At its annual Unite conference earlier this month, hosted ecommerce platform Shopify announced a number of major product announcements, including several that impact the company's developer ecosystem.

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Microsoft recently introduced two new features to its main resource for API reference material and technical documentation.

Every day, the ProgrammableWeb team is busy, updating its three primary directories for APIs, clients (language-specific libraries or SDKs for consuming or providing APIs), and source code samples.

Amazon has announced the general availability of its Sumerian AWS service, a solution for building virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and 3D applications. 

According to Amazon, Sumerian is "the fastest and easiest way to create VR, AR, and 3D experiences." Originally unveiled last November, it doesn't require any specialized programming or 3D graphics expertise. Instead, users build scenes and applications through a browser-based WebGL and WebVR editor.

Revolut, a FinTech startup, recently released the Revolut Open API. The API was designed for Revolut's business customers. Business customers can integrate their Revolut for Business account with third party systems and services. Revolut for Business is an all-in-one business banking system that allows international transactions, exchanges, payments, deposits, and more without astronomical fees.

Twitter has announced that it is delaying the shutdown of legacy APIs as its new Account Activity API is now generally available to all developers.

Every day, the ProgrammableWeb team is busy, updating its three primary directories for APIs, clients (language-specific libraries or SDKs for consuming or providing APIs), and source code samples.

Favstar, a service that helps users "find great tweets and interesting people to follow", has announced that it will be shutting down next month because of changes Twitter is making to its APIs.

Stratfor, a geopolitical intelligence platform provider, has announced the launch of the Stratfor Enterprise API which provides access to the company’s complete repository of global geopolitical content.