Bump’s Data Exchange API Goes Cross-Platform, Launches For Android And iPad

Bump , the service that lets you tap two phones together to easily swap contact information, photos, or other data, is launching a new API for Android and the iPad. The API will allow developers to integrate Bump's data exchange technology into their own applications with a minimal amount of work. Initially the Android API will only be available to a limited number of developers as part of a private beta (you can request an invite here ), while the iPad API is open to everyone (it's an extension of the existing Bump iPhone API). One of the best parts of the Bump API is that it works between platforms — if you've designed a photo application for both iPhone and Android, users of either OS will be able to tap their phones together to exchange data (Bump notes that Apple's GameKit Bluetooth framework doesn't allow for this).