7 posts and columns on RapLeaf

API Marketplace Mashape Raises Funding

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.
Mashape

Is My Email Address My Identity?

in Social on November 10, 2010 at 9:46 pm PT

As a larger question in the battle between Facebook and Google over data reciprocity, what captivates me is how much value people are putting on user email addresses. Are our email addresses really the best proxy for who we are?

Facebook Says User Data Sold to Broker

in News on November 1, 2010 at 8:15 am PT

Facebook Inc. said that a data broker has been paying application developers for identifying user information, and that it had placed some developers on a six-month suspension from its site because of the practice. The announcement, which Facebook made on its developers’ blog Friday, follows an investigation by Facebook into a privacy breach that The Wall Street Journal reported in October.

A Web Pioneer Profiles Users by Name

in News on October 25, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

In the weeks before the New Hampshire primary last month, Linda Twombly of Nashua says she was peppered with online ads for Republican Senate hopeful Jim Bender. It was no accident. An online tracking company called RapLeaf Inc. had correctly identified her as a conservative who is interested in Republican politics, has an interest in the Bible and contributes to political and environmental causes.