Janet Wagner
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Toledo, OH, United States
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Squarelink Access Tool for Blockchain Apps and API have Launched
Squarelink, an access tool for blockchain apps and services, has launched along with its public REST API. The API lets blockchain applications to retrieve transactions, data, and user account information upon permission by the user. The startup also plans on releasing open source client SDKs soon. → Read More
Vonage Launches Nexmo Messages API and Dispatch API
Vonage has launched the Nexmo Messages API and Nexmo Dispatch API. The Messages API allows businesses to integrate social chat services with applications using a single API. The Dispatch API allows developers to add a fallback mechanism if the first message for a specific chat channel fails. → Read More
Adobe Announces Integration of Magento Commerce Cloud with Adobe Experience Cloud
Adobe has announced the integration of Magento Commerce Cloud with Adobe Experience Cloud and the company has released Magento version 2.3. The latest version of Magento includes new Bulk APIs, Asynchronous APIs, and a new GraphQL implementation. → Read More
Amazon Announces Alexa Presentation Language Preview and New Alexa Skills Kit SDK Frameworks for Java
Amazon has announced a preview of its new Alexa Presentation Language (APL) which allows developers to build visual Alexa skills that are voice-first and can be customized for different types of devices. Amazon has also announced the availability of a new Alexa Skills Kit SDK Frameworks for Java. → Read More
Accept Crytocurrency Payments with Stronghold Platform APIs
Stronghold has released a set of APIs that developers can use to add to apps a variety of payment instruments including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Lumens. The APIs also allow apps to leverage Stronghold platform capabilities such as generate quotes, trade cryptocurrencies, and get available venues. → Read More
Build Innovative Healthcare Apps with the Newly Upgraded DrChrono API
DrChrono has announced upgrades to the DrChrono API which includes some new endpoints such as are Clinical Quality Measures (CQM), Clinical Notes, Tasks, Billing, and Labs. The company has also added new webhooks to the DrChrono API and launched a new FHIR API that focuses on patient experience. → Read More
Amazon Releases Alexa Gadgets Toolkit Which Includes Self-Service APIs
Amazon has released the Alexa Gadgets Toolkit (Beta) which includes a number of self-service APIs, technical documentation, and sample code that developers can use to build an Alexa Gadget that incorporates some of the available Gadget Interfaces such as wake word detection, speech, and reminders. → Read More
Kong Announces Version 1.0 of its Open-Source Microservice API Gateway
Kong Inc., a microservices API company, has announced Kong 1.0, the latest version of its open-source microservice API gateway. This latest version of the Kong platform includes a variety of features such as support for service mesh deployments and Kubernetes Ingress controller. → Read More
Microsoft Releases New Microsoft 365 Secure Score API
Microsoft has released a new Microsoft 365 Secure Score API which includes new updates such as integration with Microsoft’s Security Graph API, the addition of dual entities, and availability in the Microsoft Graph Explorer. This API replaces the original Microsoft Office 365 Secure Score API. → Read More
Bloomberg Launches Open Data and Linked Data Website
Bloomberg has launched Enterprise Access Point, a website that provides "ready-to-use" datasets which includes regulatory, pricing, and reference. The website also allows clients to use a RESTful API to programmatically retrieve complete and comprehensive data from Bloomberg's publishing platform. → Read More
Clearcover Expands its Car Insurance API Platform
Clearcover has expanded its car insurance API platform to include SmartLink and a Lead API along with a Quote API. Using these APIs, partners can integrate with applications Clearcover platform capabilities such as data collection, display prices, and view changes to coverage elections. → Read More
Mux Launches API for Live Streaming Video to Large Audiences
Mux has launched its Live Streaming API which makes it possible for developers to integrate Mux live streaming video capabilities with applications by adding only a few lines of code. Developers can use the API to build apps that support scalable live video streaming on mobile, desktop, and TV. → Read More
Pusher Releases Beams Push Notifications API for Mobile App Developers
Pusher has released Beams, a push notifications API for mobile app developers. Pusher Beams allows developers to manage device tokens for iOS and Android apps. Developers can also use Beams to trigger notifications based on the in-app activity of users so that users remain engaged with their apps. → Read More
No Official Fortnite API? Here Are a Few Options
Fortnite was released in the summer of 2017 as an early access title on several platforms. In about a year, the popularity of this multiplayer, survival shooter game has skyrocketed. An official public Fortnite API is not currently available. This article highlights a few unofficial Fortnite APIs. → Read More
Google Announces General Availability of Cloud Text-to-Speech, Updates to Cloud Speech-to-Text
Google has announced the general availability of Cloud Text-to-Speech and a beta release of Cloud Text-to-Speech Audio Profiles. The company also announced updates to Cloud Speech-to-Text which include the addition of multi-channel recognition, speaker diarization, and language auto-detect. → Read More
Unity Finalizes Move to WebAssembly with the Unity 2018.2 Release
Unity Technologies has completed its move from asm.js to WebAssembly with the Unity 2018.2 release. With this release, developers can now make wasm-only builds and the default linker target is now wasm instead of asm.js. The company plans on deprecating asm.js in the Unity 2018.3 release. → Read More
New Firebase Features Include FCM API Reporting Dashboard and In-App Messaging
A number of brand new features have been added to Firebase including a Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) API Reporting dashboard and Firebase In-App Messaging. The FCM API Reporting dashboard allows developers to view notification and messaging statistics from one central user interface. → Read More
Bing Maps Time Zone API Now Generally Available
The Bing Maps Time Zone API is now generally available. The API is a set of REST APIs designed to cover a variety of scenarios developers often deal with when it comes to time zones. Among the capabilities of the API are time zone conversion, list time zones, and find a time zone. → Read More
Add GraphQL-as-a-Service to Postgres-Based Apps With Hasura's Open Source GraphQL Engine
Hasuraa GraphQL-as-a-Service company, launched its open source GraphQL Engine which allows developers to migrate Postgres-based applications to GraphQL without having to write any backend code. The Hasura GraphQL engine can also be used to quickly build scalable GraphQL Applications on Postgres. → Read More
Twilio Announces Twilio API for WhatsApp
Twilio has announced the Twilio API for WhatsApp which allows developers to integrate with applications nearly every messaging channel via one Twilio Messaging API. Among the messaging channels the API supports are SMS, MMS, Facebook Messenger, RCS, LINE and the newly added API for WhatsApp. → Read More