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Social Media APIs Explained (In Simple Terms)

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Recent changes to API access on Twitter and Reddit have brought the topic of social media APIs into the news. APIs power many of the tools and features we use every day in apps and marketing tools — but they’re essentially invisible to everyone but developers. Free 30-Day Trial What is a social media API? Everyone wins.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

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Friendster (2002) Launched in 2002, Friendster was originally going to be a dating site that would help set up people with friends in common. Foursquare’s geolocation API was used for geofilters and location tagging in apps like Snapchat, Twitter, and Instagram. They earned virtual mayorships while they were at it.

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eLearning & Deliberative Moments: The present and future of Personal Learning Environments (PLE)

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These allow custom extensions, which may pave the way for the development of open APIs for connection by PLEs. A PLE could alleviate the daily problem of login identification by storing and safeguarding the data for automatic application. APIs ) available. A PLE could be implemented as a mashup.

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Social Pros 20 – Katie Morse, Billboard

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Huge thanks to data-driven social media management software company Argyle Social for their presenting sponsorship, as well as Infusionsoft , Janrain , and Jim Kukral at DigitalBookLaunch. Jill’s company, Argyle Social, providers of data driven social media marketing software. Just the raw data alone. Listen Now.

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