API love is all fine and dandy. But successful application programming interfaces should have a real — and measurable — business value, according to API experts speaking at GigaOM Structure Europe on Wednesday. Read more »
Adding a good API to your web service can result in a 70-percent increase in traffic, according to a survey out this week from a tech research firm. The survey laid out the business and technical reasons companies use APIs and how well they work. Read more »
Social games and app developers got a bit of a shock when Facebook snuck out some Platform Policy changes. So what can an app developer do to get the most out of Facebook and insulate itself as much as possible from Facebook changes? Build its own ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Alistair Croll’s post on O’Reilly Radar this week may have been titled “There’s no such thing as big data,” but Croll believes the exact opposite. Rather than just collecting data, he argues, you have to ask the right questions of it. Coincidentally, DJ Patil joined Greylock ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
You might have heard, a company called RockMelt announced a browser last week. The even called it a “social browser.” It got a lot of media attention, partly because Marc Andreessen’s VC firm funded it. Big deal. Browsers don’t matter anymore. Here’s why ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
The Guardian isn’t the tech-savvy enterprise one would normally look to for guidance on digital issues or Internet-related topics. But the 190-year-old newspaper company is doing something revolutionary with its business, and it’s worth looking at what that is and what lessons other companies might be ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »