The days of SaaS applications are coming to an end, and SaaS platforms are on the rise. If you want your business to survive, transition to platforms via APIs — and do it quickly.
Amazon has released two significant updates to its Alexa Voice Service API that will make it easier for developers to build hands-free, voice-enabled products. Hands-free speech recognition and cloud endpointing are new features to the existing API release. No upgrades are necessary to use.
SmartThings makes bid for Internet of Things with updates to mobile app and developer tools. StrongLoop's LoopBack API gets upgraded for offline synchronization. Plus: New API for image tagging, and Blackberry looks to solve an IoT problem.
