its chat offerings that the company hopes will allow developers to better adapt to a communication environment that has been reshaped by COVID-19. These Updated include new partitioning options for Open Channels, IP whitelisting, and message threading.
12-21-2020
Daily API RoundUp: Sinch, Scrapfly, GuideStar, JobSearchi, 1NCE
Seven APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Non-Profit, Messaging, and Recognition. Highlights include an API that provides electoral vote data and an API from Sinch that aggregates messaging services. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
11-14-2020
Daily API RoundUp: Portfolio Optimizer, Empath, brighter AI, DefinedCrowd
Eleven APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Entertainment, Augmented Reality, and Machine Learning. Highlights include an API for retrieving data from the App Store and an API for determining walkability in neighborhoods. Here's a look at what is new.
11-11-2020
Sinch Conversation API Helps Unify Marketing Messaging Across Platforms
Sinch has announced the release of a new Conversation API that is designed to simplify the unification process of messaging across myriad channels and technologies. With the pandemic pushing the global workforce into remote environments communication fragmentation has increased exponentially.
10-30-2020
Facebook Launches Messenger API Support for Instagram
Facebook has announced the launch of beta access to a new Messenger API feature which will provide support for Instagram messaging capabilities. Facebook is hoping to provide businesses with the tools necessary to improve customer satisfaction and facilitate meaningful conversations on Instagram.
10-22-2020
RingCentral Launches New API for High-Volume SMS Service
RingCentral, Inc., a provider of global enterprise cloud communications, collaboration, and contact center solutions, today announced a new high-volume SMS service that enables businesses to send SMS messages and updates to their customers rapidly.
10-21-2020
How to Make Use of gRPC Libraries and Frameworks
While gRPC brings a lot of power to enterprise-level distributed computing, it's not an easy technology to implement. Fortunately, there are projects that provide the necessary framework to do this. This article focuses on a detailed examination of the Node.js implementation of gRPC.
10-14-2020
Twilio Announces Platform Additions to Support Digital Engagement
Today, communications platform provider Twilio announced three new products: Twilio Video Web RTC Go, Twilio Frontline, and the Event Streams API. These new products illustrate the point that organizations using an API-led approach can respond in an agile way to new challenges in the marketplace.
09-30-2020
Daily API RoundUp: Gates Open Research, Mattermost, Acxiom, Hotpot, GreenRush
Eleven APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Messaging, Alcohol and Graphics. Highlights include an API to interact with Craft CMS and an API for searching for research articles from the the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Here's a look at what is new.
09-29-2020
Sendbird Simplifies Access to Calls API via Self-Serve Portal
Earlier this year Sendbird announced the Sendbird Calls API to add platform support for voice and video capabilities over IP. Since that time the company had been updating the API and has now announced a new self-service option for the Sendbird Calls APIs.
09-29-2020
Daily API RoundUp: BestTime, Respond.io, Restwords, Live Helper, Autogrow
Eleven APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Location, Messaging, and Music. Featured today is an API for Taylor Swift quotes, an API for forecasting the best time to visit a business, and APIs from the Meteorological Service of Canada.
09-09-2020
Google Releases Alpha Version of Jetpack Compose
Google has released an alpha version of Jetpack Compose. It’s a modern UI toolkit that helps developers build apps across Android platforms. It provides native access to platform APIs. Ultimately, the goal is less code, more interactive tools, and Kotlin APIs. V1.0 is expected in 2021.
08-27-2020
Sendbird Launches Announcements API for Seamless Messaging via Chat
Sendbird has launched a new Announcements API that is intended to allow developers to build tools for communicating with large user bases about promotional marketing and messages. This new API will allow for these messages to be seamlessly integrated into public and private group chats.
08-27-2020
10 Top Messaging APIs
It's not unusual to see applications with custom messaging services, and developers who create applications have a vast amount of choices for delivering messaging technology. In order to integrate with these services, developers need APIs. Here are 10 favorites, according to ProgramambleWeb.
08-23-2020
Daily API RoundUp: GDELT TV, Klangoo, Markdown Guide, Sentinel Hub, Textgain
Ten APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Blockchain and Natural Language Processing. Highlights include an API for developing chat bots and an API for enabling visual search of content in television news broadcasts. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
08-22-2020
Daily API RoundUp: COVID-19, ZivaCare, BDApps, Suggestic, Symbl
Eighteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Artificial Intelligence, Health and Real Estate. Featured today are APIs are several APIs for tracking COVID-19 and an API for nutrition analysis. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
08-11-2020
IBM's OpenAPI Comment Parser Brings API Reference and Code Development Together
IBM has introduced OpenAPI Comment Parser. The new offering brings API reference creation and code development into the same environment. The theory is that API references will improve, and stay updated, if developers don’t have to bounce back and forth between their code and the API reference.
08-07-2020
Facebook Introduces v8.0 of Graph and Marketing APIs
Facebook just announced v8.0 of its Graph and Marketing APIs. Per usual, the new releases include some breaking changes, feature updates, and deprecations. The company is pointing developers to the Platform Initiatives Hub to stay up to date with all company plans and programs.
08-05-2020
Canvs Announces Suite of APIs for Its Emotion Insight Services
Canvs, a leader in emotion and behavior insights, announced today that all of Canvs’s solutions can be integrated into any business applications with Canvs APIs, allowing more flexibility and control over how, where, and when companies receive Canvs analytics and data.
08-04-2020