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[The lost outpost] Plazes API released: Plazes API released April 13th, 2006 Following on from my recent post about Plazes, the Plazes blog today announced the release of the Plazes API 1.0. It’s available from here, and you have to register for a developer key (much like Amazon, Flickr, Google, etc.). The Plazer client has also been updated with Skype support. I’m hoping that they
Ton's Interdependent Thoughts: I have been planning to write a post on Plazes for some weeks. Ever after they started implementing features that came out of a round of feedback they sought. (via Cosmos)
High Earth Orbit: With all these API’s I wonder about conflicts of licensing and terms. They all have their little niggles: no realtime, no commercial use, limited number of queries, limited by directory, etc. (via Cosmos)
[The lost outpost] In my Plaze: The website has a few spelling mistakes, which makes it feel a little unfinished. There's no way of reporting it - the Support link pops open a simple form to ask for help, but there's no forum or bug/feature tracking system which would help to foster collaboration.
[Under the Radar] Plazes: Plazes is your radar for location based content and people, close by or somewhere else in the world. It integrates with your other applications (blogging, IM, local searches) and makes them aware of your location through Plazes API.
[Under the Radar] Plazes: Plazes is your radar for location-based content and people, close by or elsewhere in the world. It integrates with your other applications (blogging, IM, local searches) and makes them aware of your location through the Plazes API.
[B.Mann Consulting | Technology Consulting in Vancouver] 2006 will be the year of XMPP: I'm *still* carrying the notes around with me -- I had the great good fortune to spend a lot of time with Ralph and Edwinn and suck all the Jabber aka XMPP knowledge I could out of them that I could. I've been following the growth of Jabber/XMPP for years, and here are some of the concepts and happenings which I think are going to blow it wide open in 2006:
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