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Spotware, trading platform provider, recently announced the release of its cTrader Open API v2.0. cTrader Open API is Spotware's open option for creating apps for traders and broker's. Unlike the private API, cTrader Open allows anyone to build applications and products that can help traders. The API previously included two segments (Accounts API and Trading API) which have been consolidated into a single technology in v2.0.
TrueLayer, banking API provider, has announced that it is expanding the geographic scope of its Data API to include Germany. Starting this month, January 2019, TrueLayer will add select partners to a private beta of the Germany Data API. This is TrueLayer's first major international expansion beyond the UK.
Google has introduced a new device category for the AdWords API: connected TV. Using connected TV, developers can target TV-connected devices for ads and reports. This applies to smart TVs, but also gaming consoles and streaming devices like Chromecast, Roku and AppleTV.
Neurotechnology, Lithuania-based deep learning and biometric technology solution provider, has introduced its Face Verification SDK. The SDK enables app and device makers to integrate facial authentication into their products. Once integrated, the SDK provides enhanced security through biometric face recognition and liveness detection.
Facebook is on the wrong side of a privacy discussion, again. Privacy International recently published research indicating that almost half of Android apps have the ability to share data with Facebook, ranking Facebook second in third-party tracking on the Google Play store (Google being first). Accordingly, Privacy International chose 34 popular Android apps and analyzed their sharing with Facebook through the Facebook SDK.
Bits of Gold, an Israeli cryptocurrency exchange, recently announced an API to enable cryptocurrency payments. The goal of the API is to empower Israeli businesses to accept cryptocurrency payments, but receive the value in either Israeli Shekels or US dollars.