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Growth of API Usage Sparks New Management Tools Open APIs have become not only available, but prevalent, giving capabilities to photo, video, messaging, mapping, music, and news outlets. ProgrammableWeb's directory of web service APIs now numbers more than 8,000. With increased API usage, the need for help managing APIs also is growing. |
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Sale Leaves OfficeDrop's Cloud Storage Users in the Lurch Popular cloud storage provider OfficeDrop announced this week that they would no longer be storing their clients' data, and clients had two weeks to pull it off their servers before it would be deleted forever. How much of your data is stored in the cloud, and should you have a backup plan in place? |
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Is Bitcoin Digital Currency REAL Money? Introduced in 2009, Bitcoins are termed open source crypto-currency. Bitcoins are not backed by a government, central bank, or the FDIC—and when shares of the Bitcoin recently jumped over the $100 mark, many people started asking a lot of questions. |
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JavaScript's Popularity in Mobile Development Continues to Rise Continuing its language domination in the mobile app development world, JavaScript can now be used to update native iOS and Android apps thanks to a new hybrid model on the market. JavaScript remains a top programming language, and it doesn't look like the trend will change any time soon. |
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