Tagged: APIs & News
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#io2013 – Google gets its game on – 900m Android activations and 48bn app installs News
15.05.2013 At its sixth annual I/O shindig, Google revealed that there are now 900m Android activations, up from 400m a year ago. The internet giant, in a very games-oriented keynote,... -
Battle for the ‘internet of things’ begins as CA acquires Layer 7 News
23.04.2013 Just a week after Intel acquired Mashery for an estimated US$180m, software giant CA has signed an agreement to acquire Layer 7 Technologies, a privately-owned API management... -
Intel buys API player Mashery for an estimated US$180m News
18.04.2013 Tech giant Intel has acquired Mashery, a provider of API technology that helps major brands, including the Guardian, USA Today, Klout and Rovi, use APIs to build new revenue... -
Tech start-up of the week: Search4less News
14.04.2013 Our tech start-up of the week is Search4less.ie, a new online business information service that’s aiming to disrupt the online company search space by pushing out relevant... -
Deezer announces developer reward scheme alongside API upgrade News
13.03.2013 Deezer has announced a number of changes and upgrades to its service aimed at encouraging more developers to create apps incorporating its music streaming platform and, overall,... -
The first battle of big data wars – Twitter vs PeopleBrowsr News
29.11.2012 For most people the words big data sound important but few know what they really mean; something to do with cloud, perhaps. The current court battle between Twitter and... -
Connected devices start-up Spark raises US$50,000 on Kickstarter News
19.11.2012 Spark Devices, a start-up that has created an appliance that lets you turn on and off the lights and potentially other devices in your home with the power of a tweet, has raised...Categories: Wireless Communications, R&D, Investments, Internet, Hardware, Green Tech, Funding, Energy, Development, Design, Consumer Tech -
Google showcases the possibilities of the Google Maps API (says, ‘naa naa na na naah, Apple’) News
04.10.2012 While many people use Google Maps directly through maps.google.com, the comprehensive mapping service is also used widely across the web via the Google Maps API. To demonstrate... -
IFTTT disables Twitter triggers, but not because of recent API changes News
21.09.2012 Users of IFTTT, which means ‘if this, then that’, were disappointed to receive an email from CEO Linden Tibbets last night informing them that they would no longer be able to... -
Twitter API version 1.1: RSS support dropped, third-party clients discouraged News
06.09.2012 Version 1.1 of Twitter’s API has been released, with improved rate limits, authentication required on all endpoints, restrictions for third-party clients and updates to its... -
Gilt’s Dublin engineering team deploys personalised search News
27.08.2012 Just over a year since luxury goods e-commerce site Gilt established its Dublin operations its engineering team is already being credited with facing a major engineering...Categories: Digital Business, eCommerce, Engineering, Search, Search Engines, Software, Software & Web Development -
Following LinkedIn and Instagram, Tumblr has now had its Twitter access restricted – who’s next? News
23.08.2012 Just as it did with Instagram a few weeks ago, Twitter has revoked access to its follow graph on Tumblr, which means users can no longer find friends to follow on the blogging... -
Twitter’s new API rules: has an Iron Curtain descended on the Twitterverse? News
17.08.2012 New changes coming to Version 1.1 of the Twitter API have confirmed many developers’ worst fears about how the social network is intent on dissuading development of software... -
Microsoft revamps SkyDrive, reveals Outlook.com has hit 10m users (video) News
15.08.2012 Microsoft has repurposed its SkyDrive cloud storage service for the smartphone, ultrabook and tablet computing age just ahead of the official rollout of Windows 8. The new...Categories: Web, Storage, Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Digital Media, Data Management, Consumer Tech -
#io12 - Day one: What’s new with Google services News
28.06.2012 Before day two brings us new tidings from California, here’s a quick sweep through the latest announcements brought to us from day one of Google I/O in San Francisco, from new... -
Vordel makes ambitious mobile cloud move with API server News
20.06.2012 Dublin cloud security company Vordel is making one of its most ambitious leaps forward yet with an entire API server for the enterprise that will allow organisations to deploy... -
Google VP announces partnership with Flipboard News
19.06.2012 Google’s vice-president of product management Bradley Horowitz has announced at Le Web’12 that the company has partnered with Flipboard and that Google+ integration in the app...Categories: Web, Social Media, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Apps, Application Design and Development -
Microsoft’s on{x} revolutionises Android with remote programming News
06.06.2012 Yes, you read that right. Probably the greatest innovation to hit Android has been developed by Microsoft, surprisingly enough.Categories: Software Development, Phones, Mobile, Development, Apps, Application Design and DevelopmentTags: Microsoft, Android, Software Development, Development, Developers, JavaScript, API, APIs, Mobile, Smartphone -
Vordel product aims to secure 'bring your own device' trend News
31.05.2012 Irish technology firm Vordel is making a play for the growing ‘bring your own device’ trend in organisations by adding a mobile gateway to its portfolio. The Vordel Mobile... -
OPEN DEEZER gives developers free access to the Deezer API News
03.05.2012 OPEN DEEZER offers developers open access to Deezer’s API as the French music streaming service attempts to encourage creativity and innovation ahead of a competition later this...