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Browse APIs. U.S. and World Economics WebService Data API. About The FedBrain Economic Data Webservice API is made available free of charge.

U.S. and World Economics WebService Data API

Its aim is to provide public-domain world economics data on over 1200 indicators for 183 countries via an easy-to-use RESTful API. U.S. Federal Reserve data is also made available through this API. In other words, if the data is available on this site, it's available through the API. FedBrain data is gathered from a variety of public domain sources, such as the CIA, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and the U.S.

The data available through this API is governed by the Fedbrain API Terms of Use (below). Fedbrain API Terms of Use FedBrain cannot guarantee 100% uptime of our webservice. Remember, this is a free service available to everyone, so be a good citizen when using it. Getting Started. Civic Information API: now connecting US users with their representatives. By Jonathan Tomer, Software Engineer Cross-posted from the Google Politics & Elections Blog Many applications track and map governmental data, but few help their users identify the relevant local public officials.

Civic Information API: now connecting US users with their representatives

Too often local problems are divorced from the government institutions designed to help. Today, we're launching new functionality in the Google Civic Information API that lets developers connect constituents to their federal, state, county and municipal elected officials—right down to the city council district. HumanAPI: A platform for human health data. Web Intents. Digital Public Library of America » API. Protocol Introduction · Tent - the decentralized social web. Tent v0.3-WIP Documentation Note well: There is no guarantee of API stability until Tent v1.0.

Protocol Introduction · Tent - the decentralized social web

Please contribute by making Pull Requests and Issues on the GitHub repository. Google Testing Blog. Ql.io. Dashboard » Are You A Human. Knoema - Home. API - Google+ Platform. Enhancing the Google APIs Console, one page at a time. By Ion Constantinescu and Chris Cartland, APIs Console Team It's been nearly one year since we launched the Google APIs Console to help you manage API usage across your sites and apps.

Enhancing the Google APIs Console, one page at a time

We've had some great feedback about what you like (and don't), and are working hard every day to improve the overall experience. To this end, we want to highlight a number of recent enhancements. Introducing v2 of the Google APIs Console Traffic Reports Page The Google APIs Console contains a list of traffic reports that display information about how the APIs enabled per project are being used. Trac. LifeSnapz: Capture Life Events with Photo Sharing, Videos, Timelines and Maps and share them with Friends and Families.

API Documentation. Diffbot: Follow Anything. Welcome - Podio. Welcome to the Registry of Open Access Repositories - Registry of Open Access Repositories.

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Text. Visual. Site functions. Alchemy-annotator - UIMA Annotator wrapping Alchemy APIs from Orchestr8. Online Apps. Evernote Corporation. Free login to any site. Diigo - Web Highlighter and Sticky Notes, Online Bookmarking and Annotation, Personal Learning Network.

AddThis - The #1 Bookmarking & Sharing Service. Brief.ly. SPARQCode - Mobile Future. Web tools/APIs 2. Google Labs - Explore Google's New Ideas. People Search. Whos.amung.us. Gtv-resources - Project Hosting on Google Code. This project contains resources for Google TV developers.

gtv-resources - Project Hosting on Google Code

Google TV Optimized Templates To make website optimization for TV easier, we are providing templates - 2 in HTML5 and 2 in Flash - that developers can download and modify with their own content and style. The HTML5 and Flash templates are identical and meant to work the same way. The HTML5 version of these templates are utilizing the Google TV UI library. The Google TV Web UI library contains 2 versions to suit various web developers needs; jQuery based and Closure based. The Flash templates includes a small library of controls. Here are live examples of the templates: To proceed with the HTML5 templates, download the zip file you want and read the HTML5 Template Starter Guide.

For Flash templates, download the zip file you want and read the Flash Template Starter Guide. Demo Site for Google TV jQuery UI Library Here is the demo site in action: To download the Google TV jQuery UI Library, visit the project page. Main Page. Avatars - Create an Animated Talking Character for Your Website. SitePal is an easy-to-use service that allows you to create a speaking avatar for your website and empower your online communication.

Avatars - Create an Animated Talking Character for Your Website

Features Include Upload your photo Over 250 customizable stock avatars Record your own voice or use built-in Text-To-Speech in multiple languages Unlimited audio & avatar updates Add an image or video background Built-in lead collection, FAQ, AI chat Publish to HTML page, Flash, emails Compatible with all server technologies Programming skills not required API for advanced users SitePal is a fun and powerful tool. Discussions - conceptnet-users. Welcome to Pachube. Coding and the API For code and programming questions, pose them to the Xively community on Stack Overflow.

Welcome to Pachube

Many of our engineers actively participate in responding to questions there, alongside topic experts in various programming languages and hardware platforms under the 'Xively' tag. It's a great place to troubleshoot code you’ve been working on, and look for related questions. For technical questions that don't contain code and aren't answered by the API Docs, check the FAQs under 'Using Xively'. Top 10 Underhyped Webapps, 2009 Edition. 21 Excellent Web Apps For College Students. There is no doubt that college students depend heavily on the internet for a lot of their needs.

21 Excellent Web Apps For College Students

And it’s not only the entertainment quotient of the internet (movies, music, torrents, games) which attracts them. There are also useful web based tools available which helps them immensely in their day to day lives. The following list includes 21 great tools/sites for school and college students. The tools are completely web based and almost all of them are free to use. Some of them are general tools useful for every internet user while others are specific to the needs of college students. Wikipedia This has to be the first tool when we talk about web based tools for college students. Zoho Suite Although targeted towards professionals and web workers, Zoho has some very impressive tools which could be used by college students too. Evernote A superior web based note taking app which also provides a desktop software plus you can use it through and sync it to your cell phone.

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