Blippy Swipes Back At Swipely With API Announcement

Today, a new service named Swipely launched with $8.5 million in funding to make everyday purchases more social . This, of course, is a direct competitor to Blippy , the controversial service which lets you share purchases (and purchase prices). This afternoon, Blippy is swiping back at Swipely with the launch of its API. Co-founder Philip Kaplan has just announced the feature today at the Finovate conference in San Francisco. With the API, third-party developers will be able to create their own applications using Blippy's data. Now, before everyone gets all up in arms about this given Blippy's recent privacy issue, the company is promising that privacy will be a key part of the API. This includes mandatory OAuth to ensure that developers only have access to Blippy data that users choose to share. Further, only approved developers will be given access to the API. Those that wish to get access, can apply here .