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Using the Microsoft Kinect API, Part 1: Video Stream

By Calvin Janes : 16 November 2011 - 10:36 PM
This first article in the Using the Microsoft Kinect API” series shows you how to use the Kinect to get a video stream. The Kinect sensor lets you retrieve 32 bit RGB images at a resolution of 640x4...
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Some Examples of What Can be Done With Geolocation

By chco : 29 July 2011 - 04:08 AM
The excerpt below from the O'Reilly publication HTML5 Geolocation offers a few examples on what you can do with Geolocation and the different ways you can exploit it to your benefit. There is no d...
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What DOCTYPE definition to use for IE for Facebook App using JavaScript?

Asked by Alejandro Ramirez : 21 June 2011 - 06:58 PM

Answered by Alejandro Ramirez : Jun 24 2011 08:35 AM
I removed the HTML5 !DOCTYPE and found out that I was having to explicitly make another authentication call to the Facebook API to get the user logged on. The FB.Init call I have in the code wasn... full answer >
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How to Fetch Public Data about People Using Email Addresses

By chco : 07 April 2011 - 02:34 PM
The following excerpt helps you find information about users on their systems using an email address as a search term. Since it’s common to have email addresses for your own users, it’s often poss...
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How to Capture Tweets in Real-time with Twitter's Streaming API

By chco : 06 April 2011 - 01:20 AM
Suppose you want to capture a stream of public tweets in real-time, optionally filtering by select screen names or keywords in the text of the tweet. The solution is to use Twitter's streaming API...
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Simple Direct Payment Integration with the PayPal API

By sarahkim : 16 March 2011 - 08:25 AM
This excerpt from PayPal APIs: Up and Running walks you through the steps that are necessary to implement a direct payment using the PayPal API.To implement a Direct Payment transaction, you need to i...
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How to Use PayPal's Mobile Express Checkout Library for iOS

By sarahkim : 02 March 2011 - 03:18 PM
The following excerpt from PayPal APIs: Up and Running walks you through the steps required to setup Paypal's Mobile Express Checkout for your mobile app or mobile website.PayPal provides a Mobile...
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Google Labs Tools For Web Developers

By nathanator11 : 30 December 2010 - 04:19 PM
Google Labs has lots of great tools. Below are the ones that could be useful to Web developers. Note: This list does not include Graduated services (those that are now a part of mainstream Google); it...
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Google Labs Tools For Software Developers

By nathanator11 : 30 December 2010 - 04:06 PM
Google Labs has lots of great tools. Below are the ones that could be useful to software developers. Note: This list does not include Graduated services (those that are now a part of mainstream Google...
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How to Use Links to Manage Application Flow

By adfm : 13 May 2010 - 01:03 PM
If you're building a web service and would like to use links to control application flow on the server, but don't know where to start, try this recipe from Subbu Allamaraju's RESTful Web Services Co...
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