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  1. Re:Giant problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Declaring Code Is Not Code, Says Larry Page (arstechnica.com)

    How many companies create APIs that are used by the public? An extremely tiny portion.

    Are you truly that ignorant of how the web works?

    There are over 15,000 APIs listed on http://www.programmableweb.com/.

  2. Re:Shrug by Lennie · · Score: 1 · on HTTP/2 - the IETF Is Phoning It In

    Let's see how many new and existing APIs use JSON in comparison to XML:

    http://www.programmableweb.com...
    http://www.programmableweb.com...

    Seems like a pretty clear trend to me XML is on the way out.

    SOAP or WSDL you say ?:

    Well, usually you use JSON with REST.

    At the last technology conference where they all immplement 'micro services'. I asked several people does REST/JSON need a WSDL-like solution:
    They all answered: no

    If you want to describe your REST/JSON API, there are solutions though:

    https://helloreverb.com/develo...
    http://raml.org/

  3. Re:Shrug by Lennie · · Score: 1 · on HTTP/2 - the IETF Is Phoning It In

    Let's see how many new and existing APIs use JSON in comparison to XML:

    http://www.programmableweb.com...
    http://www.programmableweb.com...

    Seems like a pretty clear trend to me XML is on the way out.

    SOAP or WSDL you say ?:

    Well, usually you use JSON with REST.

    At the last technology conference where they all immplement 'micro services'. I asked several people does REST/JSON need a WSDL-like solution:
    They all answered: no

    If you want to describe your REST/JSON API, there are solutions though:

    https://helloreverb.com/develo...
    http://raml.org/

  4. Re:Why isn't there a supported API? by exomondo · · Score: 1 · on Google Pulls Access To Unsupported But Popular Weather API

    I think the question is, or should be, why isn't there a supported API?

    What are you on about? Here's a list of 5 weather APIs.

  5. Re:Apple was not first user of name 'App Store' by Theaetetus · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Fights Apple Trademark On 'App Store'

    Pretty sure Sales Force came first.

    Back in 2006, when the iPhone was but a gleam in Steve Jobs' eye. And now there are lots of 'app stores'; including Apple's, but also including the Android app store, and others.

    So... where is Apple's eligibility for using this descriptive non-creative name as a trademark, if they do not have exclusive use, first use, or even most famous use in commerce?

    Really, you're claiming that salesforce.com (who?) has the "most famous use" in commerce of "App store"?

    I'd say Apple has a good argument for rights in "App Store" already under Lanham sec. 43(a).

    Actually.. when I think of "App Store", the first thing that comes to mind for most people is the Android App Store. If anyone should be awarded the trademark (and they should not), it should be Google.

    [citation needed]

  6. Apple was not first user of name 'App Store' by mysidia · · Score: 5, Informative · on Microsoft Fights Apple Trademark On 'App Store'

    Pretty sure Sales Force came first.

    Back in 2006, when the iPhone was but a gleam in Steve Jobs' eye. And now there are lots of 'app stores'; including Apple's, but also including the Android app store, and others.

    So... where is Apple's eligibility for using this descriptive non-creative name as a trademark, if they do not have exclusive use, first use, or even most famous use in commerce?

    As far as I'm concerned, Apple's product is the iTunes App Store, which is specific and famous, but App Store is generic, and used by many organization's before and after Apple.

    Actually.. when I think of "App Store", the first thing that comes to mind for most people is the Android App Store. If anyone should be awarded the trademark (and they should not), it should be Google.

  7. Re:good mapping sites by truthsearch · · Score: 2, Informative · on Beginning Google Maps Applications with PHP and Ajax

    http://www.programmableweb.com/tag/mapping

  8. S(kip)TFA and head to the first listed link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on What it Means to be a Mashup

    http://www.programmableweb.com/

    has lots of great web 2.0 examples, some silly some useful. most are of the A+B variety (like google maps api + ufo reporting center data = http://www.ufomaps.com/) which are neat but a bit limited. more interesting mashups would be the less direct correlations, i think.

  9. mashups by digitaldc · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Web Services and Open Source at OSCON

    Web mashups are hot. It's hard to look at a list of websites offering an API -- Google Maps, Yahoo Geocoding, eBay, craigslist, Flickr, YouTube -- and not start thinking about great ways to combine them.

    Some links of interest:
    API list is here.
    GPS Tracking demo here.
    Map projects at Google Mapki.
    Recent Earthquakes here.