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Comment on Pandora and TiVo by sad sad sad

sad sad sad — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:01:57 +0000

yeah – the guys at Pandora are lost, there is no wonder why developers have to resort to cleaver hacks to extend their services – sadly this is one of the biggest factors contributing to Pandora’s soon to be end – It will be a sad day………

PLEASE EXPOSE YOUR API – think of all the wonderful apps that will spring up – you know, the ones you couldn’t write yourselves !!!

youtube, digg, google, yahoo all have exposed services – please get with the times…

Comment on Pandora and TiVo by Jim

Jim — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:17:07 +0000

The thing is, Pandora doesn’t even have to make an agreement with TiVo… They just need to make an HME app and provide the URL and then you add it to your TiVo yourself.
It’s a pretty simple open format using XML. If Pandora’s API was open, I’d write it myself. I’ve been dying for this app for the past couple of years and they’ve never addressed it.
Pandora has basically ignored all the pleas for TiVo support all the way back to 2006 but they hopped on the iPhone bandwagon right away (and that required a specialized app, not just another interface to their pre-existing web-based system).

Comment on Xobni by Ariel Di Stefano

Ariel Di Stefano — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:14:04 +0000

Another way to increase the value of MS Outlook is to access trough it to another platform like Google.

We just launched KiGoo, a free tool that allows Google users to fully manage (create, read, update and delete) their Calendar and Contacts from MS Outlook.

Also KiGoo manage the Free Busy information of your Gmail contacts for appointments if they shared their FB status.

Currently we support Windows XP and office 2007.

http://www.getkigoo.com