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February 6, 2020

iOS 13.4 Includes CarKey API, Enables NFC Car Keys

Apple has recently announced the beta version of iOS 13.4 and developers have noticed an exciting new API that may portend all-new iOS features. The new CarKey API that has been found in the latest release is expected to allow iOS users to unlock their cars using NFC (near-field communication).

February 5, 2020

Facebook Messenger Adds One-Time Notification API

Facebook has announced the release of a new beta API that will provide businesses with a method for offering its customers simple follow-up information. The new Messenger One-Time Notification API is designed for situations where customers may want to be notified about simple updates like price drops of merchandise or changes in the availability of products.

February 4, 2020

Twitter API Attack Matches Millions of Users’ Phone Numbers to Usernames

Twitter recently announced that on December 24, 2019, it became aware of a large network of fake accounts that were abusing the company’s API to match phone numbers to user’s accounts. Twitter noted that these attacks may be connected to state-sponsored actors from Iran, Israel, and Malaysia.

February 3, 2020

Jaxsta Announced Music Credentials API

Jaxta is an online music credentials resource that was founded in 2015 with the aim of ensuring that music creators get the credit that they are due. The company now operates a massive database of music credits and has announced an API to expose this data for third-party use.

February 3, 2020

US Court of Appeals Irreparably Damages API Economy

Last fall, after a lower court ruled that HiQ was within its rights to circumvent LinkedIn’s API program by “scraping" LinkedIn’s Web pages, a US Court of Appeals upheld the ruling and paved the way for irreparable harm to the API economy. What this means for the future of the API economy remains to be seen.

January 29, 2020

Bankin’ Expands Financial Offering Via Bridge Pay API

French fintech startup Bankin’ has announced a new API that expands its consumer and business financial offerings to include payment processing. The new Bridge Pay API uses bank transfers to process payments and is being utilized by 12 major French banks.

January 15, 2020

From the DC-Area API Meetup: Government Security Architect Attempts to Learn About API Security

As a part of ProgrammableWeb's ongoing series of on-demand re-broadcasts of presentations that were given at the monthly Washington, DC-Area API meetup (anyone can attend), this article offers a recording and full transcript of the Oct 1, 2019 discussion given by Epigen Senior Information Security Architect Trevor Bryant regarding his attempt to bone-up on API

January 10, 2020

OGC to Establish API Standards for Environmental Data Distribution

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has announced the formation of a Standards Working Group (SWG) that will aim to establish API standards to assist in the distribution of environmental data.