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Freelancer.com Launches API for Automated Access to Outsourced Work Freelancer

Freelancer.com has made a name for itself in the outsourcing world with a simple platform for hirers to access freelance work across the board. Through its API, Freelancer.com takes its service a step further through automating hiring of Freelancers. Could the human on the hire-side be obsolete?

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Eric Carter

Artificial Intelligence, Crowdsourcing, Human Resources

12-21-2017

Plume Labs Opens API for Air Quality Data Plume

Plume Labs made its air quality data API available to third parties through the Plume.io platform. The data is gathered from over 12,000 monitoring stations, 80 public agencies, and growing crowdsourced participants. Plume AI algorithms consider the data and forecast air quality and variances.

Brief

Eric Carter

Environment, Crowdsourcing

08-03-2017

Lyft Extends Transportation Network Beyond the Lyft App

Building on last year's launch of the Lyft API, Lyft has announced a Dispatch Developer Program that allows riders to use Lyft's on-demand transportation network without a Lyft account. Third party business' manage the Lyft account, and own the end user experience through an existing relationship.

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Eric Carter

Transportation, Crowdsourcing, Integration

03-09-2017

Yelp Updates Fusion API, Signals the End of Legacy API

Last year, Yelp introduced its completely new Yelp Fusion API. Since its introduction, Yelp has dedicated most of its resources on the new API, and encouraged developers to migrate to Fusion. Over that time period, Yelp has added new features, fixed bugs, and now signals the end of the legacy API.

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Eric Carter

Search, Crowdsourcing, Social

02-22-2017

Scale Introduces the API for Human Labor

Scale has released an API that connects apps and workflows to a human workforce. After a single line of code calls the Scale API, Scale assigns a human member to complete the requested task. To start, the Scale workforce supports phone calls, transcription, and categorization services.

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Eric Carter

Crowdsourcing, API Strategy, Human Resources

07-01-2016

Uber Looks to Developers to Enhance the Rider Experience

Little over a year after Uber released its API, Uber continues to add features that propel its offering well beyond a simple ride sharing service. Uber Trip Experiences allows third party apps to access a rider's Uber app and trip details. Think about a ten minute playlist, for a ten minute trip.

Brief

Eric Carter

Travel, Auto, Crowdsourcing

01-14-2016

FundPaaS Launches Investor Onboarding API

FundPaaS has launched the FinTech industry's first Investor Onboarding API. The API integrates with crowdfunding portals to provide investor-related data.

News

Eric Carter

Crowdsourcing, Financial, Funding

07-16-2015

Daily API RoundUp: CopyLeaks, PredicSis, Mobbr

APIs new to the directory today include a customer predictive analysis service, a crowd-based payment platform, a plagiarism checker, and more.

Brief

Joy Culbertson

Payments, 3D, Bitcoin

05-07-2015

Algorithmia API Exposes Collective Knowledge of Developers

Algorithmia's live, crowdsourced API is designed to make it easier for developers to create, discover and use algorithms from within the open marketplace.

Brief

Martin W Brennan

Algorithms, Application Development, Community

02-24-2015

Ride-Sharing Provider Sidecar Expands Service to Packages

Sidecar announced same-day package delivery alongside its existing ride-sharing services. Sidecar expects "People + Packages" to represent half its revenue by the end of the year.

News

Eric Carter

Crowdsourcing, Shipping, Travel

02-11-2015

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Freelancer.com Launches API for Automated Access to Outsourced Work Freelancer

Plume Labs Opens API for Air Quality Data Plume

Lyft Extends Transportation Network Beyond the Lyft App

Yelp Updates Fusion API, Signals the End of Legacy API

Scale Introduces the API for Human Labor

Uber Looks to Developers to Enhance the Rider Experience

FundPaaS Launches Investor Onboarding API

Daily API RoundUp: CopyLeaks, PredicSis, Mobbr

Algorithmia API Exposes Collective Knowledge of Developers

Ride-Sharing Provider Sidecar Expands Service to Packages