Hoe maak ik een blokje om het nieuws te volgen?

February 7th, 2012 • Uncategorized

Op sommige momenten wil je graag al het nieuws over 1 onderwerp volgen. Hoe doe je dat met behulp van Symbaloo?

We nemen als voorbeeld de elfstedentocht. Ga allereerst naar Google nieuws: http://news.google.com. Hier vul je de term in die je wilt volgen, in dit geval de elfstedentocht. Je krijgt deze resultaten te zien.

Klik vervolgens onderin op het “RSS” icoontje.

De link waar je vervolgens op uitkomt kun je gebruiken om een blokje mee te maken! (Controleer of Symbaloo bij het aanmaken van dit blokje bij stap 1 “nieuwsfeed” selecteert)

Het eindresultaat is onderstaand blokje! Lukt het niet? Mail ons op feedback at Symbaloo.com

Mobiel

December 21st, 2011 • 66 comments Uncategorized

De eerste beelden van de Symbaloo app (iphone) zijn vrijgegeven door het Symbaloo development team. We zijn erg benieuwd wat je ervan vindt. Dus laat vooral je feedback achter!

(het laden kan even duren)

We zijn razend benieuwd naar jouw feedback

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Symbaloo launches API (beta)

November 10th, 2010 • Uncategorized

Beta Release of the Symbaloo API

The last couple of months the development team worked hard on realizing the Symbaloo API. The API is the next step in the evolution of Symbaloo and its a big step. Lots of you guys/girls probably have a lot of questions after reading this.

What.. you can’t wait?

Go to this page and try it yourself: http://developer.symbaloo.com

Otherwise, let me explain some things.

What exactly is an API?

API is the short name for Application Programming Interface. “What?” you might think… To explain it in normal words: an API gives the possibilty for computer programs or websites to communicate and exchange data in a standardized way. A lot of big online Services have API’s to expose their data and features to their visitors via different ways then just the website. Good examples are Twitter, Google or Facebook.

So to summarize, it allows users to use their data that is stored within Symbaloo in other applications.

For the detailed explanation I will refer to the Wikipedia page. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface)

What can you do with the API?

A couple of services of the API are available for everyone, the rest is only accessible for accountholders. Think about our database of bookmarks that is available to search, or our webmix gallery that you can search in. Other services are private for Symbaloo users, like their private webmixes.

To make it easier for developers to create applications for you, but also be sure that no third party will get your password, we implemented the industry-standard of OAuth authentication. This is a system when you grant an external party explicit right to read and/or alter your Symbaloo account. If you dont want that, you just dont give an application the right. With that we store your settings for you.

So what are some examples someone can do with the API? Well first of all, you probably need some programming skills to create tools ar applications that use the API. If you do have those skills applications like these can be made:

• Create an Importing and exporting tool.
• Widgets for on your blog with your favorite links of Symbaloo can be created
• A mobile version of Symbaloo could be made with your favorite links
• Custom search engines can be made with the search results of our database
• Create new bookmarktools for different browsers with extended features

But maybe you’ve got even better ideas.

Are you a developer?

Well, if you are a developer and share our love for Symbaloo, register for an API key here: http://developer.symbaloo.com/registeforapi.html. We have set up some tools for you to help you in the process. Like an online testing tool to see the data the API will return. All services are explained in the documentation, including good links to connecting via OAuth. And we have set up a special forum on our Service system for developers her: http://service.symbaloo.com/index.php?p=community&/forum/84-symbaloo-api. If there are questions, feel free to ask on the forum or throught the contact form on http://developer.symbaloo.com/contact.html

I hope this blog post clarifies what the Symbaloo API is and what it can do. Because it is still in Beta, we really want to hear the developers feedback, so we can soon release it officially.

Good luck developing and hooray for the developers here!

Koen Dantuma

CTO Symbaloo

Links:

Where can I register: http://developer.symbaloo.com

What is an API: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface

Where can I get help: http://service.symbaloo.com/index.php?p=community&/forum/84-symbaloo-api

Volunteer developers wanted

October 25th, 2010 • Uncategorized

Our development team is finalizing the last steps in building an API for Symbaloo. This means external developers can interact with Symbaloo, and/or use Symbaloo data.

If you’re a developer and share our love for Symbaloo, it would be great to get to know you. We like to run some test projects before we launch the API, so we are curious to hear your ideas and see if you like to build something.

Interested? Please send an email to our CTO Koen Dantuma, [koen at symbaloo.com].

Symbaloo update August 17th

August 23rd, 2010 • Uncategorized
Tags: design, tour, update

On Tuesday August 17th, Symbaloo completed an update with a few improvements.

