Google this week launched an API intended to enhance the company’s URL shortener. The company rolled out the Google URL shortener in September, but it lacked an API to integrate the shortener into ...

Goo.gl, Google's fast URL shortener, has received an API that allows developers to add it to their own applications. Up until now, Google didn't offer an API for the tool, so building it into ...

External developers can now integrate Google’s Goo.gl URL shortening service into their websites and online applications through a just-released API (application programming interface). In addition to ...

Just a quick note, because we know how much you love APIs: Google has opened its URL shortening service to third party developers. That's right -- not only can you use Goo.gl to generate QR codes, but ...

When Google introduced its goo.gl URL shortener in 2009, it came at a time when the web wasn't littered with similar services. Since then, many companies have emerged to offer similar functionality.

Say goodbye to the bit.lys that pervade your Twitter stream, along with all the other custom URL shorteners from your favorite publications. Twitter is rolling out its own way to shorten those unruly ...

URL shorteners have become commonplace on the web as a way of making otherwise very long web addresses easily shareable. This was especially important on Twitter when web link characters used to count ...