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.phpNew Nikon D90 Camera, Includes Ability To Shoot 720p HD Video- August 28, 2008 Nikon has announced their new D90 camera, a 12.3-megapixel DSLR that retails for $999.95 and includes the ability to shoot 24fps 720p HD video. Commercial photographer Chase Jarvis had a chance to try out the camera in advance, making a video as he and his crew tested out several D90's. In related news, Canon announced their new 50D DSLR. Check out the D90 write-ups by Thomas Hawk and David Pouge (New York Times). Related PostsNikon Press Center Mad LibCanon Announces New 40D DSLR CameraSigma..http://feeds.laughingsquid.com/~r/laughingsquid/~3/P4L6tGjzutw/ The Fire Eagle Has Landed: Yahoo Opens Its Location Platform to All- August 13, 2008 Yahoo just announced that the close beta period for its location platform Fire Eagle has ended and that the service is now open for everybody. We wrote about Fire Eagle extensively when the beta was first announced. Since then, a number of high-profile services, including Brightkite, Movable Type, Dopplr, and Pownce have implemented Fire Eagle through the numerous APIs Yahoo provides for accessing the service. When we first wrote about Fire Eagle, we were especially concerned with the privacy..http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/EWpBcD84lv4/yahoo_fire_eagle_open.php Eat Roo- August 11, 2008 In case you wanted another reason to eat kangaroo rather than beef: they emit just 0.003 tonnes of greenhouse gases per animal per year, compared to 1.67 tonnes per cow per year. And they don't just save in terms of methane emissions, either: The costs of producing a kilogram of kangaroo meat from a free-ranging, minimal-input production system are lower than those for cattle or sheep. For example, there are no costs for fences or yards, internal or external parasite control,..http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/market-movers/2008/08/11/eat-roo?tid=true TokBox Takes $10 Million for Video Chat- August 7, 2008 Free online video chat service TokBox has raised a $10 million Series B round of financing led by Bain Capital. Sequoia Capital, which provided $4 million for the startup's Series A funding, also participated in this second round. TokBox has worked to expand its reach over the past year, developing its video chat service for web-based IM platform Meebo as well as Facebook, and the company released an Adobe AIR version of its service. TokBox isn't alone in this space, IMO.IM is another...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/newteevee/~3/358471522/ |