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Google Introduces App Maker, App Development Tool for Enterprises

Janet Wagner

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Google's Firebase Gains Gaming And Analytics Tools

Eric Zeman

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5 Common Myths about Microservices Architecture

Microservices can offer many benefits to businesses, but the architectural approach is not right for every scenario. In this post from the Basho blog, Sean Kelly discusses five microservices myths that may be leading many eager companies down the wrong path and reducing efficiency.

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Martin W Brennan

Microservices, Application Development, Developers

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Box Introduces the Box File Collaboration API

Box has introduced the Box File Collaboration API, a new API that allows developers to manage access to files in applications. Developers can now control which users can access specific files. The API was created to support a recent update to the Box Notes collaborative note taking application.

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Janet Wagner

File Sharing, Content, Documents

1 day ago

Daily API RoundUp: PullString, Packagecloud.io, Hotmob, Zammad, HAAS Alert

Fourteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories such as Artificial Intelligence, Advertising, Hardware and Recognition. Highlights today include APIs from Deepomatic that can identify furniture and clothing in photographs. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.

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Joy Culbertson

Artificial Intelligence, Recognition

1 day ago

Daily API RoundUp: Hypothes.is, SmartyStreets, Capital One, iDigBio, hyScore.io

Fourteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Accounting, Banking, Mapping and Annotations. Highlights today include the Hypothes.is API for accessing a platform that aims to annotate the web, plus two Science APIs. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.

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Joy Culbertson

Science, Banking

3 days ago

Facebook's Account Kit Offers Alternative to SMS

Onboarding users is critical, and the initial sign-up process can make or break an app's success. Enter Account Kit. Facebook's latest tool is meant to help ease the verification process on mobile devices. Facebook calls Account Kit a "complementary product" to Facebook Login.

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Eric Zeman

Smartphone, Mobile

4 days ago

Microsoft Announces Preview Version of Payment Request API in Microsoft Edge

Microsoft has announced that the Microsoft Payment Request API in Microsoft Edge is available in preview. The Microsoft Payment Request API can be used to simplify checkout and payments on the web (via Microsoft Edge browser) for Windows 10 PC and mobile users. The API connects to Microsoft Wallet.

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Janet Wagner

Payments, eCommerce

5 days ago

How to Geocode a Dataset With Open Data API University

This is the first part of our series How to Add Postcode-Based Proximity Search With Open Data. In this article we will explain how to geocode a dataset using open data. By the end of this article, you should be able to take a dataset and add the position of each record to that dataset.

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Dan Winchester

Location, Postcodes, Search

5 days ago

How to Geocode Data for Location-Friendly Applications API University

This is the second part of our series How to Add Postcode-Based Proximity Search With Open Data. In this article we’ll explain three ways to geocode your data using Open Postcode Geo. We show you how to find the position of each pub in a dataset; and use this dataset to find the nearest pub.

How-To

Dan Winchester

Location, Postcodes, Search

5 days ago

How to Geocode User Input Postcodes API University

This is the third part of our series How to Add Postcode-Based Proximity Search With Open Data. To find a nearby business, you need to know: nearby what? In this article we show you how to implement the common application of nearest locations to a postcode provided by a user.

How-To

Dan Winchester

Location, Postcodes, Search

5 days ago

How to Build Proximity Search into Your Application API University

This is the fourth part of our series How to Add Postcode-Based Proximity Search With Open Data. In this article we will show you how to take a geocoded dataset and a postcode, and order the dataset by proximity to the postcode. This is used to find the nearest pub to a user specified location.

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Dan Winchester

Location, Postcodes, Search

5 days ago

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