Some good tips and tricks for developing FB apps.
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CrunchBase API
Get access to the really valuable data in startups, people etc in the tech/web/web 2.0 space via API.
Beyond REST? Building data services with XMPP
Beyond REST? Building data services with XMPP
Interesting presentation looking at XMPP and how to use it to build web services.
HeatMapAPI.com
“Heat maps let users quickly visualize density of locations. Some maps will show points, but being able to understand the density of those points makes it much easier to see, especially when using colors.”
Gnip: Making data portability suck less.
Gnip: Making data portability suck less.
Really interesting sounding project where they’re aiming to become like a ping-o-matic for social data.
Contacts Data API
“allows client applications to view and update Contacts content in the form of Google Data API feeds. You can request a list of a user’s contacts, edit or delete content in an existing contact, and query the content in an existing contact.”
Rapleaf: Reputation Lookup and Email Search
Rapleaf: Reputation Lookup and Email Search
“The Address Book Reader returns the names and email addresses of the contacts in a webmail address book.” Simple API for loading people’s address books and then using that for invites etc.
GeoNames webservice and data download
GeoNames webservice and data download
The GeoNames geographical database contains over eight million geographical names and consists of 6.5 million unique features whereof 2.2 million populated places and 1.8 million alternate names.
How To Build A Facebook Application – Digital Web Magazine
How To Build A Facebook Application – Digital Web Magazine
Quick tutorial on how to write a Facebook App in PHP