There is growing proof that the API is a core value piece for selling software and services. The latest example of this emerging form of commerce comes from AppDirect, a cloud marketplace provider that is launching an API platform for connecting developers and resellers. Just out of private beta, AppDirect has signed about 1,000 developers. The […]

Posted on July 30th, 2013 by admin
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Apigee has a new platform for customers to manage API-driven business efforts that extends from purchase-to-payment of digital assets. The service is meant for organizations, such as telecommunications providers, that sell services delivered through an API. Apigee has designed the platform so a customer can get help with pricing, notifications set-up and limits that tell when […]

Posted on July 27th, 2013 by admin
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Today Dropbox launched two powerful new APIs for syncing and viewing data within apps that will help the company expand beyond the traditional “file” storage system it has built its service on. The Datastore API can save any structured data or metadata for an app. It lets developers protect their users’ data even when they […]

Posted on July 10th, 2013 by admin
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Tomfoolery, the mobile app lab founded by ex-Yahoo and AOL execs that aims to make enterprise apps capturing some of the light and free nature of consumer services, is today debuting its first product: Anchor, a real-time conversation app. Tomfoolery has two aims for Anchor, which is coming out first as an iOS and web […]

Posted on July 6th, 2013 by admin
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Zoho has released a new survey tool that allows customers to conduct surveys in customer satisfaction, education, human resources, marketing, marketing research and other areas using custom or pre-built templates. Zoho Survey, available for web and iOS and Android devices, offers different question types, such as multiple choice, ratings and text boxes. After users create surveys using either […]

Posted on July 1st, 2013 by admin
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Startup AppScale has launched its open-source backup up service for Google App Engine (GAE), which is compatible with standard cloud services that developers use when building apps. The company, which was one of six startups that presented at the Structure conference last week, stood out even if it did not win an award for overall best startup […]

Posted on June 25th, 2013 by admin
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ThousandEyes has raised $5..5 million from Sequoia Capital and angel investors for a service that pinpoints application issues between the enterprise and cloud services. The service provides a view for how apps are delivered, and determines if the problem is the SaaS provider, the enterprise environment or the Internet. It can look across the network […]

Posted on June 23rd, 2013 by admin
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AnyPresence, a mobile backend-as-a-service, is launching a platform that tailors front-end branding and functionality with a backend server that the company calls a “meta API.” Richard Mendis, chief marketing officer and co-founder of AnyPresence, calls its “Meta- Platform” an evolution of API management. He said the first-generation of API management companies helped customers develop APIs. […]

Posted on June 19th, 2013 by admin
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Last summer, word started to trickle out about a young, stealth startup called RelateIQ that was rumored to be one of the more ambitious players among the new (and expanding) class of Big Data startups. Adam Evans and Steve Loughlin had founded RelateIQ the summer before to tackle some enduring problems in the way we […]

Posted on June 16th, 2013 by admin
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Collaaj has launched a service designed to make it easy to create videos and send them as messages. The SaaS tool includes an editor that people can use to make  the videos, which might be in the form of a demo recording of an app, a drawing, annotations on a presentation or someone sending a […]

Posted on May 15th, 2013 by admin
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