116 posts and columns on API
Pinterest’s First API Is Here: A Widget for Popular Pins
Pinterest’s first API will help stores and brands display which of their items were most frequently and recently pinned.Voices
How to Escape the Dark Valley of Your Hadoop Journey
If the project mantra is “stand up, rinse and repeat,” it’s the “repeat” part that proves challenging.News Byte
Nest Labs to Introduce Partner Developer Program
Nest Labs, makers of the Nest smart thermostat, announced on Wednesday that it plans to introduce a Web application programming interface in 2014, ultimately giving outside companies and app makers the chance to integrate with Nest’s products in new (and mostly unforeseen) ways. Nest’s first partner, home-automation company Control4, is a natural fit. Expect the open call for partners to begin early next year.News Byte
Developers Can Now Integrate Jawbone Up Fitness Data
Fitness wristband maker Jawbone has opened up access to its API so developers can build and integrate tools for “data aggregation and visualization, gaming, marketing, rewards provisioning.” This extends a program that the Up band creator had launched for specific developers in April. It also helps bring Jawbone up to the level of competitors like Fitbit, which has long allowed developer data access.News Byte
Spark Capital, Google Ventures, Homebrew Invest in Plaid, Maker of an API for Banking Data
Plaid, a startup that is working to clean up banking data for developers, has raised $2.8 million from Spark Capital, Google Ventures and Homebrew. The investment is the first to be announced from Homebrew, a seed-stage firm launched recently by Google vets Hunter Walk and Satya Patel.Coder’s Site Tracks Trending Twitter GIFs in Real Time
Welcome to Twitter — in animated pictures.News Byte
Appcelerator Buys API Connector Singly
Mobile platform company Appcelerator has bought Singly, an application programming interface integration tool that had much promise and had raised a $7 million Series A round just over a year ago, but only had a few customers (for instance, TimeHop, the nostalgic app that brings back old social media posts). Appcelerator has proven much more popular, with 500,000 mobile developers signed up. Though smaller, the deal follows other recent API startup acquisitions Parse and Mashery.Voices
Google Glass: What Marketers Should Know
Glass will be the next iPhone — but today it’s a Newton.Voices
What Is the Software Defined Data Center and Why Is It Important?
In the infrastructure space, there is a growing trend of companies calling themselves “software defined (x).”News Byte