Google to block access to unofficial autocomplete API http://reg.cx/2gpq
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Replying to @ericyoung_1
You forgot the /s tag. cc
@aral who warns against all corporate APIs. This one was reverse engineered so meh.@eric_analytics@TheRegister1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@aral@eric_analytics I agree w/@TheRegister on the irony that a hacked Google Maps mashup started the Web 2.0 era. http://www.housingmaps.com/1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @jhamby
I remember those days vividly as I was working w/ a friend in LA/SF on something like Yelp using JS APIs.
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Replying to @jhamby
It didn't come to anything because I took a telephony eng. job at Danger in 2005, ending my web dev days.
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Replying to @jhamby
In this case, I have to side with Google that the autocomplete API is theirs to do with as they choose.
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@jhamby@aral@TheRegister right. That's the problem with Google. They're now pulling all their open services/APIs and making them closed2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@eric_analytics @jhamby @TheRegister Because we mistake open as in “open gate” with open as in “open field”. Gates can be shut & locked.
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