Facebook has responded to a New York Times story that raises privacy concerns about the company’s device-integrated APIs, saying that it “disagree[s] with the issues they’ve raised about these APIs.” Headined “Facebook Gave Device Makers Deep Access to Data on Users and Friends,” the New York Times article criticizes the privacy protections of device-integrated APIs, […]
View More Facebook says it “disagrees” with the New York Times’ criticisms of its device-integrated APIsCategory: APIs
Count your bees with this Raspberry Pi project
Bees need all the help they can get. Thus programmer Mat Kelsey created a bee counter to see just how many of his winged honeymakers are hanging out in his hives. His system, which uses a Raspberry Pi and a machine learning algorithm that recognizes the number of individual bees entering a hive, is used […]
View More Count your bees with this Raspberry Pi projectAuth0 snags $55M Series D, seeks international expansion
Auth0, a startup based in Seattle, has been helping developers with a set of APIs to build authentication into their applications for the last five years. It’s raised a fair bit of money along the way to help extend that mission, and today the company announced a $55 million Series D. This round was led […]
View More Auth0 snags $55M Series D, seeks international expansionAdobe CTO leads company’s broad AI bet
There isn’t a software company out there worth its salt that doesn’t have some kind of artificial intelligence initiative in progress right now. These organizations understand that AI is going to be a game-changer, even if they might not have a full understanding of how that’s going to work just yet. In March at the […]
View More Adobe CTO leads company’s broad AI betFacebook begins blocking apps from accessing user data after 90 days of non-use
Facebook has rolled out a change that limits apps’ ability to access users’ data. The change comes hours before Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before Congress where it’s expected he will have to answer questions about how the company handles its users’ personal information, in wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal which saw the personal data […]
View More Facebook begins blocking apps from accessing user data after 90 days of non-useTwitter delays API change that could break Tweetbot, Twitterific, etc.
This morning, the developers of third-party Twitter clients Tweetbot, Twitterific, Tweetings and Talon banded together to highlight upcoming API changes that could potentially break the way their apps work. As you might expect, their collective user base — a base largely made up of folks who need more out of their Twitter app than the […]
View More Twitter delays API change that could break Tweetbot, Twitterific, etc.Veriff wants to make it simple to present identification online
Whenever you are doing something online that requires you to present an official ID like a passport or driver’s license to complete the transaction, it presents risk to both parties. Consumers want to know they are secure and brands want to know the person is using valid credentials. That’s where Veriff comes in. Kaarel Kotkas, […]
View More Veriff wants to make it simple to present identification onlineSalesforce introduces Integration Cloud on heels of MuleSoft acquisition
Salesforce hasn’t wasted any time turning the MuleSoft acquisition into a product of its own, announcing the Salesforce Integration Cloud this morning. While in reality it’s too soon to really take advantage of the MuleSoft product set, the company is laying the groundwork for the eventual integration into the Salesforce family with this announcement, which […]
View More Salesforce introduces Integration Cloud on heels of MuleSoft acquisitionRapidAPI, an API marketplace that processes half a billion API calls each month, raises $9M led by A16Z
APIs — lightweight application interfaces that developers use both to integrate third-party services into their own apps, and to let their apps get used more easily by other developers — have become an essential, and fast-growing, building block of the tech world. Now, a startup that helps app builders find, use, pay for and track calls on those APIs is announcing a round of funding… Read More
Virtru’s new API brings encryption tech built by ex-NSA engineer to third-party developers
Virtru co-founder Will Ackerly developed the company’s underlying encryption technology while he was working as an engineer at the NSA, so it’s fair to say he knows a thing or two about the subject. The company has been delivering encryption products for email and files in transit for several years now, mainly through a partnership with Google GMail and Microsoft Office… Read More
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Twitter launches a new enterprise API to power customer service and chatbots
Twitter’s big news this week is its announcement that it’s now enforcing its new policies around hateful content and abuse, but today the company is rolling out something new for developers, as well: an enterprise-level API providing access to real-time activities like tweets, retweets, likes and follows. The addition of the API is part of Twitter’s broader plan to revamp… Read More