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Tweetboard Launches Twitter Client And URL Shortener
Source: TechCrunch

Tweetboard, a recently-launched product that lets you create a Twitter-powered forum on any site, is adding additional functionality by releasing a Twitter client, new API, and a URL shortener, called PO.ST.

A memo from the American Petroleum Institute
Source: Talking Points Memo

This memo has been circulated to the top oil companies. It is worth the read.

Oil Lobby to Fund Campaign Against Obama's Climate Change Strategy
Source: Common Dreams

The US oil and gas lobby are planning to stage public events to give the appearance of a groundswell of public opinion against legislationclimate change strategy

Fox News Complaints?

I did a search this morning for "white house" illegal. Fox News was the only "good" source in the results.

Congressman asks for help: Redesign Congress online
Source: TG Daily

Washington (DC) - A congressional guest Blogger on the O'Reilly Radar website, Mike Honda (Democrat, see honda.house.gov) took the opportunity to ask for suggestions and guidance on how to better utilize technology and get the public involved within the United States government.

Google Launching Friend Connect API
Source: WebProNews

The key point to acknowledge here is that Google is encouraging people to create more plug-ins for it, and it will be available through WordPress, Drupal, and phpbb plugins making it accessible to a whole lot of the web.

Newspaper As A Platform: Guardian Launches Api
Source: Read/WriteWeb

The Guardian just launched a new API which will allow third-party developers to access and reuse the Guardian's content database in their own applications.

Develop a Social Media Website With These 10 Code Techniques
Source: nettuts.com

Social media sites have gone mainstream over the past few years, and it's affected web developers everywhere.

EXTRA!!! Do Tapes of a Michelle Obama Rant in a Phone Conversation with African Press International Really Exist?

Yesterday I seeded a story on this from World Net Daily, but today I'm going straight to the source,African Press International( API). I'm going to try to stick to the facts of this story as API tells them.

HOT!!! Michelle Obama Tapes of Her Ranting Soon to be Released!!!
Source: WorldNetDaily News

The African Press International news agency – which reported that Michelle Obama called to protest its coverage of WND stories about her husband, characterized the source of the material as "racist" and described WND senior reporter Jerome Corsi as "evil" – has announced it i …

Legal Hurdles Now Cleared: Michelle Obama Tape to be Released to American Network of Choosing
Source: africanpress.wordpress.com

The legal hurdles that API feared in connection with the release of the tape has now been settled. The American people has soon to be treated to the truth about the true personality of their (probably) incoming first Lady.

Recordings and information leading to recent API story on Michelle Obama's telephone call is now being cleared for release « African Press International (API)
Source: africanpress.wordpress.com

Many have question why Mrs Obama would choose a little known online media group instead of the American media. API was chosen because of a Nairobi contact that did not like the way API was covering Barack Obama using information collected from American media outlets.

Conservitive Blogs All Atwitter Over "Bizarre" African Press Interview With Michelle Obama. Too Bad It's "100% Bogus"
Source: ABC News Blogs

The conservative blogs are all atwitter about a bizarre interview allegedly with Michelle Obama on a website called "African Press International."

Introducing the Netflix API
Source: developer.netflix.com

On behalf of the Netflix API team, I'm very excited to announce the release of the Netflix API and to launch this site for our developer community.

Note-taking app Evernote gets an API
Source: CNET.com

Evernote, the multiplatform note-taking app that I can't stop raving about, is opening up. New PC and Mac clients will get additional HTML import and export capabilities as well as accessibility from scripting tools like AppleScript.

The API Bug Hits Old Retail and Old Media: Best Buy Releases API
Source: The New York Times

Just a few years ago, companies were busy building up their borders on the Web, hoarding their content and intellectual property behind digital walls and appointing legal sentinels to fiercely guard their territory. Not anymore.

What Chrome means for Web start-ups
Source: CNET.com

Many stories focus on what Google Chrome means for Microsoft, Firefox, and the fate of the current online world. But what does it mean for up-and-coming Web start-ups? Here are six implications for the start-up world that I can see. These assume that Chrome lives up to its hype.

Google Drops Bluetooth, GTalkService APIs From Android 1.0
Source: PC World

Google dropped Bluetooth and the GTalkService instant messaging APIs (application program interfaces) from the set of tools for the first version of the mobile phone OS, Android 1.0, according to the Android Developers Blog.

Social networking meets MMOs at Avatars United
Source: http://www.massively.com/

Social networking already intersects with gaming through GAX Online, but there's a newer MMO-centric community that's growing in popularity.

NPR Releases API
Source: USA Today

NPR is releasing an API that will allow users to use content from NPR.com on their own sites.

Web 3.0 Starts Today
Source: bigshinything.com

From BigShinyThing:

Photobucket Opens API, Seeks Developers
Source: PC World

Photobucket plans to release an API on Tuesday that will allow external developers to create applications that include content and functions from the photo- and video-sharing Web site.

Amazon Takes the Humans Out of Fulfillment With New API
Source: TechCrunch

Amazon keeps adding to its Web services. Today, it is opening up an API for its Fulfillment by Amazon service, which allows online merchants to outsource their shipping to Amazon's fulfillment centers.

How does Google's 'Web platform' differ from others?
Source: CNET News.com

Google will hold a developer confab in May, called Google I/O, to discuss the challenges of writing applications for the Web.

YouTube Tries to Get Legal
Source: blogmaverick.com

First, let me offer a great big thank you to Youtube from me and everyone on the internet, including many small businesses.

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