api | Kris Smith has read these articles about "api" | www.croncast.comThis is the keyword feed for "api" from my read items in Google Reader. If you would like to search or subscribe to category/keyword rss feeds for items that I have shared with Google Reader visit http://www.croncast.com/c4_reading.phpTop 5 Developer News Items- January 9, 2008 Dev News Items with the highest number of click-throughs Reminder: Lowest Supported Version = 473 in February eBay Flyer FaceBook Artfest Sample Widgets Trading API: Shipment Tracking Information Tags: news items sample artfest facebookhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/typepad/ebay-developer/dev/~3/213538108/ MFG.com Raises $26 Million From Fidelity Ventures, Goes After Alibaba- January 9, 2008 Mitch Free has a knack for attracting high-profile investors to his manufacturing marketplace, MFG.com. First, Jeff Bezos convinced Free to back out of a previous agreement to sell the company and personally invested $14 million in September, 2005. Then Bezos put in some more money along with the German Samwer brothers (who founded Alando, Jamba, and invested in Studivz) in a $4 million round in January, 2007. Now, Free has raised another $26 million, nearly all of it from Fidelity (Fidelity.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/213469380/ Help Wanted: Senior UIVisual Designer- January 9, 2008 Starting immediately, Flickr is looking to hire a Senior UIVisual Designer for our San Francisco office. To apply, please send an email to iwannaworkatflickryahoo.com with the job's title (Senior UIVisual Designer) as the subject line. Include a cover letter and resume: bonus points if the resume can be included in the email or if it is online somewhere and you just send a link (we will accept attachments but we'll be really annoyed by them keep that in mind). Check out the details...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Flickrblog/~3/213411230/ Comcast Launches Fancast for Online TV Viewing- January 8, 2008 Comcast has entered the world of IPTV, officially launching Fancast today at CES in Las Vegas. Following a soft launch in August, the site now features full-length episodes of many popular TV shows, as well as the existing features the site had for browsing TV listings and purchasing movie tickets through Comcast-owned Fandango. As for the selection the most important part of any IPTV offering in my humble opinion Fancast isn't bad. There look to be episodes from more than 100 different...http://mashable.com/2008/01/08/fancast-launches/ Samsung's other 5-megapixel shooter- January 8, 2008 Samsung SGH-G600(Credit: Samsung) Though it was announced earlier this year, the Samsung SGH-G600 made a guest appearance at CES. Like the SGH-G800, the G600 is a 5-megapixel camera phone with lots of photo editing features. The thin slider design may look like a lot of Moto phones before it, ...Tags: samsung g sgh megapixel thinhttp://ces.cnet.com/8301-13855_1-9844299-67.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=CES2008 Starbucks: Whipped, Shaken and Stirred- January 8, 2008 Jim Donald has served his last latte and Howard Schultz is dusting off his barista cap.Donald, chief executive of Starbucks, will step down and be replaced by chairman Howard Schultz, the company announced today. Schultz ran the company from 1987 to 2000, which was a period of tremendous growth for it. He has served as its chairman since then.Starbucks faces growing competition for the coffee market from fast food chains such as McDonald's, which is planning to open espresso bars in its...http://feeds.portfolio.com/~r/portfolio/news/~3/212849800/Howard-Schultz-Named-Starbucks-C... 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One..http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/212793647/how-google-controls-apple Flickr to Authenticate OpenID - Is This The Yahoo! CES Announcement- January 8, 2008 Rumors abound that Yahoo! will make a major announcement about OpenID today at CES. It looks like at the very least you'll be able to use your Flickr ID to log in anywhere that supports OpenID login. The code is live, view source of any user page and search for OpenID and you'll find it. The service, however, is not usable yet. Try logging in to an OpenID enabled site using your Flickr URL and you'll get this message: "Hey there! You have stopped by a bit sooner than we had expected. This.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/212748055/flickr_to_authenticate_openid.php Trading Obama and Clinton- January 8, 2008 In April, Obama was Google and Clinton was General Electric. By Friday, Obama was the alternative-energy sector while Clinton was Citigroup. Today, we're told that Obama is Apple, and Clinton is Dell. None of these metaphors are very useful, but they are quite a lot of fun, and in fact Dan Gross's latest set is excellent. On ClintonCitigroup: New York-based, enormously well-capitalized, longstanding market leader whose name is synonymous with the sector it dominates. A powerhouse in the...http://feeds.portfolio.com/~r/portfolio/marketmovers/~3/212744329/trading-obama-and-clinto... |