Google Places API Could Do For Check-ins What Google Maps Did For Maps

29 July 2010, 6:38 pm

Google has begun opening up access to a new Application Programming Interface (API) called the Places API . Developers building apps that include a "check in at this place" feature can use the Places API to search across all the places users might check in for basic information like business name, address, phone number and other descriptive information. That information will be editable by the ...... Read More »

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