6 things that you didn’t know had APIs behind them

Technology has permeated into every aspect of everyday life. APIs are more prevalent in our daily lives than most of us realize and they make life easier for programmers and developers, and for you too.
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APIs / 02 October 2018
6 things that you didn’t know had APIs behind them
6 things that you didn’t know had APIs behind them

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Technology has permeated into every aspect of everyday life. APIs are more prevalent in our daily lives than most of us realize and they make life easier for programmers and developers, and for you too.

Technology has permeated into every aspect of everyday life, both at work and in our personal lives. Perhaps you look at your tablet first thing in the morning to check the news, have a coffee brewed by your latest generation coffee machine, head to work in a car that would impress even Michael Knight from Knight Rider, and so on throughout the day. In fact, there is practically nothing that we do on a daily basis that is not underpinned by some kind of technology. However, do you know how many of these activities also conceal an underlying API?

Programming interfaces make life so much easier for programmers and developers, and for you too. Below is a list of things that you may be surprised to find out have an API running under the hood:

These are just a few everyday examples of activities underpinned by hidden programming interfaces, but many more ordinary objects also operate thanks to APIs. Smart Cities likewise benefit from them.

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