Tag Archives: apps

8 Ways to Use Instagram’s API | Mashable

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Instagram has become one of the web’s most popular platforms for photo and video sharing. To help users integrate the social network even further into their daily lives, it has released a public application programming interface (API).

For those who have never heard the term before, an API is a seamless software-to-software interface, meaning there is no user involvement during the passing of information. For example, when you enter credit card information to make an online purchase, the website sends your credit card information through an API to another application, which confirms that the provided information is correct.

By using Instagram’s public API, users — tech-savvy or otherwise — have a number of options on how to best implement the code. For some ideas on how to begin, here are eight basic ways to use the API for your own online presence.

Discusses:

  1. Search Tags
  2. Incorporate Photos on Websites
  3. View Photos from Specific Locations in Real Time
  4. View Popular and Trending Photos
  5. Print Photos from Events and Tags Instantly
  6. Make Custom Items
  7. Market Venues, Events and Businesses
  8. Create Event Live Feeds

Read 8 Ways to Use Instagram’s API | Mashable.

Infographic: How Mobile Apps Have Changed the World | Marketing Technology Blog

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Infographic: How Mobile Apps Have Changed the World | Marketing Technology Blog

Global Mobile App Stats

CodeBender.CC Makes It Crazy Easy To Program Your Arduino Board From Your Browser | TechCrunch

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The official Arduino IDE is a dour piece of software designed for uploading code to the ubiquitous and super-cool micro controller. It is a standalone, non-networked app that isn’t very pretty to look at. But what if you want to share code and upload programs right from your browser? That’s where CodeBender.cc comes in.

CodeBender is a browser-based IDE that supports uploading to nearly any Arduino board. You can use the program to copy sample code, browse code uploaded by other users, and even store private snippets. Because it is collaborative you can clone bits of code and use it in your own projects and there is even a curated list of cool snippets.

Full Post: CodeBender.CC Makes It Crazy Easy To Program Your Arduino Board From Your Browser | TechCrunch.

You may also like: 10 Arduino Projects That Blow Our Mind | Stephen’s Lighthouse | The Modern MLIS

E-Books Could Be The Future Of Social Media | Co.Labs

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In the future, e-books will act just like social networks. We’ll use them on our phones, share and comment right inside e-reader apps, and publishers will use our data to help them make better marketing decisions. If you think digital reading is exploding now, just wait.

The article examines a new reading app called Readmill, which makes “each and every book its own self-contained social network.” See the full story: E-Books Could Be The Future Of Social Media ⚙ Co.Labs ⚙ code + community.

E-Books Could Be The Future Of Social Media ⚙ Co.Labs ⚙ code + community

Image Attribution: Readmill

Collection of Links: Resources, Tools & Tech for New LIS/iSchool Students

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The Tools, Resources pages on The Modern MLIS

Archived MLIS and GTA Technology Topics, Tips & Tricks posts on The Modern MLIS

13 Devices College Students Actually Need | Stephen’s Lighthouse – August 2013

25 Apps You’ll Need to Survive College | Mashable – August 2013

10 Apps for Freshman Year of College | Mashable – August 2013

Your Very First Library Student Business Cards | Hack Library School – July 2013

11 Convenient Sites for Cheap Textbooks | Mashable – July 2013

23 Things for SLIS Students and Alumni: Essential Tools for Professional Success | SJSU.edu

Tech Tools for LIS Students {Starter Kit} | Hack Library School – September 2012

My Top 5 Apps for Back to School | Information Space – August 2012

App offers Edinburgh bookshop tour | The Bookseller

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A free app providing a tour of Edinburgh’s 53 bookshops has been released onto iTunes.

The Bookshops Trail app has been created to mark Edinburgh’s status as a UNESCO City of Literature and gives users an overview of each bookshop and its individual specialisms, opening times, contact details and the quickest way to get there. The app covers independent bookshops, chain retailers and secondhand sellers.

Bookshops featured include the Owl & Lion Gallery, Free Church Books, Peter Bell Books, Old Children’s Books, Pulp Fiction and Fruitmarket Gallery, as well as branches of Blackwell’s and Waterstones.

A What’s On feature also provides up-to-date information for all literary events taking place across Edinburgh.

A spokesperson said: “Free and a must-have for the travelling booklover, this app will give users a visual and informative guide to Edinburgh’s bookshops. Edinburgh is the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature, one of six cities worldwide to receive UNESCO’s City of Literature designation.”

The app is supported by the City of Literature website. 

Edinburgh Bookshops Trail

via App offers Edinburgh bookshop tour | The Bookseller.

The Digital Museum Where Outdated Apps Can Live Forever | Gizmodo

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There’s a crew of hero historians [and librarians!!] out there slurping up the Internet for posterity in case we want to see it later, but what about all the apps? Well now there’s a place for them too. Parts of them, at least.

Capptivate.co was put together by Alli Dryer of Bottle Rocket Apps, and serves as the realitely new resting place for apps of old. The site doesn’t index full copies of the apps, or provide any of their functionality, but instead it hosts a distinct kind of snapshot: a little five-second video that showcases each’s signature look and feel.

via The Digital Museum Where Outdated Apps Can Live Forever | Gizmodo.

Caaptivate.co

25 Most Popular Apps Used By Librarians – Stephen’s Lighthouse

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25 Most Popular Apps Used By Librarians – Stephen’s Lighthouse

40 Great Apps for Mobile Reference and Outreach | American Libraries Magazine

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The desire to learn about useful mobile apps is widespread among librarians, judging by the overflow crowd at Sunday’s Conversation Starter [ALA Conference 2013], billed to deliver “40 Great Apps for Mobile Reference and Outreach.”

via 40 Great Apps for Mobile Reference and Outreach | American Libraries Magazine.

There’s An App for That: Using iPads in the School Library | Mary Catherine Coleman

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via There’s an app for that.