ProgrammableWeb is an information and news source about the Web as a programmable platform. It is a subsidiary of

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and has offices in

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, CA. The website publishes a repository of web APIs, mashups, and applications, and has documented over 19,000 open web APIs and thousands of applications. It has been called the "journal of the API economy" by

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History

ProgrammableWeb was founded in 2005 by John Musser and had documented 1,000 APIs by November 2008. In June 2010,

Alcatel-Lucent Alcatel–Lucent S.A. () was a French–American global telecommunications equipment company, headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. It was formed in 2006 by the merger of France-based Alcatel and U.S.-based Lucent, the latter being a s ...

acquired ProgrammableWeb as part of a move by the company to align themselves closer to the developer community. Alcatel-Lucent was looking to integrate ProgrammableWeb’s API monitoring services and other API related technologies with its own Open API Service and Developer Platform to strengthen its relationship with developers. During ProgrammableWeb’s time with Alcatel-Lucent, they documented over 8,000 APIs. Three years later on April 13, 2013,

announced the acquisition of ProgrammableWeb to "become the go-to destination for APIs and Integration”.

Content

ProgrammableWeb.com has two major sections: * API Directory and Technology Listings: A massive searchable directory of over 15,500 web APIs that are updated daily as well as listings of various mashups, applications,

frameworks A framework is a generic term commonly referring to an essential supporting structure which other things are built on top of. Framework may refer to: Computing * Application framework, used to implement the structure of an application for an op ...

, libraries, and SDKs. * News, Analysis, and Reviews: Daily news on web technology, APIs, and other relevant web information as well as analysis of current trends and reviews of various web technologies.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.programmableweb.com American technology news websites Mobile software development Web directories 2010 mergers and acquisitions 2013 mergers and acquisitions