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ProgrammableWeb.com » APIcon UK: How Businesses Leverage Predictive APIs

Sunday 28 September 20:42:32 UTC 2014

This last year has seen a proliferation of predictive apps which Forrester has described as “the next big thing in app development.” These apps, backed by predictive APIs, have brought machine learning to the masses. Machine learning is a powerful technique where a system learns from observing data related to a desired behavior. [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » US Government Expands Commitments on 3rd Anniversary of Open Government Partnership

Sunday 28 September 20:42:31 UTC 2014

On the third anniversary of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), President Obama announced four open government initiatives that will advance the partnership's goal of increasing transparency and citizen-government engagem [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » Today in APIs: Travelport Expands Universal API Availablility to India

Sunday 28 September 20:42:30 UTC 2014

Travelport has expanded its Universal API for availability in India. Iteris enhances its ClearPath Ag cloud platform with an expanded API. Plus: Pin Payments introduces a programmable bank transfer API. [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » Minecraft Server Software and Modding Plug-Ins Facing Uncertain Future

Sunday 28 September 20:42:29 UTC 2014

The Minecraft community has been on a roller-coaster ride the past few months, driven by complicated and often misunderstood legal issues related to Minecraft software development, including updates to the end-user license agreement (EULA), software licenses and copyright infringement claims (DMCA), and Microsoft's recent acquisition of Minecraft developer Mojang for $2.5 billion. [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » Openness and Innovation in Self-serve Stock Brokering

Sunday 28 September 20:42:28 UTC 2014

The banking and finance industries, as you may know, are not on the top of the list for openness. "TradeKing has aimed to be the most innovative and transparent broker from the beginning," CIO Dan Raju said when I spoke with him recently about the TradeKing API and the strategic reasons for providing it to the marketplace. TradeKing deserves credit … [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » Long a Data Provider, Financial Research Firm Becomes API Provider

Sunday 28 September 20:42:27 UTC 2014

Zacks, a well known and experienced financial research firm, is opening its data up to developers with the new Zacks Financial API. What’s interesting is that the Xignite APIs, which we called maitre d' of financial data, lists Zacks as a data source. [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » ETrade Launches Stock Trading API

Sunday 28 September 20:42:26 UTC 2014

ETrade recently entered the API scene with a new financial API. This can position ETrade to catch up to the base of custom applications connected to TD Ameritrade's API, with the many compelling features provided at first launch. The ETrade API has plenty of room for expansion, but a solid base and a good step in the right direction. … [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » SmartBear Unveils End-to-End API Testing Platform

Sunday 28 September 20:42:25 UTC 2014

SmartBear, the maker of the popular open source testing application SoapUI, this week announced Ready! API, a new platform for API development and testing. According to SmartBear, "Ready! API is the industry’s first fully integrated, extensible and affordable platform to help teams build reliable, scalable and secure APIs." The platform, which will be released in October, takes SoapUI and adds … [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » The New York Times Releases Its First API

Sunday 28 September 20:42:24 UTC 2014

After much anticipation, The New York Times has released its first API: a Campaign Finance API that allows developers to retrieve contribution and expenditure data based on United States Federal Election Commission filings (our New York Times Campaign Finance API profile). [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » Campaign Finance API, Version 3: This Time It's Congressional

Sunday 28 September 20:42:23 UTC 2014

"Follow the money." That was the advice given to journalists Woodward and Bernstein in the 1976 film All the President's Men, as they unraveled the machinations behind Watergate. While an ordinary citizen's motives may be less sensational, we all have the right to know where our government officials are getting their financial support. The New York Times is helping enable … [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » The Romney vs Obama API

Sunday 28 September 20:42:22 UTC 2014

The U.S. presidential race may be heating up thanks to the New York Times Campaign Finance API. The API lets you retrieve contribution and expenditure data from United States Federal Election Commission filings. The NY Times team have taken public campaign finance data and created a useful data set that answers the most frequently asked campaign finance questions. The New … [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » Google Releases New Finance Portfolio API

Sunday 28 September 20:42:21 UTC 2014

[Editor’s note: Today’s post comes from Andres Ferrate, who we are very happy to have joining us as a regular contributor here at ProgrammableWeb.] Google has announced the release of a new Google Data API for Google Finance Portfolios. [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » An API for Freelancers: FreeAgent

Sunday 28 September 20:42:20 UTC 2014

Freelancers can use the FreeAgent money management tool for a variety of tasks, including project management, time tracking, and invoicing. Earlier this year the UK-based company released an API (in beta) that allows developers to tap into FreeAgent in several ways. [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » 69 New APIs: Yfrog, TinyGrab and Intigi

Sunday 28 September 20:42:19 UTC 2014

This week we had 69 new APIs added to our API directory including a targeted online content distribution service, interview scheduling and conducting platform, mobile SMS messaging platform, social screenshot sharing and a photo sharing and social networking platform. [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » Garmin Introduces Connect IQ Developer Platform for Garmin Wearables

Sunday 28 September 20:42:18 UTC 2014

Garmin International Inc., a subsidiary of Garmin Ltd., announced Connect IQ, the company's first-ever open platform allowing developers to create third-party applications for Garmin wearable products. Connect IQ will be available on a select group of Garmin wearables in 2015. [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » New API Browses Twitter for Market Sentiment

