At its most basic, an application programming interface (API) is a hidden link that facilitates communication between software systems, enabling information exchange among applications, services and ...

Building an API is a surprisingly attainable goal, even if it might seem tricky to total novices. To get you started, here are a few steps to follow which could lead to great things. API basics Before ...

Instagram is quietly building out software tools to help brands manage their direct messages with the app's users. The Facebook-owned photo-sharing app is building an API (application programming ...

Reddit is working on a new Ads API and have just announced their first four alpha partners. The partners will be integrated into the API and are helping build solution that will inevitably help ...

Luos, a participant in the TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield competition this week, wants to make it easy for embedded hardware developers to connect to any hardware component, such as a motor or ...

I've observed that successful financial technology solutions are built on four foundational engineering principles that ...

When developers are building software with API access, they need to figure out how to bill users fairly for hitting the API gateway. A flat fee probably wouldn’t cover the heavy users and would be ...

Today's businesses run on software, which must interoperate with myriad other software platforms. But how can a business offer its valuable data and computing capabilities to countless potential users ...

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