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WordPress Creates a Twitter Compatible API
WordPress this week opened a new web service that allows blogs to be read and posted via a Twitter compatible API. From the announcement on the WordPress blog: Of course one of the coolest things about...
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Get Real-Time Traffic Data At No Cost
If you’re looking for a traffic data web service, you probably have not been able to find one for free. Now mapping pioneer MapQuest is beta testing a service it says provides “real time traffic...
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AOL Integrates With Facebook, While Facebook Comes Up Short With Their Move...
As anyone with multiple social networking accounts can attest to, keeping track of them all can be time consuming. AIM Lifestream is a service from AOL that aggregates a number of social networking...
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Mapping Granddaddy Goes OpenStreetMap, No API Key Needed
You’d hardly notice the difference unless you were looking for it. MapQuest’s latest API is a reinvention of its MapQuest API to display maps. So, what’s new? Following the company’s recent pattern,...
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MapQuest Adds Transit to Directions APIs
Online mapping pioneer MapQuest is using open data to provide transit directions via its MapQuest Directions API and the OpenStreetMap-based MapQuest Open Directions API. In both cases, transit...
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Is MapQuest Going After Google With Android SDK?
MapQuest’s recent entree into mobile developer tools is an interesting one. Choosing Android over iPhone means going toe to toe with Google, a familiar competitor to MapQuest on the mapping front....
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MapQuest’s Neighborhood App MQVibe Has a Hidden API
Online mapping pioneer MapQuest just launched a new local site to explore 50,000 U.S. neighborhoods. MQVibe uses the MapQuest API to display neighborhood shapes and highlighted places. The MQVibe API,...
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50,000+ Radio Stations in One API
Shoutcast maintains a radio directory of 50,000+ radio stations from all around the world. The company, owned by AOL, released its first Shoutcast API a few years ago, but has since released version...
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Companies That Have Killed the Most APIs
It’s a natural part of the API lifecycle for some to no longer be available. According to the ProgrammableWeb directory, about 13% of those that were once alive are now considered “deadpooled.” Of the...
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Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo Join Forces in Developing Premium Ad API
Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo are teaming up to develop specifications for advertising APIs, the trio announced Tuesday. The goal is to make it easier for media buyers to discover, price and order premium...
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