Posts Tagged: social

Using APIs in Sound Engineering

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APIs have brought forward massive processing power and functionality to the world of sound engineering and design. This innovation, utilizing powerful hardware to software synergy and browser-based solutions through the application of sound design and presentation APIs, is an often overlooked aspect of hypermedia in the emergent media based internet culture. Read more

How APIs Are Streamlining Healthcare

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Managing healthcare records can be a painful experience, for both patients and doctors. Though extensive medical records are kept on patients to be made available to new caregivers, accessing them is not always an easy process.

In the UK, records are held digitally (usually General Practice (GP) records) yet some are still written by hand (details of hospital visits, etc.). Read more

Instagram API and the Transient Nature of Public Social APIs

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Instagram, the largest photo-only distribution social network, has exploded in usage. With 60 million photos uploaded every day, the app is now cemented as a major social entity.

Third party apps which tied into Instagram were a critical part of originally growing the platform. Read more

Programming Sponsored Content: How APIs Have Transformed Advertising

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The monetization of API datastreams has been discussed at length. Figuring out a methodology to create passive income streams from API users can help an API be more successful, allowing for further developer-supported iterations, better customer service, and longer-term longevity. Read more

Genews Harnesses the Power of Third Party APIs to Support Gender Equality

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The potential of APIs are huge — from making internal enterprise architectures more efficient to enabling completely new creative services to flourish. Using third party APIs as a basis for a new service enables a team to quickly advance from an idea stage to a finished product. Read more