Sunday 28 September 20:42:17 UTC 2014

The financial trading sector has witnessed a number of APIs appear on the trading scene over the past few years (e.g. TradeKing, Data Explorers, etc.). However, the data pulled from most of these financial APIs concentrates on the numbers (e.g. shares bought, shares sold, ROIC, debt metrics, etc.). [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » API World Day Two: Finance APIs Take Front Seat and Why Developers Need to be Business Analysts

Sunday 28 September 20:42:16 UTC 2014

DataWeek and API World are already a blur, with Day Two of the industry proceedings wrapping up late last night. A packed agenda saw as many as ten sessions all happening at once, creating a sense that perhaps this conference is trying to appeal to too many audiences at once, and making it more difficult to identify emerging trends across … [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » 25 Finance APIs

Sunday 28 September 20:42:15 UTC 2014

Among the 25 finance APIs now listed on ProgrammableWeb, there are services from old and new companies, and large and small companies. [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » APIcon UK: Why You Should Consider Your API a Product

Sunday 28 September 20:42:14 UTC 2014

APIs deserve a little more attention than they're getting. Of course, for developers and API providers this doesn't apply, but it's business colleagues and the rest of the team involved that may not be grasping the full extent of what the API can mean for a company. [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » APIcon UK: Open Source Fuels the API Economy

Sunday 28 September 20:42:13 UTC 2014

Industry leaders say open source is the backbone of the software infrastructure required to fuel the API economy. At APIcon UK, Simon Phipps, president of the Open Source Initiative, explained why open source licensing will enable the API and Internet of Things economies to grow. [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » APIcon UK: Innovation Showcase Points to the Future of the API Economy

Sunday 28 September 20:42:12 UTC 2014

Closing out APIcon UK this morning was a main stage showcase of API innovation, hand-picked by ProgrammableWeb’s editor-in-chief, David Berlind. Innovators chosen included Hydra inventor Markus Lanthaler; David Johnston, the creator of a bitcoin-fueled API discovery platform; and IoT connected-device problem solvers Hugo Fiennes (Electric Imp) and Stefan Zanetti (QIPP). [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » APIs of the Week: Staff Picks Open Bank Project OBP and Datumbox

Sunday 28 September 20:42:11 UTC 2014

As days become shorter and shorter ushering in a new season, yet another week of API profiling comes to an end. Lets take a look back at some of the APIs that caught our attention this week. This week there were 42 APIs added to our directory this week and our team picked the ones that stood out most. Read … [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » API Spotlight: Kiuwan, Plaid and Scrazzl APIs

Sunday 28 September 20:42:10 UTC 2014

Of the many APIs we published this week, eight were highlighted on the blog by our team of writers. In this post, we’ll illuminate those eight by throwing them into the spotlight. The eight included the LifeTrak API. LifeTrak allows developers to integrate activity tracking into their applications. These activities consist of calorie tracking, heart race, steps, distance, and the … [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » Plaid Raises $2.8M for API that Opens Banking Data to Developers

Sunday 28 September 20:42:09 UTC 2014

Banking APIs seem to be all the buzz these days. As such, Plaid, a startup that is launching what it calls a "modern API for banking data,” received $2.8 million in seed funding. The round was led by Spark Capital with participation from Google Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Felicis Ventures and Homebrew Capital. The San Francisco startup offers a REST … [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » Banco Sabadell's Hackathon Asks Developers to Imagine the Future of Digital Banking

Sunday 28 September 20:42:08 UTC 2014

Spanish bank Banco Sabadell will hold its first-ever hackathon next month in an effort to spur innovation in the banking sector. The Instant Banking Hack Day hackathon will be held on Oct. 11 and 12 at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Barcelona. The challenge for participants: build the digital banking functionality of the future. [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » WillowTree Apps Applies Service Virtualization to API Development

Sunday 28 September 20:42:07 UTC 2014

Waiting for APIs to be designed and implemented can wind up wasting a lot of application development time because, without an API in place, development teams can’t really work on the rest of the application. To address that issue, WillowTree Apps this week announced the release of a rapid API design and virtualization tool, dubbed Monkeypod, that is accessed via … [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » Today in APIs: Bionym Raises $14M for Wrist Heartbeat Monitor, SDK

Sunday 28 September 20:42:06 UTC 2014

Bionym has raised money for its heartbeat monitor and SDK/partnering strategy. Sony's Lifelog getting ready to launch its API. Plus: Telus aims to plug cars into the Internet, and Mendeley's API version 1.0 is released. [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » Yodlee Launches Enterprise API to Unite Banks and Promote Innovation

Sunday 28 September 20:42:05 UTC 2014

Yodlee, cloud-based platform driving innovation in digital financial services, has launched the Yodlee Enterprise API. [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » Dribbble Launches New Beta Version API

Sunday 28 September 20:42:04 UTC 2014

Dribbble, a popular discovery site and community for designers, has announced the beta release of the Dribbble v1 API, which allows developers to create third-party applications that can interact and engage with the Dribbble community. This newly launched Dribbble API replaces the original Dribbble API that was launched back in 2010. The original API will be retired on April 8, … [Link]

ProgrammableWeb.com » OutSystems Upgrade Simplifies Mobile Application Development and Deployment

Sunday 28 September 20:42:03 UTC 2014

OutSystems this week released a major upgrade to its rapid application development (RAD) environment that makes it easier to deploy native mobile applications that can access a broad range of back-end services. [Link]

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Sunday 28 September 19:02:14 UTC 2014

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