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In Other API Economy News: New AWS Java SDK, Facebook Graph API updates and More
We bring you a holiday edition of the API news that we weren't able to cover. Today's news includes a new version of the AWS Java SDK, Facebook offering an explanation to developers regarding a recent change to the Graph API, and extension to the Azure Text Analytics API and more.
07-04-2017
In Other API Economy News: GitHub Releases Open Source Survey Results, Wonder Woman Inspires Girls to Code
Before you head off into your weekend, here is another edition of ProgrammableWeb's "Briefly, In other API Economy News". Today we cover new mapping developer tools from WRLD, GitHub's open source survey results, Stripe's new SQL tool and Google's collaboration with Warner Bros to get girls to code.
06-02-2017
Java Leads the Way As Most Popular Language in ProgrammableWeb Directories
Which programming language is the most popular with developers? In the past we’ve looked to our directories to provide some insight into which language is most in demand. The recent growth of our SDK and Sample Source Code directories gives us an opportunity to take a fresh look at the data.
05-03-2017
Facebook Announces More Performant Version of React Framework
At F8 -- Facebook's annual developer conference -- the company's engineers announced a new version of React with a core designed to optimize the performance of applications that are written with the framework. The new core, React Fiber, is better at scheduling tasks based on what the user is doing.
04-19-2017
Google App Engine Adds .NET Support As It Races to Be The PaaS of Choice
Platforms as Services (PaaS) are garnering a lot of attention from developers and enterprises these days for a lot of reasons. Knowing that language flexibility is core to PaaS success, Google has the most popular languages covered in Google App Engine now that it has added support for .NET and PHP.
03-14-2017
Google Releases Final Android 7.1 Developer Preview
Google made a second preview of Android 7.1 available to mobile app developers ahead of the platform's release. Along with the new build, Google made some minor adjustments to the Android SDK and Android Studio. Developers should put the new tools to use in finalizing their apps for Android 7.1.
11-23-2016
New Version of Clarifai API Actually Offers Developers Bespoke Machine Learning
With the latest version of its image recognition API, Clarifai is now offering developers a way to leverage the underlying engine's machine learning capabilities to build custom models so that what one organization looks for in an image can be very different from what another organization looks for.
10-10-2016
How Google's Acquisition of Apigee Was Just a Continuation of an Existing Trend
Google has acquired Apigee, one of the top API management solution providers. When it comes to APIs, there are few companies that provide as many APIs as Google. It practically gave birth to the API economy. Now, it's positioning itself to host and manage them with Google Cloud Platform.
09-09-2016
How the Automated Attacks on the Pokémon GO API Happened
Pokémon GO has been hugely popular and generated millions of sessions around the world as people search for the digital creatures. But, it turns out that a fair chunk of recent API traffic has been coming from gaming bots that are making spatial queries to the API from outside of the game client.
08-26-2016
Researchers Identify Security Vulnerability Involving Swagger
Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in the Swagger ecosystem that could result in the exploitation of Web API endpoints when those endpoints or any SDKs designed to access them are generated from a Swagger-based API description. Malicious remote code execution is the main concern.
07-05-2016
The Most Popular Programming Languages According to ChargeBee
The order of popularity changes based on what data you look at. Chargebee decided to look at the actual API requests from the apps that have integrated with Chargebee using the language-specific SDKs. This gives a glimpse at which languages are most popular for SaaS and eCommerce customers.
06-10-2016
Daily API RoundUp: Microsoft Computer Vision, Recombee, Vidsource, Twin Prime, Space Bunny, Plus 13 More
Eighteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Internet of Things, Recognition, Medical Records, and Weather. One highlight is an API called GETHealth that aggregates data from multiple health apps and wearables. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
05-28-2016
Google Beats Oracle, Java APIs in Android are Fair Use
On Thursday the two-week trial between Oracle and Google ended when a federal jury found that Google's re-use of 37 Java APIs in the development of its Android operating system is protected by "fair use." The decision marks a win for developers who are likely to see relief from API copyright.
05-27-2016
Realm Launches Version 1.0 Featuring Updated API
Realm has announced the release of Realm version 1.0 which includes an updated Realm API, fine-grained notifications, and support for Apple’s Swift language. The company also announced that Realm now provides technology infrastructure to applications used by one billion people and businesses.
05-25-2016
Getting Started with LocationKit for iOS and Android
In this article we take a look at the features of LocationKit, a replacement library for iOS’ CLLocationManager and Android’s LocationManager. We explain how LocationKit can benefit location-aware mobile apps, and take you through the process of setting up and using LocationKit in your own app.
05-09-2016
Daily API RoundUp: Helcim, Passable, Threat Stack, Plus Amazon Kinesis, Google Kubernetes SDKs
Five APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Payments, Security, Bitcoin and Webhooks. Also new to the directory are SDKs for Amazon Kinesis streaming data platform and Knetik marketing platform. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
05-03-2016
Daily API RoundUp: Doarama, PayTraq, Avaza, Plus Tradable, Joysticket SDKs
Six APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories such as Visualizations, Accounting, Project Management, and Domains, among others. Also new to the directory are SDKs for the Tradable financial trading platform. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
04-25-2016
Daily API RoundUp: Agora, Tucia, Planet OS, Plus mnubo, Shapeways, TaskCluster SDKs
Six APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory categories including Software-as-a-Service, Weather, Photos, and Tasks. Also new to the directory are SDKs for Shapeways 3D printing service and mnubo IoT predictive analytics. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
04-11-2016
In Alienating Developers and End-Users, Are IoT Vendors Headed for a Trainwreck?
IoT announcements are routinely void of any discussion about developers or open APIs. It's as if the so-called IoT industry is destined to repeat the proprietary mistakes of its technology predecessors even when it's surrounded by current examples of the industry's commoditizing forces at work.
03-16-2016
Daily API RoundUp: Clash of the Clans, MYOB, Availity, PactSafe, AngelList, Chute
Seven APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Healthcare, Games, and Electronic Signature. Also new to the directory are SDKs for AngelList startup funding platform, plus Chute and RandomUser SDKs. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
02-23-2016