01206nas a2200133   4500008004100000022001400041245003800055210003500093260004200128520083000170100001701000700001901017856003601036       2009                        eng d  a1913-610200aEditorial: Open APIs (April 2009)0 aEditorial Open APIs April 2009  aOttawabTalent First Networkc04/20093 a A few short years ago, the term "Internet" reflected the technical savvy sitting at a workstation reading email or using a search engine to find data. Today, people of all ages are using all manner of devices to: obtain public transit directions with Google Maps, share photos using Flickr and videos using YouTube, Tweet their whereabouts, meet new friends through Facebook, and perform countless other activities which have quickly become ubiquitous to every day life.

This new generation of online activities is the result of open APIs, mashups, and rich Internet applications. These concepts are the focus of the April issue of the OSBR. The authors have done an excellent job of taking the editorial theme of "Open APIs" from the mysterious realm of programming into their applicability to daily life and business.
1 aLavigne, Dru1 aWeiss, Michael  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/240