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Fitbit Upgrades SDK, Adds CLI
Fitbit, the maker of popular fitness tracking devices, has announced a major upgrade to the Fitbit OS SDK, which enables developers to build apps and clockfaces for Fitbit OS using JavaScript, CSS and SVG. The biggest addition to the SDK is a CLI for Windows, Linux and macOS.
08-24-2018
Four FIFA World Cup Data APIs for Developers to Play With
The 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament is currently underway, and millions of football (soccer) fans are closely following the matches. This post highlights APIs that provide FIFA World Cup data such as live scores, matches for a given country, current tournament standings, and scheduled matches.
06-21-2018
Apple Touts Health Records API to Bridge Patients And Providers
Apple today released the Health Records API to developers and researchers alike tap into the growing amount of data generated by and stored on mobile devices. The end goal is to let consumers manage their medications, diseases, nutrition -- all of which can be viewed and managed on their iPhone.
06-04-2018
Guidebook Launches Open API for Mobile App Platform
Guidebook, Inc. today announced new Integrations and an Open API to connect mobile event apps with CRM, event registration, and marketing automation software. The Guidebook Integrations help marketing, sales and event leads eliminate the hassle, errors and overhead of manual data entry.
02-18-2018
Military Concerns Over Strava Only Scratch The Surface of Blind Faith in the API Economy
Today, on the heels of news about concerns regarding the use of certain fitness technologies that could reveal confidential military troop and base locations, comes an entirely different spectrum of issues to consider before allowing for public or partner consumption of your APIs.
01-29-2018
SWIFT Institute Challenges Students to Protect Data in an Open API World
The SWIFT Institute has announced the 2018 SWIFT Institute competition which challenges Australian-based students to find ways to protect personal information and other sensitive data in open data environments. This year’s challenge focuses on financial services and open banking APIs.
01-09-2018
ProgrammableWeb's Most Interesting APIs in 2017: Health, IoT, Environment
This article is part of a multi-part series about interesting APIs that were added to our directory during 2017. Health, IoT, and Environment APIs are covered in this segment. The APIs were chosen by our researchers, by popularity according to website traffic, and by mentions on social media.
12-29-2017
Santa to Miss Final DC API Meetup of 2017. But What About You?
It's the end of November, temps are dropping, holiday music is already filling the airwaves, many of us are still experiencing the consequences of over-eating during the Thanksgiving weekend, and next week is the first week of the month. And you know what that means! Time for another DC API Meetup!
11-27-2017
Fitbit Announces OS Developer Preview 3 and Made4Fitbit App Challenge
Fitbit has released OS Developer Preview 3 which includes the new Power API allowing apps to display device battery charging information, the addition of the brightnessOverride parameter to the Display API, and a permissions requirement. The company also announced the #Made4Fitbit App Challenge.
11-13-2017
Yelp Adds Event Data to Fusion and GraphQL APIs
Yelp continues its Fusion API-centric strategy with the announcement that Yelp Events data will be accessible via the Fusion API. Yelp Events allows users to create, share and discover events around the world, and developers will be able to pull data regarding such events through the Fusion API.
09-08-2017
Join ProgrammableWeb in Austin for some IPAs over APIs
ProgrammableWeb editor in chief David Berlind will be in Austin, TX on Thursday August 24, 2017 to participate in a panel discussion regarding APIs while sampling a variety of IPA beers. So, if you're in the neighborhood and want to join the conversation, c'mon down and join us!
08-21-2017
ProgrammableWeb's Most Interesting APIs in 2016: Health and Environment
This article is part of a 10-part series about interesting APIs that were added to our directory during 2016. Health and Environment APIs are covered in this segment. The APIs were chosen by our researchers, by popularity according to website traffic, and by mentions on social media.
01-01-2017
How Xert for Connect IQ Gives Athletes Real-Time Views of their Power
Xert from Baron Biosystems is a software suite that provides in-depth power data analysis for athletes. Baron Biosystems has leveraged the Connect IQ platform to bring their cycling experience to athletes, providing them with real-time power and training data to track fitness improvement.
11-28-2016
How to Record Application Metrics with Garmin Connect IQ
This is the third part of a three-part post about creating a yoga app for the active lifestyle using the Garmin Connect IQ app system; part 1 focused on page layout, while part 2 focuses on page flow and developing metrics for the app, and part 3 focuses on recording those metrics.
11-14-2016
How Connect IQ Brings the Stryd Training App to Garmin Devices
When Garmin created Connect IQ, one of the key capabilities unlocked was the power to leverage ANT+® and ANT Generic connectivity. To help illustrate what a third party developers and companies can accomplish with ANT through Connect IQ we would like to highlight the Stryd power meter.
10-17-2016
How Garmin Offers Developers Nearly Limitless Possibilities for Lifestyle Quantification
Millions of people around the world have been reaching for their Garmin devices for over 25 years. Connect IQ is Garmin’s first 3rd party app platform for its wide range of purpose built devices, giving developers endless possibilities to extend their solution and reach new users in new ways.
09-21-2016
Grip Launches AI-Powered Event Matchmaking API
Grip has extended its artificial intelligence based event matchmaking engine to third party apps and services through an API. The API is the same API that powers Grip's increasingly popular event matchmaking product. Grip has partnered with five launch partners to demonstrate integration potential.
08-25-2016
How the NFL Tackled a Mountain of Data, Hackathon Style
In 2015, the NFL started collecting a massive amount of data from players on the field leveraging wearable technology. Given how often and quickly players move around on the field, the data piled up quickly and the NFL was left with a veritable treasure trove of data they called Next Gen Stats
08-10-2016
Visa Expands The Everywhere Initiative to Australia and New Zealand
Visa has opened the submission process for the next edition of The Everywhere Initiative. The next phase is open to startups in Australia and New Zealand that will respond to one of three challenges that use Visa APIs to improve commerce experiences. Visa will accept responses through August 26th.
08-03-2016
Join Today's Bloc TechTalk: Build a Singing Telegram with Twilio
Bloc is providing an introductory TechTalk with Twilio developer evangelist Eddie Zaneski at 5:00 pm PDT today that will cover how to use NodeJS , Twilio, and the Spotify API to build a simple application that can accept song requests via SMS and can return a call-back with a song.
06-08-2016