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A New 'Smart Rifle' Decides When To Shoot And Rarely Misses : All Tech Considered : NPR

www.npr.org on 05/15/2013

Excerpt: A new rifle goes on sale on Wednesday, and it's not like any other. It uses lasers and computers to make shooters very accurate. A startup gun company in Texas developed the rifle, which is so effective that some in the shooting community say it should not be sold to the public. It's called the TrackingPoint rifle. On a firing range just outside Austin in the city of Liberty Hill, a novice shooter holds one and takes aim at a target 500 yards away. Normally it takes years of practice to hit something at that distance. But this shooter nails it on the first try. The rifle's scope features a sophisticated color graphics display. The shooter locks a laser on the target by pushing a small button by the trigger. It's like a video game.... read the full post.

Tags: , , API-Voice, Guns, Military

mnot’s blog: Indicating Problems in HTTP APIs

www.mnot.net on 05/15/2013

Excerpt: Hi, I’m Mark Nottingham. I currently chair the IETF HTTPbis Working Group. I usually write here about the Web, protocol design, HTTP, and caching. Once in a while, I’ll write about economics, travel or living in Australia. Find out more. A common part of HTTP-based APIs is telling the client that something has gone wrong. Most APIs do this in some fashion, whether they call it a “Fault” (very SOAP-y), “Error” or whatever. Most of them define a new format for just this purpose; for examples, see Amazon’s, OpenStack’s, Twitter’s, Facebook’s, and SalesForce’s. Twitter's is fairly representative: Here, they associate a human-readable message and an error code with the error.... read the full post.

Tags: , , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, HTTP, Monitoring, Testing

paypal/PayPal-Android-SDK · GitHub

github.com on 05/15/2013

Excerpt: The PayPal Android SDK provides a software library that makes it easy for Android developers to accept both credit cards and PayPal directly within native mobile apps. For usage and integration instructions, see the PayPal Android SDK Integration Guide. For detailed reference, see the SDK reference. Older libraries PayPal is replacing the Mobile Payments Libraries (MPL) with the PayPal iOS/Android SDK. The PayPal iOS/Android SDK is currently available in the US, with more country support coming soon. US developers should upgrade now for more features and a better mobile experience. Non-US developers can continue to use MPL for the time being. Issues related to MPL should be filed in the sdk-packages repo.... read the full post.

Tags: , , Android, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Payments, PayPal

Smartsheet API: developer tools and resources - Smartsheet.com

www.smartsheet.com on 05/15/2013

Excerpt:... read the full post.

Tags: , , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Collaboration, smartsheetapi, Spreadsheet

Introducing Strongbox, a Tool for Anonymous Document-Sharing : The New Yorker

j.mp on 05/15/2013

Excerpt: This morning, The New Yorker launched Strongbox, an online place where people can send documents and messages to the magazine, and we, in turn, can offer them a reasonable amount of anonymity. It was put together by Aaron Swartz, who died in January, and Kevin Poulsen. Kevin explains some of the background in his own post, including Swartz’s role and his survivors’ feelings about the project. (They approve, something that was important for us here to know. ) The underlying code, given the name DeadDrop, will be open-source, and we are very glad to be the first to bring it out into the world, fully implemented.... read the full post.

Tags: , , API-Voice, New Yorker, Privacy

Your Startup’s API Could be Its Disruptor | tomasz by Tomasz Tunguz

tomtunguz.com on 05/14/2013

Excerpt: How deeply do you consider the impacts of building a public API for your startup? It's no small decision: you could be enabling your disruptor. APIs are incredibly powerful tools for enabling partners, building ecosystems and engendering success among customers. For example, Salesforce's Force ecosystem, which enables developers to build products atop customer Salesforce installations, increases the value customers derive from Salesforce selling more seats and retaining customers longer. Google's Maps API enables developers to spread Google Maps, building the brand, increasing distribution and all the while improving ranking by sending back user feedback signals.... read the full post.

Tags: , , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, startup

DataSift's Open Source Code

datasift.github.io on 05/14/2013

Excerpt: DataSift's business is built on Open Source software, whether it's the Linux operating system; popular programming languages such as Java, PHP, or NodeJS; networking technology such as ZeroMQ; or data storage & retrieval such as HDFS and Hadoop. plus many, many more.... read the full post.

Tags: , , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Content, Data, Open source, Social, Story

How Unique is the New U.S. Open Data Policy? - Sunlight Foundation Blog

sunlightfoundation.com on 05/13/2013

Excerpt: Stay up to date on Sunlight’s work in D. C. , throughout the country and around the world, as well as the latest open government, transparency and technology news. How Unique is the New U. S. Open Data Policy? by Júlia Keseru and Laurenellen McCann May 13, 2013, 5 a. m. The White House’s new Executive Order may be significantly different than the open data policies that have come before it on the federal level, but where does it stand in a global -- and local -- context?... read the full post.

Tags: , , Federal Government

Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is – Whatever

whatever.scalzi.com on 05/13/2013

Excerpt:... read the full post.

Tags: , , API-Voice

Developer Advocates - Google Code

code.google.com on 05/13/2013

Excerpt: Here are some members of the Developer Relations team. We are dedicated to helping you make the most out of Google's developer products. If you are interested in learning more about what we do, please check out our jobs site. or select a product and/or region Loading.... read the full post.

Tags: , , API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Google