So what is YQL?  YQL looks like SQL but enables you to access live data from the Internet.  That definition doesn't really do it justice, however. The bigger point about YQL is that it includes many built-in bindings to various web APIs so that you can use almost every major web API in a consistent manner, with similar calls across the many possible APIs available to you.

TechKing recently designed and shared a truly awesome cheat sheet for HTML 5.  It shows you the old, the current and the new features of HTML.  If you ever wonder about anything, you can just bust this thing out instead of having to look through a thousand pages in books trying to find what you need.  It's perfect for the modern day designer (yeah, got a bit retro there… sorry!).  To download and print a larger version of this badboy, just go to TechKing's site

At this point, it made me realize this could be something that can be useful for others too. After couple of weeks of free-time hacking, I'm ready to introduce you to the Smart Autocomplete plugin! First of all, I suggest you to check different use cases of the plugin by visiting the demo page. If those examples pumps you, read on!

I have always been fascinated by the visual clarity of the London Underground map. Given the number of cities that have adopted this mapping approach for their own subway systems, clearly this is a popular opinion. At a conference some years back, I saw a poster for the Yahoo! Developer Services. They had taken the concept of a subway map and applied it to create a YDN Metro Map. Once again, I was in awe of the visual clarity of this map in helping one understand the various Yahoo! services and how they inter-related with each other. I thought it would be awesome if there were a pseudo-programmatic way in which to render such maps to convey real-world ecosystems.

This is a tutorial to explore the possibilities and the simplicity of our recently launched Tinypay API. With this API it is possible to add ecommerce functionalities to all kinds of applications in a few simple steps.