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Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Google Play Game Services

Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Google Play Game Services

By Zach Walton May 15, 2013

During today’s Google I/O keynote, the company announced Google Play game services – a series of APIs that help developers add more features and value to their Android and iOS games. Much like Apple’s Game Center or Xbox Live, Google …

Google Makes AdWords API Usage Free Google Makes AdWords API Usage Free

Google announced that it is going to start making AdWords API usage free starting March 1. They’re doing away with the preferred pricing model. There will be two levels of API access once the changes take effect: basic and standard. …

Facebook Blocks "Competitors" From Data Facebook Blocks "Competitors" From Data

On Thursday, Russian search company Yandex launched a new social search app for the iPhone, called Wonder. The app relied on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Foursquare, iTunes and Last.fm data. Unfortunately for Yandex, Facebook pulled access to its data, which was …

Google Adds Review Info To Places API Google Adds Review Info To Places API

Google announced the addition of Place Summaries to its Google Places API. This means developers will be able to use review information in their apps. “For example, car manufacturers can use the API to provide drivers with detailed reviews of …

Chrome 25 Beta Launched With Speech Recognition Chrome 25 Beta Launched With Speech Recognition
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Google released Chrome 25 in beta today, and this version of the browser is noteworthy because it supports voice commands via the Web Speech API. Developers will be able to tap into this to integrate speech recognition into their web …

Google Hangout Discusses Google Wallet APIs Google Hangout Discusses Google Wallet APIs

Earlier this year, Google launched some new Google Wallet APIs. Since then, the company has been trying to educate developers on how to best take advantage of them. That continues with this recent Office Hours hangout Google uploaded to its …

Google Launches Update For Google Maps Android API Google Launches Update For Google Maps Android API
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Google announced that it is launching an update to the Google Maps Android API to include some highly requested features. For one, there are “more dynamic and flexible” user interface designs for large Android devices, using Android Fragments, and adding …

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LinkedIn Launches Highly Requested Ad API Program LinkedIn Launches Highly Requested Ad API Program
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LinkedIn is rolling out a new ads API program on the LinkedIn Ads platform. Early partners include Adobe, Bizo, and Unified. “API access will empower the tens of thousands of advertisers who use the LinkedIn Ads platform to achieve their …

How Two Brands Effectively Utilized Google's GEO API How Two Brands Effectively Utilized Google's GEO API
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Google has posted a new video to its Developers YouTube channel about a couple of campaigns that use the Geo API. The brands involved are Nature Valley Trail View and Band of Bridges. The campaigns come from the core creative …

Google Wallet APIs Discussed In New Developer Video Google Wallet APIs Discussed In New Developer Video
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Google put out a new Office Hours video for developers about Google Wallet APIs. Among other things, Peng Ying talks about Google Wallet for Online Commerce. “The idea is that right now, purchasing something on the mobile web is something …

Cool Things People Are Doing With Google Maps APIs Cool Things People Are Doing With Google Maps APIs

On its Geo Developers Blog, Google will highlight a “map of the week” each week, looking at different, interesting ways developers have used its APIs in their own applications. This month, Google launched MoreThanAMap.com showcasing some of these things, where …

Google Launches New Google Maps APIs Google Launches New Google Maps APIs
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Google announced the launch of two new APIs for organizations who want to build their own location-enabled apps: the Google Maps Tracks API and the Google Maps Geolocation API. The Google Maps Tracks API lets organizations build apps that can …

Google Launches Google Apps Reseller API Google Launches Google Apps Reseller API

Google has launched a new Reseller API for IT service providers and channel tools developers who want to scale their businesses. It enables these businesses to integrate and automate components of the Google APps reseller tools into their own customer …

Bing Ads Get Editorial Exceptions Bing Ads Get Editorial Exceptions

Microsoft announced today that it is releasing Editorial Exceptions and the Exceptions API to all Yahoo Bing Network advertisers. The feature will let advertisers request exceptions to resolve editorial disputes, monitor progress of ad and keyword reviews, and easily filter …

Google+ Developers Discuss Google+ History API Google+ Developers Discuss Google+ History API

Google’s Google+ History API was recently revealed. It’s been compared to Facebook’s Open Graph, but uses Google+ connections to bring in updates from third-party services (Twitter, Foursquare, etc.). It also lets you choose what data from these services you want …

Google Discusses The Content API For Google Shopping Google Discusses The Content API For Google Shopping
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Google has uploaded a recent Google Plus hangout it hosted, discussing the Content API for Google Shopping. In the video, Google discusses various community questions, library support and feature requests. A number of links are discussed in the video, so …

Google Launches Links API For Affiliate Network Google Launches Links API For Affiliate Network

Google announced the beta launch of a new Links API for the Google Affiliate Network today. “Since we launched our first set of API’s, we’ve consistently heard from publishers that they want an automated, flexible way to access and serve …