New APIs Imonggo Imonggo is a web-based point of sale service that provides inventory management, sales analysis, and business intelligence. The Imonggo API allows users to integrate third party applications and website with the Imonggo platform. The API provides primary resources for access such as: products, customers, invoices, documents, and inventories. The API uses REST calls, returns XML, and uses SSL for authentication. An account is required with service. MyIntervals MyIntervals is a project management service that offers time tracking, project management, billing, and other project services. The MyIntervals API allows users to sync Intervals tasks with another applications, create tasks or add time quickly create graphs or reports based on time entries within a company, create a client overview showing current activity and what is being worked on by whom, and other execute other functions. An account is required

Here is an interesting post on growing acceptance of API Backupify is building on its success with cloud-to-cloud backup and recovery services for Google Apps and Salesforce.com by opening up its application programming interfaces (APIs) so that other software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers can create similar solutions.  The Backupify Developer Platform , which has been in a beta test since earlier this year, is designed to let SaaS providers add backup features to their services in a matter of hours without requiring custom code. The backups are encrypted to the level of Backupify's own services. Companies that have already started integrating Backupify's APIs into their services as an increased measure of secure data protection in the cloud include CRM company PipelineDeals, as well as cloud application developers including Smartsheet, Apptivo, Freshdesk and Mavenlink. For original and complete post see here

Here is an interesting post on API from Guardian The  application programming interfaces (API)  economy has arrived and is booming thanks to the role it plays in  cloud computing . But what are APIs and why do they matter for businesses today? Put simply, APIs facilitate communication between applications. Previously, APIs fuelled the growth of consumer-oriented applications such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. For example, Twitter's popularity is largely because users can interact with the network through multiple channels and devices, made possible by APIs. But these interfaces are no longer the preserve of the consumer world. As a result of trends such as bring your own device (BYOD), employees, partners and customers alike want to connect to corporate services and data. Moreover, they expect to do this via the  cloud  and a host of mobile applications. Defining APIs Lets explore APIs a little more. In a business context, they can be thought of as Lego blocks,

New APIs Birdseye Mail Birdseye Mail is an email application built specifically for tablets. Birdseye Mail includes features that are easy to use with fingers instead of a keyboard, visual overviews of the inbox, and actions conducive to working on a tablet. The Birdseye Mail API allows developers to access and integrate the functionality with other applications. The main API method is creating custom actions for emails. RegCheck.org.uk RegCheck.org.uk , a project from software developer Open Merchant Account Ltd, offers a suite of apps supporting the lookup of UK and Irish vehicle registration plate numbers. The RegCheck.org.uk API allows developers to integrate the site's registration lookup into websites and applications. This SOAP API provides access to the following data: ABI code, description, registration year, manufacture date range, make/model, current value, body style, engine size, number of doors, tra