About four weeks ago, Constant Contact released an update to our API offering. We added access to our Image Hosting capabilities through our RESTful API platform, just in time to bring more value to our upgraded Document Hosting features. Of course, I had to play with these new APIs as soon as they came out (partially to support our Developer Challenge and anyone using them there).

Regular readers are familiar with the saga of QuickView for Android, our long-awaited redesign of Constant Contact’s iPhone app for the Android mobile platform. It’s been a long time coming, and we know many developers and customers have been waiting for it. Today, we’re very happy to announce that it’s ready to go - but with a special, Android-themed twist. In support of Constant Contact’s new app development contest, Labs is pleased to announce the creation of the QuickView for Android open source project!

We’re pleased to announce QuickView for iPhone 2.0, expected to appear in the App Store in late March 2010. This is a major update, bringing many oft-requested features and enhancements. Please click “Read Entire Article” to learn more.

If you have visited the Labs website before or know anything about the group then you are aware of our commitment to researching new technologies. Cool Stuff Week was in part about devoting a week to look into these new technologies without necessarily being sold on their potential benefit. I spent my week working mostly on OpenSocial, a set of common APIs for developing social networking applications and social mashups. If you are interested in OpenSocial or developing social applications for your small business or otherwise read on.
It’s so helpful. Thanks a lot.