API

The “Mad Men” Years Are Giving Way to the “Math Men” Era

Chris Moore, Partner, Redpoint Ventures in Voices on January 20 at 3:50 pm PT

I love the “Mad Men” version of the ad business. The storytelling. The simplicity. The glasses of scotch at 10 am. But these days in digital, it feels like the Math Men media buyers (with their terabytes of data) are taking over for the Mad Men creatives.

Fetchnotes Wants to Get Your “To Do” List Out of Your Head

Drake Martinet in Mobile on November 5, 2011 at 10:00 am PT

Start-up Fetchnotes is trying to use an armload of APIs to build a mainline between your real brain and the one you keep on the Internet.

Mostly Sunny With 100 Percent Chance of Apples

Shawn Carolan, Managing Director, Menlo Ventures in Voices on October 3, 2011 at 2:43 pm PT

The forecast is certain. Tomorrow, Apple will rain features from the Cloud, and it’s a very big deal.

API Marketplace Mashape Raises Funding

Liz Gannes in News on September 6, 2011 at 11:53 am PT

Mashape, an up-and-coming marketplace for APIs, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding — which, given some of the names backing it, seems like a pretty small amount.

Topify Shuts Down, the Latest to Blame Twitter Developer Relations

Liz Gannes in Social on August 1, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Topify, a free service that embedded richer information into Twitter email alerts, will shut down on August 5, its creator announced.

Instagram Pushes Photos to Developers With New API

Liz Gannes in Social on February 24, 2011 at 1:00 pm PT

Instagram today released an API so developers can extend and incorporate its fast-growing photo-sharing service into their own products.

Early Adopter: Connect Your Personal Data Pipes Together With Ifttt’s Digital Duct Tape

Drake Martinet, Associate Editor, All Things Digital in News on February 11, 2011 at 9:00 am PT

APIs make the personal Web go round, but for years now, dealing with them has been the domain of the programmer. Now, San Francisco start-up ifttt is hoping to use super-simple design to allow ordinary users to bend pieces of the Web to their own will and create connections between previously siloed services. No coding required.

Start-Up Watch: Smoopa Android App Helps Electronics Shoppers Compare Prices

Liz Gannes in Social on January 28, 2011 at 2:00 am PT

Smoopa, a new comparison shopping start-up with a pretty silly name, this week introduced its first app, which allows Android users to scan bar codes of electronics, movies and games, and find out whether they’re cheaper online.

Netflix Gets Social: "Extensive" Facebook Integration Is Coming

Liz Gannes in Social on January 27, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Netflix revealed it is in the process of implementing “an extensive Facebook integration” on Wednesday, marking a significant change from its previous absence from the social Web.