‘LinkedIn opens its platform’, what does it mean for recruiters

The software development industry has been going on (see here and here) about how LinkedIn has just opened it’s platform via an API (Application Programming Interface). Companies can now build Twitter like applications for LinkedIn. This implies companies now have access to: Candidate Profiles including either the public view or the more detailed view the [...]

List of APIs for your Social Networks

Reblogged from the Kwiqq.com Updated (18/02/2009) the Instant Messenger / Voice Chat I believe 2009 was the year of the APIs (Application Programming Interface). Whether it is to login using OpenID, Facebook Connect or just to easily uploading videos to YouTube. The obvious advantages are: lower the barrier to entry for niche social network, quickly [...]

Radical innovation ESSENTIAL to grow online users [kwiqq]

Perhaps one of the most obvious statements but worth making innovation is key to get customers coming back to your website. A quick look at graph 1 and 2 show that companies like AOL.com, with their established brand still need to innovate internally to get members coming to their site. AOL although made numerous acquisitions [...]

Video Sharing website’s success relies on its API [kwiqq]

Image via Wikipedia Recently we conducted a research on the 15 top video API’s (Application Programming Interface). some interesting facts came out of the research: Most video APIs (actually all) allow users to embed videos in some form or another. Generally by copying a bit of HTML. (Second) most common use of the APIs is [...]