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Vodafone and Broadcom have developed new software that helps to reduce the amount of pre-fetched data. This will help cut down on wasteful data usage and reduce the energy usage of carriers.

Vodafone Germany has developed a new API for third-party companies and organizations called CallerID. It lets people they call know who is calling and could help against spam callers.

OpenStreetMap (OSM) turned 19; founded in 2004, it's now the largest open-source map. Supporting 50+ languages, millions use its API. Its community-driven model promotes innovation & accessibility.

The App Store review process is soon going to get even more rigorous. Apple will start requiring developers to explain why their apps use certain APIs before submitting them for approval.

Elon Musk has announced that there will be a daily limit to how many tweets users can read. The number varies based on the type of account you have. He called it a temporary measure.

Reddit's recent changes to how it will be charging for use of its API by third party applications has resulted in widespread backlash, and Reddit is Fun is the latest app to announce closure.

A popular Reddit client raises concerns over Reddit's API pricing. The cost of $12,000 for 50 million requests threatens the future of third-party apps. It is equivalent to $20 million annually.

The Brave Search API is now live. The service is free for companies and developers for limited use but also offers several paid tiers for those who have more demanding requirements.

Twitter has recently been on a spree where it is asking companies and parties to pay more and more for access to APIs. Now, researchers with access to Decahose are being targeted to pay $42K a month.

Twitter has written a letter to Microsoft to review its use of Twitter data and to complain that the company hasn't paid for access. It wants a report back from the company by next month.

OpenAI no longer uses data from API customers to train its large language models, according to CEO Sam Altman. If you use ChatGPT directly, though, your information will be used to train the LLMs.

Chrome 114 Beta is now available for download with several under-the-hood changes, such as improvements for headlines with CSS balancing, new scroll listening API, and new origin trials.

Users of AT&T email accounts are facing a wave of hacks by bad actors who are seeking to steal cryptocurrency, by utilising API issues in the service to take control of email addresses.

The second Developer Preview of Android 14 is here that includes several enhancements to privacy and security, such as selected photos access, credential manager, safer implicit intents, and more.

Twitter announced that API access will become paid starting February 9, a few weeks after it blocked some third party usage, marking another monetization effort under Elon Musk's ownership.

Many third-party Twitter apps like Tweetbot and Twitterrific have been broken since Thursday night last week. Unfortunately, Twitter has not offered any details as to why the problem is occurring.

Google says that it won't disable Manifest V2 in January 2023 in developer-focused builds like Dev, Canary, and Beta as earlier planned due to insufficient time for testing and unresolved bugs.

Google has rolled out Android 13 Beta 3, hitting Platform Stability. This means that all APIs and app-facing behaviors have been finalized and developers should complete compatibility testing of apps.

With its Snap AR community, Snapchat is determined to prove the value and impact of AR by developing the latest Lens capabilities, tools, and infrastructure including Lens Studio, and Lens Cloud.

Twitter will now allow developers who use the Twitter API to label their bots as "Automated". The label could help inspire trust, but the opt-in method seems open to misuse by bad bots.

Security researchers have publicly detailed a Safari API bug which can potentially leak your personal data and unique identifiers to every website you visit with Safari. A fix is still not available.

Samsung brings SMDK, which, leveraging a proprietary Intelligent Tiering Engine, is capable of identifying and configuring the bandwidth, capacity and memory type that are relevant to each use case.

Oculus's latest Passthrough API Experimental will make it possible for developers to integrate virtual reality with the real world of players. Initially, only Unity developers will get access to it.

Following an acquisition in 2020, Apple has decided that it is going to shut down Dark Sky's app and website by the end of 2022. The API service will reach its end of life on the same date as well.

Google has made its Sleep API publicly available on Android so that third-party developers can use it inside their apps. The firm said that the API is more power-efficient at tracking user's sleep.

Germany has become the latest country to launch a contact tracing app. The new app is based on the decentralised model that uses an API released by Google and Apple back in mid-May.

Having been designed to facilitate the electronic exchange and management of healthcare data, FHIR support is now generally available on Azure, enabling customers to work in the data format natively.

The key questions technical leaders should ask when considering an API solution and best practices for evaluating options. Learn how with this free to download guide, before it expires!

Facebook has reminded developers to submit their third-party apps for review by August 1st in order to carry on using the Facebook APIs. Checks are being made to prevent misuse of user data.

Apple seems to be preparing some form of a webplayer for Apple Music, with full songs accessible upon sign-in. A Spotify-esque API for embedding songs also appears to be part of this effort.