What's a Mobile Backend? It does not take an expert to determine that the computing power of a server is most likely greater than the computing power of a mobile device. If an application has a heavy computational load than it becomes more efficient for the mobile device to send parameters to a backend server to do the heavy lifting and then …
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How to Create a Football (Soccer) App with the Football Science API
Introduction There is no doubt that football is one of the most popular sports in the world. But sometimes it is really difficult to track all the upcoming events. There are so many leagues and teams, which is why it might make sense to use a match scheduler to keep you up to date with what’s happening and when (especially if you're involved in …
How to Build an Android App with Python (and the WordsAPI)
Introduction Mobile applications have become an integral part of the way we work. Today, we are going to create an Android mobile app for WordsAPI. This will be a powerful app that will cover the chosen API and extend it with some additional NLP features. As the main project instrument, we will use Python. We also have the opportunity …
Top 8+ Best Stock Market Apps for Android (2021)
Unlike some years back, when individuals had to rely on newspapers to access stock market information, today, technology has simplified everything. It has made it possible for investors to learn and follow the stock market any time from the comfort of their homes. Fast forward to the smartphone technology, and now investors can follow the stocks …
Application vs. Program (What’s the Difference?)
Application vs. Program In the ever-evolving world of technology, we often have to familiarize ourselves with various terms that come up every single day. And while most of the words come with sharp differences, at times, we come across terms that are considered to mean the same thing even though they are totally different. A perfect example …
What Is a Mobile App, and Does Your Business Need One?
We use our smartphones for what feels like everything, empowered by apps to do nearly whatever we see fit. From social media to hotel booking, to weather forecasts for the upcoming week, there are thousands of apps for an even greater number of functions. As the adage goes: “There's an app for that.” But, what exactly is an app? What Is an …
Build Amazing Chat Apps with These Chatbot APIs
Chatbots are popping up just about everywhere these days – on your smartphone, in your connected car, on many of the websites you visit. It’s hard not to get excited about chatbots when so many companies are using AI technologies and APIs to build such innovative and amazing chat apps. For example, researchers at Microsoft are developing an …
Build Innovative Apps with These Cryptocurrency APIs
Bitcoin, the first decentralized cryptocurrency was invented in 2009. And even though cryptocurrencies have been around for quite some time, interest in this innovative method of digital information exchange only began to skyrocket in the past few years. Today there are many cryptocurrencies available besides Bitcoin such as Ethereum, Litecoin, …
Twilio API Profile: Add Voice Calls and Messaging to Your App
Update: Twilio's official APIs are now available on RapidAPI. Be sure to check them out. It’s the new year! Why not kick 2017 off with a side project? We’re wrapping up our #12DaysOfAPIs series that profile cool APIs to test. Today, we’re covering Twilio’s primary messaging and voice call API. Related: How to use the Twilio SMS API with Ruby …
Google Flights API: Incorporate Travel Data into Your App
As of April 10, 2018, Google Flights API is now deprecated. Consider using Skyscanner Flights API instead (qpx express api alternative) as your travel api provider. Connect to API This edition of #12DaysOfAPIs, we're profiling the Google Flights API! Read on to learn how to add in-flight search into your script or start …
How To Use the OneSignal API to Add Push Notifications to your App
We're back with 12 Days of APIs! Today, we're profiling One Signal's push notification API with some help from co-founder and CEO George Deglin. Read on for more info or jump straight to the package page to start making calls! …
Postmates API Profile: Add Door-to-Door Delivery to Your App
We've said it once, we'll say it again: there are a LOT of cool APIs out there. That's why we're starting a series this holiday season dedicated to exploring some of our favorite APIs. We're calling it....12 days of APIs! To kick things off, we're profiling delivery service, Postmates. We spoke to Postmates' Partner Engineer Andrew Mager and …