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New Report Finds that Facebook SDK Automatically Pulls Data from Many Popular Android Apps
Facebook is at the center of another privacy controversy. This time, the most popular Android apps are involved. Almost half of the apps on the Google Play store have the ability to share data with Facebook, and it looks like many of them are sharing automatically (no Facebook account is needed).
01-03-2019
ProgrammableWeb's Most Clicked, Shared and Talked About APIs of 2018: Big Data and Analytics
This portion of our series about the Most Interesting APIs in 2018 encompasses all APIs developers could utilize for data manipulation purposes, such as accessing data, extracting data from web sources, creating reports and visualizations, database administration, linking data in apps, and more.
12-24-2018
ProgrammableWeb's Most Clicked, Shared and Talked About APIs of 2018: Application Development and Developer Tools
This segment of the past year's Most Clicked, Shared and Talked About APIs added to ProgrammableWeb covers the Application Development, DevOps, and Developer Tools areas. Tools and technology that helps make a developer's life easier, including APIs from Google, GitHub, and AWS, are included.
12-23-2018
Bing Provides New APIs Offering Local Insight
Bing has announced the addition of the Bing Maps Local Insights API, this news comes just 6 days after the release of the related Bing Maps Local Search API. Both new offerings provide developers with tools for building applications and integrations that solve problems close to home for many users.
12-19-2018
Algolia Personalizes Search Results
Algolia has added a personalization feature to its search results platform and API. Personalization collects data based on user behavior and allows the developer/owner to define how such data is used. The data and definition then empower Algolia to automatically produce relevant search results.
12-19-2018
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.
12-06-2018
Google Replacing Drive Android API with Drive REST API
The Google Drive API makes it possible for developers to add Google Drive file access to their own apps. Well, Google plans to retire the Google Drive Android API next year and replace it with the Google Drive REST API. Get ready to migrate your apps before December 6, 2019.
12-06-2018
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
Google Releases Google My Business API v4.3
Google announced the release of the Google My Business API v4.3 with new functionality such as the ability to read and respond to questions and answers from customers, bulk-read reviews, see unclaimed locations that Google thinks you may own, report issues with GoogleLocations results and more.
12-02-2018
Daily API RoundUp: Firebase, PagerDuty, ReadGeek, API-NBA, KeyedIn
Thirteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Books, Sports and Billing. Highlights include Google's Firebase Management API and the Caselaw Access Project API which provides free access to millions of law books. Here's a look at what is new.
11-03-2018
Estated Upgrades Property Data API with RESO Compliance and Parcel Search for Proptech Industry
Estated, a leading property data provider, today announced the latest version of their property data API. Businesses and developers will now have access to over 135M properties and nearly 160M parcels across the United States. Estated now offers a RESO compliant Universal Property ID search feature.
10-29-2018
Should You Build or Buy Your Data Quality Solution?
The cost of bad data is high – from faulty insights, poor business decisions and lost sales to an annual cost of $3.1 trillion for U.S. companies alone. Melissa offers a white paper weighing the pros and cons of addressing data quality in-house versus an off-the-shelf solution.
10-17-2018
Google's Android Management API Exits Beta, Adds Features
Google has bolstered the capabilities of its Android Management API with new work profiles and mobile device support. This makes the API a more well-rounded tool for businesses to take advantage of when provisioning and managing Android devices deployed across their enterprise.
09-27-2018
Riding the Wave of Digital Disruption: 5 Tips to Help Legacy Businesses Operate Like Startups
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 in the long run.
09-05-2018
Google Unveils Google My Business API v4.2
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 business listings.
08-30-2018
Time to Challenge Google Maps Pricing
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 customers.
08-26-2018
23andMe to Shutter Public API, Gives Developers Two Weeks Notice
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 data sets.
08-24-2018
How the ClimaCell Microweather API Is Changing the Game
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 and forecast insights.
08-16-2018
Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter Announce Open Source Data Portability Project
Four tech titans have announced the Data Transfer Project. The project is an open source, service-to-service, data portability platform. With the implementation of GDPR, and the increase need of consumers to retrieve and move their data, the Data Transfer Project looks to standardize the process.
07-23-2018
Google Updates its Search Console Search Analytics API
Google has updated its Search Console Search Analytics API, which allows users to query their search traffic data, to support the retrieval of 25,000 rows of data per request, up from a previous limit of 5,000 rows per request. In addition, Google has added 16 months of data to the API.
07-16-2018