• Improved designs for the display of newsfeeds in the center box
• Option to choose how the center box starts: with Google Search, your favorite news or a useful widget. (find it under my preference)
• Better image – upload for new tiles

Furthermore, our technical team developed a “tour” widget, which explains to newcomers the concept of Symbaloo in 5 easy steps. The wizard starts automatically for new users. Would you like to try it yourself? Type “tour” in the tile search.

How Twitterfeeds are displayed since last deploy

Symbaloo Bookmarker for Chrome

July 26th, 2010 • 2 comments Uncategorized
Tags: bookmark, chrome bookmarker, download bookmarker

The Symbaloo bookmarker for Firefox has been published a while ago, and as of today the Symbaloo bookmarker for Chrome is ready too. With the Chrome bookmarker, you can easily add the website you are surfing on to your Symbaloo page, just by clicking the extra button that appears in your Chrome browser.

Please share your thoughts and feedback at our forum: forum.symbaloo.com. With your feedback we can improve the bookmarker.

Download the Symbaloo bookmarker for Google Chrome here

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Symbaloo update

July 6th, 2010 • 4 comments Uncategorized

During the past few weeks, the Symbaloo development team has worked hard on making Symbaloo even more convenient. Various settings have been added, allowing you to set your Symbaloo to specific preferences. Our test team reviewed the new features and we’re ready to proceed with the update today.

Which features can you expect to see after the update?

• Switch off the text clouds permanently
• Set a webmix (page) as default if Symbaloo opens
• Start always with the searchmodule of your preference in the center
• Open links in a new, or in the same window
• Copy tiles to another webmix (instead of only moving)

In total the developers worked on 62 fixes, so you might notice some other improvements. We hope you enjoy the upgrade.

Symbaloo bookmarker

June 29th, 2010 • Uncategorized
Tags: add-on, bookmarker, firefox, plugin

The first version of the Symbaloo bookmarker for Firefox has been published today and is available as a download. With the Firefox bookmarker, you can easily add the website you are surfing on to your Symbaloo page, just by clicking the extra button that appears in your Firefox browser.

Please share your thoughts and feedback at our forum: http://bit.ly/symbaloobookmarker

With your feedback we can upgrade the bookmarker. Currently only Firefox for Windows is supported, other browser versions might be supported in the future.

Download the Symbaloo bookmarker for Firefox here

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Some examples of successful webmixes on Symbaloo

June 18th, 2010 • 2 comments Uncategorized

These days we see more and more company-related webmixes appearing. Together with one of the main Dutch soccernews websites, Symbaloo published the World Championship webmix which has been installed a 6.000 times yet.

Since the weather and rain widgets are amongst the most used tiles on Symbaloo, Buienradar.nl is promoting a weather webmix on its homepage right now. For people who love cooking and stumbling upon new recipes, Smulwebs’ culinary webmix is the best one to visit to create the best dinners, cocktails and desserts.

Furthermore we see the Best Mafia Movies generating lots of traffic from Google.

Some more initiatives are in the pipeline at the moment. Do you see some opportunities for your company as well? Just send us an email and we’ll explain how you get the best out of Symbaloo.

Create your own expert Webmix to drive your traffic.

June 9th, 2010 • Uncategorized
Tags: 50 top startups, community, Louis Gray, symbaloo, tile, webmix

Louis Gray has created a pair of webmixes here on Symbaloo today. One of them is his choices for the  50 Top Startups in the technology world. Whether you agree with his list or not, the mix is a great way for people to see just what Louis thinks makes a great startup.

You may have different ideas on which companies should be in the webmix. You may think the whole webmix misses the boat. That’s fine. One of the great things about Symbaloo is that you have the freedom to create your own webmix and talk about it in the Symbaloo communities.

Building mixes is a simple process:

1. Gather the links you want to reference
2. Log in at Symbaloo.com
3. Create a new empty mix
4. Add a tile to the webmix
5. Customize the tile’s link, title, and appearance
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each tile in your webmix

When you are done, share your content with the world or keep it private for your own use.

If your thoughts change, you can easily update the tiles in the webmix and add new ones as you wish. This gives you and your followers a vetted set of links and logos for whatever you are passionate about.

Symbaloo isn’t just about making your links easy for you to find and share. It is also about the conversations that the webmixes generate. We want to hear what you have to say about Louis’ lists. Check out the webmixes. Check out his blog piece. Then, head over to the community space and share your thoughts. We’ve been talking about the list since we first saw it. We would love to hear your thoughts over on the Symbaloo communities.

• What companies didn’t make the cut that you think should have?
• Would you put the companies in a different order?
• Which categories are over-represented? Which ones are missing?

We are eager to hear your thoughts, questions, and ideas. We also are eager to see what webmixes you share to the conversation. What other expert webmixes do you think we need?Hardware? Healthcare?  Entrepreneurship? Or do you have other ideas?

Create your webmix and let us know they are there – we love new mixes!