api | Kris Smith has read these articles about "api" | www.croncast.comThis is the keyword feed for "api" from my read items in Google Reader. If you would like to search or subscribe to category/keyword rss feeds for items that I have shared with Google Reader visit http://www.croncast.com/c4_reading.phpApple = the new evil empire- October 24, 2007 Apple's market capitalization now exceeds that of Intel and IBM. The faithful are in a celebratory mood. But I predict that we'll soon see an uptick in stories and blog posts asking some variation of the following question: "Now that Apple is 1) a huge company, 2) no longer a scrappy underdog, and 3) basically dominates an industry like, dare I say it, Microsoft, will those free-thinking Mac fanatics who desperately wanted the company to survive its lean years now turn on them because giant...http://www.kottke.org/07/10/apple-the-new-evil-empire Top 10 Bootstrapping Tips- October 24, 2007 There is renewed interest in bootstrapping, if only because lower costs now make this a bit easier and younger entrepreneurs can live more cheaply. Here then is my 10 point bootstrapping primer: 1. It does NOT mean self-funded. The real bootstrappers put in peanuts of their own money. Bootstrapping means funding with customer revenues. 2. Bootstrapping is NOT compatible with the build traffic and worry about monetization later idea. Get external capital to enable that. Bootstrapping is usually..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/173998005/top_10_bootstrapping_tips.php What wasn't said at Web 2.0 Summit- October 24, 2007 We participated in three events last week, Web 2.0 Summit, Widgets Live! and ITConnect Expo. At Web 2.0 and Widgets Live! the conversation revolved around Web 2.0 platforms, consumer adoption and monetization. Who could create a platform, drive user adoption, build the social network and monetize the fastest Were there any viable platforms besides Facebook How much of the consumer app development was devoted to Facebook vs. My Space Who's creating the next cool consumer Web app (my vote goes to.http://www.etelos.com/dm/article.espx?show=13000 Shopping API: GetSingleItem Now Returns Minimum Bid, Charity Info- October 24, 2007 New fields have been added to the GetSingleItem response. Specifically, the call now returns information about the minimum amount required to bid on the item, a product ID for the item, and details about any nonprofit charity that the seller...Tags: bid item minimum charity returnshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/ebay-developer/dev/~3/173977573/ 535 Shopping API Documentation Now Available- October 24, 2007 The 535 version of the Shopping API documentation is now available. Please note that updates to applications using new schema versions should always be done in a test environment. Release Highlights New Features New Item Details Available with GetSingleItem Changed...Tags: shopping documentation api highlights releasehttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/ebay-developer/dev/~3/173977572/ 535 Trading API Documentation Now Available- October 24, 2007 The 535 version of the API documentation is now available. Please note that updates to applications using new schema versions should always be done in a test environment. Release Highlights Announcements None for this release. New Features GetItem and IncludeTaxTable...Tags: release documentation api environment highlightshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/ebay-developer/dev/~3/173977574/ Sybase ushers in iPhone as secure client for mainstream corporate email- October 23, 2007 The Information Anywhere suite connects mobile clients to email systems using standards, but not IMAP, which many email administrators shun do to potential unfettered exposure of email traffic to the Internet. Those using the Sybase solution for making the iPhone a corporate email client will be able to use their mobile networks to securely synchronize and replicate their emails, said Krishnapillai.Tags: email mobile corporate client sybasehttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/Gardner/~3/173883760/ Nike Takes a Long Kick- October 23, 2007 Soccer is a global game, and Nike clearly wants to be a bigger part of it. Its soccer-related related revenue has grown to $1.5 billion from just $40 million more than a decade The world's biggest athletic shoe company says it has reached an agreement to acquire Umbro, the British soccer-shirt maker for $582 million. The deal will give Nike some $775 million in annual sales and close links to soccer in Britain, including the England soccer team. "There is a lot of long-term...http://feeds.portfolio.com/~r/portfolio/news/~3/173814002/Nike-Takes-a-Long-Kick RSSCalendar, and Its IP, Find a Home- October 22, 2007 John Pacchetti, an early innovator in the RSS space, has finally succeeded in selling his company RSSCalendar. Pacchetti put the company up for sale on for $50k on eBay this summer and didn't get any bids. This morning it was announced that the company has been acquired by Dallas, Texas based Lookout Software. Lookout Software provides a means for Outlook content to be shared without the purchase of Microsoft's Exchange. At this point in the game, the most interesting thing about...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/173373577/rsscalendar_and_its_ip_find_a.php Dick Costolo's Entrepreneurial Experience- October 22, 2007 Dick Costolo, CEO and co-founder of Feedburner, has been giving me a lot of free advice lately. I got to see him and Steve Olechowski at the Future of Web Apps and hear a little bit about being acquired and working for Google. Then he gave a must-watch presentation on their entrepreneurial experience and has been writing some great blog entries on similar topics. Dick's got four start-ups under his belt and I took notes constantly. I first met Dick in June 2004 when Kevin Werbach took pity...http://www.centernetworks.com/dick-costolo-entrepreneurial-experience |