iOS Version History: A Visual Timeline
www.kinvey.com
on 02/27/2013
Excerpt: In five and a half years, Apple has released 9 hardware devices and 51 total iOS version updates. The iOS platform is a constantly evolving, living and breathing entity. It’s easy to forget just how much the platform has evolved since June 2007, the introduction of the first iPhone. But we’re here to help you remember. If you’d like to embed this infographic on your own site or blog, here’s the embed code:
Our new infographic aims to capture the iOS evolution, milestone by milestone, version by version, throughout the history of the platform. From June 29, 2007, to the rumored future of iOS in June 2013, we’ve captured all the major milestones, feature updates and hardware releases.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Apple, History, IOS
XML.com: Introducing del.icio.us
www.xml.com
on 12/19/2012
Excerpt: We've expanded our XML news coverage and improved our search! Search for all things XML across O'Reilly!... read the full post.
Tags: Delicious, History, Launch
New del.icio.us API
blog.programmableweb.com
on 12/19/2012
Excerpt: Quick pointer to Niall Kennedy’s post on del. icio. us API for URL top tags, bookmark count. It appears that there are enhancements to the del. icio. us API designed to help support a new web badge from Yahoo! As Niall notes “The API is officially unreleased, may be shut down if not used in full Yahoo-constructed blog sidebar badge form, and may be subject to further terms of service. ” See also Kevin Burton’s observations in the comments section as well as Dare’s observation that this is the sign of providers ironing-out when to provide APIs and when not to. On a related note, see this good rant from Dave Winer on God Bless the Re-inventers and the discussion afterwards. The del. icio.... read the full post.
Tags: Delicious, History, Launch
Thread: The Flickr API is a national treasure
threads2.scripting.com
on 12/15/2012
Excerpt: And when a corporate vendor "deprecates" an API we've built on, it's really hard to shrug it off, esp since these changes usually modify the contract between developers and the platform. And it's very rare that the benefit accrues to the developers. Hey, very often when the API changes our apps are broken and gone, for good. Recently new life has been pumped into Flickr by Yahoo, something us long-time users are surely glad to see. But -- with the new life comes concerns that the API will break. Because that's what big tech companies do when they move. It's particularly important with Flickr because it has been unmoving for so long, which usuallly has a big downside, but it has one huge upside.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, Flickr, History
Excerpt: We've expanded our XML news coverage and improved our search! Search for all things XML across O'Reilly!... read the full post.
Tags: Delicious, History, Launch
New del.icio.us API
blog.programmableweb.com
on 12/19/2012
Excerpt: Quick pointer to Niall Kennedy’s post on del. icio. us API for URL top tags, bookmark count. It appears that there are enhancements to the del. icio. us API designed to help support a new web badge from Yahoo! As Niall notes “The API is officially unreleased, may be shut down if not used in full Yahoo-constructed blog sidebar badge form, and may be subject to further terms of service. ” See also Kevin Burton’s observations in the comments section as well as Dare’s observation that this is the sign of providers ironing-out when to provide APIs and when not to. On a related note, see this good rant from Dave Winer on God Bless the Re-inventers and the discussion afterwards. The del. icio.... read the full post.
Tags: Delicious, History, Launch
Thread: The Flickr API is a national treasure
threads2.scripting.com
on 12/15/2012
Excerpt: And when a corporate vendor "deprecates" an API we've built on, it's really hard to shrug it off, esp since these changes usually modify the contract between developers and the platform. And it's very rare that the benefit accrues to the developers. Hey, very often when the API changes our apps are broken and gone, for good. Recently new life has been pumped into Flickr by Yahoo, something us long-time users are surely glad to see. But -- with the new life comes concerns that the API will break. Because that's what big tech companies do when they move. It's particularly important with Flickr because it has been unmoving for so long, which usuallly has a big downside, but it has one huge upside.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, Flickr, History
Excerpt: And when a corporate vendor "deprecates" an API we've built on, it's really hard to shrug it off, esp since these changes usually modify the contract between developers and the platform. And it's very rare that the benefit accrues to the developers. Hey, very often when the API changes our apps are broken and gone, for good. Recently new life has been pumped into Flickr by Yahoo, something us long-time users are surely glad to see. But -- with the new life comes concerns that the API will break. Because that's what big tech companies do when they move. It's particularly important with Flickr because it has been unmoving for so long, which usuallly has a big downside, but it has one huge upside.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, Flickr, History
