RIM updates developer API for PlayBook and no-one cares

Did you hear that great big *YAWN*? Yup, that was pretty much the general response to the news that RIM has announced the release ov v2.1 of its Blackberry WebWorks SDK meant for developers thinking of creating apps ... continue

Real-time Twitter streams – excuse me while I go smash my head against the wall

I remember when Friendfeed first burst upon the scene and how much I liked it. One of the things that I liked that unlike Twitter it did an automatic page refresh at a certain rate of time, ... continue

NPR offers up free transcripts and an API

Transcripts of shows are a handy thing to be able to have access to but the majority of time these cost you a fair penny to get your hands on, as it was with ... continue

Facebook grasping at API straws

I’ve been reading much of what has been written today concerning Facebook’s announcement about opening up the new Facebook Open Stream API. From that reading; including the official blog post by Ray C. He on ... continue

Times Preparing New User-Driven Interface

The New York Times is moving toward a reader-programmed version of its paper online. NYT Chief Technology Officer Mark Frons tells MediaBistro he's developing an API for the site that'll reinvent its entire data structure. "Everything we produce should ... continue