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These are news items I've curated in my Google Reader, Twitter and bookmarking using Pinboard. Sometimes I add a little commentary to each post.

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Google I/O 2013: Turning BigQuery analytics into marketing strategies

www.zdnet.com on 05/16/2013

Excerpt: Google I/O Google I/O 2013: Building better e-commerce experiences on Android Google presses algorithm, cloud advantage vs. Apple, rivals Google developer tool releases include new Maps, Games, Google+ APIs Google CEO Page: 'We're only at one percent of what's possible' Samsung Galaxy S4 gets Android Nexus treatment for $649 Google sets up to challenge Amazon Web Services I/O 2013: Google's location APIs likely to fuel Google Glass apps SAN FRANCISCO -- If there is one thing that Google has a lot of (besides money), it's data.... read the full post.

Tags: , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, BigQuery, Data

Google jumpstarts Glass development with apps form Twitter, Facebook and Evernote

feedproxy.google.com on 05/16/2013

Excerpt: Summary: Google Glass is still leagues short having the thriving developer community of Android, but at I/O Google began seeding that app ecosystems with the help of six big-name web and media brands. One of the biggest gripes about Google Glass has been it doesn’t have any apps. Well, some of the biggest app developers and content providers in the world have decided to rectify that problem. On Thursday, Facebook, Twitter, Evernote and CNN along with a handful of other content providers announced that they have already created or are in the process of developing apps — dubbed “Glassware” — for Google’s new headgear.... read the full post.

Tags: , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Google Glasses, Wearable Technology

Google''s Glass Developer Kit, video streaming on deck

www.zdnet.com on 05/16/2013

Excerpt: Google is working on a Glass Development Kit (GDK) that is likely to include the ability for offline service use. This GDK will arrive "at some point in the future. " Google Glass will also allow for video streaming for broadcasting. Google I/O Google I/O 2013: Building better e-commerce experiences on Android Google presses algorithm, cloud advantage vs.... read the full post.

Tags: , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Google Glasses

How the Dallas School of Music Uses Springpad

springpad.com on 05/16/2013

Excerpt: When the Dallas School of Music’s online music program built their database of reference materials for students on their website they were faced with a problem: How to organize this material so students can find what they are looking for quickly and easily. From the various instruments to the varying levels of instruction, they needed a solution that was simple to implement and use. Enter Mike Finkel, Director of Education Development for the school. He found Springpad and discovered that he could quickly save and organize everything and share it with embedded notebooks on their website. (See an example) Being able to organize our Resources into multiple notebooks has made a huge change in how we present material to learners.... read the full post.

Tags: , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Bookmarking, notes

Increasing Your Testing Happiness Index with Eucalyptus + AWS

www.eucalyptus.com on 05/16/2013

Excerpt: At the recent AWS Summit San Francisco, AWS SVP Andy Jassy made a point of saying that choosing between private and public clouds is not an all-or-nothing proposition. He said that when customers ask him if they need to be either "all in to AWS, or all in on a private cloud" he tells them the answer is no. He then went on to present six use cases organizations should consider when moving to the cloud. It was interesting to note that the first one on his list was dev & test. We couldn’t agree more. Among Eucalyptus customers, dev & test is by far the most common use case.... read the full post.

Tags: , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, AWS, Cloud Computing, Eucaplytus

Lenszy Photoshop IOS SDK (iOS)

codecanyon.net on 05/16/2013

Excerpt: Bonus: *Share to all your favourite social networks right from Lenszy *High resolution output *Drag and drop to customize the toolset *Scroll through your recent photos in a cover photo-like view from the home screen You must sign in or sign up to purchase this item. Regular License Use, by you or one client, in a single end product which end users are not charged for - Details| Licensing help Extended License Use, by you or one client, in a single end product which end users can be charged for - Details|... read the full post.

Tags: , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Images, IOS, photo, Story

New Apps Arrive on Google Glass

bits.blogs.nytimes.com on 05/16/2013

Excerpt: Google Glass, the company’s Internet-connected glasses, will soon have seven new apps, including breaking news alerts from CNN, fashion features from Elle, Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook posts and reminder notes from Evernote. Google announced the apps, which it calls Glassware, Thursday at its I/O developers conference, the largest assembly yet of people wearing Glass in the same place. They join Path and The New York Times as the only apps so far available on Glass. The glasses also offer Google services like search and maps, connect to users’ cellphones for text messaging, take photos and record video.... read the full post.

Tags: , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Google Glasses

New Feature: Secret Parameter and Headers

blog.mashape.com on 05/16/2013

Excerpt: It’s been a while since we announced a new feature from Mashape, so we’re very excited to announce this one: Secret Parameters and Headers for API providers. What is a Secret Parameter/Header? A Secret Parameter or Header are fixed key-value that is added to the request coming from the Mashape proxy to the API provider. Only API providers can set these values in their API. What is it useful for? One particular useful use-case for them is where developers have to sign up for separate accounts from the API provider and Mashape. Having these values allow API providers to set a dedicated pre-registered account that can represent all users coming from Mashape to their API; or as an alternative identifying method.... read the full post.

Tags: , API Discovery, API Management, API-Evangelist, API-Stack

Omni-channel Explosion: Mashery Signs Strategic Agreement with NetSuite

blog.mashery.com on 05/16/2013

Excerpt: Forrester Research predicts that by 2016, U. S. cross-channel sales will be $1. 660 trillion and that more than half of all retail sales will be either online or web-influenced. With the newly announced strategic agreement between NetSuite and Mashery, an Intel Company, NetSuite ecommerce and e-tail customers using SuiteCommerce (a Commerce as a Service, or CaaS, solution) can now evolve their APIs into APIs-as-Products powered by Mashery. SuiteCommerce customers are hungry to step up their game in digital retail as they rush to avoid being taken down by technical debt.... read the full post.

Tags: , API Management, API-Evangelist, API-Stack

Sandboxes Add Templates and New Look

blogs.developerforce.com on 05/16/2013

Excerpt: The Summer ’13 release includes a couple major changes for sandbox users: templates and a new look that makes it even easier to create and manage your sandboxes. What are Sandbox templates? Sandboxes contain copies of your organization’s configuration and (optionally) data. Use sandboxes for training or to test, configure, and deploy changes to a production organization. Full sandboxes are particularly useful for development teams to coordinate testing and deployment to production organizations. Previously, when you created a Full sandbox, all of your organization’s data was copied to the sandbox.... read the full post.

Tags: , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Sandbox, Story, Testing