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The last couple of years have demonstrated that having an API is the gateway towards building an entire ecosystem of applications and developers around your product. Traditional businesses like directory publishers have been slower off the blocks to provide access to their content via an API. http://blog.programmableweb.com/2011/01/21/canadian-directory-publisher-yellow-group-scripts-an-api-success-story/

Canadian Directory Publisher Scripts an API Success Story

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Netflix API - Welcome to the Netflix Developer Network

The Netflix API allows anyone to build their own Netflix-integrated applications for the web, the desktop, mobile devices or the TV. We do so by providing a range of API methods and data, which we hope will improve the way Netflix customers discover, watch, rate and discuss movies and TV shows. http://developer.netflix.com/

API Overview : Tech Center : NPR

http://www.npr.org/api/index An API, or Application Programming Interface, is a way for two computer applications to talk to each other in a common language that they both understand.
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The business model of API’s at Elias Bizannes / blog

Application Programming Interfaces - better known in the technology industry as API's - have come out as one of the most significant innovations in information technology.
Le mouvement de l'openData fait de plus en plus d'émules, notamment dans le domaine politique. http://owni.fr/2010/11/08/l%e2%80%99interet-de-l%e2%80%99openapi-pour-les-entreprises/

L’intérêt de l’OpenApi pour les entreprises » Article » OWNI, Digital Journalism