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TechCrunch > Yahoo Launches Pipes
Until now, mashups were for people with programming skills sufficient enough to handle open APIs. YaHoo! Pipes seeks to open the open API to the masses. Based on 2 mins of reading on the subject, this could be revolutionary – if it’s as easy to use as it has to be.
Yahoo!’s new Pipes service is a milestone in the history of the internet. It’s a service that generalizes the idea of the mashup, providing a drag and drop editor that allows you to connect internet data sources, process them, and redirect the output. Yahoo! describes it as “an interactive feed aggregator and manipulator” that allows you to “create feeds that are more powerful, useful and relevant.” While it’s still a bit rough around the edges, it has enormous promise in turning the web into a programmable environment for everyone.
