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techcrunch.com - 7/6/2009

Paypal Looks to Crush Amazon’s Fledgling Payment Service With A New, Secret API

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It looks like PayPal is rolling out a more flexible payments API called Adaptive Payments. We’ve obtained a confidential document, which is embedded below, explaining the details of the new system. Basically the API is designed to give developers full access to PayPal’s features, ...

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youtube.com - 7/1/2009

Fake iPhone 3G is inspected at MacMedics (video)

— youtube.com — This "fake" iPhone 3G was dropped off today at MacMedics. Our client has asked us to write a letter to PayPal explaining why we think the "iPh... (more) Fake iPhone 3G is inspected at MacMedics (video)

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cultofmac.com - 7/1/2009

Marvel At the Ingenuity of the Chinese iPhoney, iPhone Knockoffs Now Near Perfect

— cultofmac.com — Fake iPhones are getting much better. This iPhoney is almost identical to the genuine article, until it's booted up. It was bought by Steven Fernandeez of Toronto. CC-licensed picture by Steven Fernandez. Counterfeit iPhones have come a long ... (more) Marvel At the Ingenuity of the Chinese iPhoney, iPhone ...

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money.cnn.com - 7/8/2009

The PayPal mafia - Nov. 14, 2007

— money.cnn.com — (Fortune Magazine) -- A door opens, and a blond man appears in a white jacket with large buttons. "Good morning," he says. "Peter's in back. Make yourself comfortable in the dining room. I'll be serving breakfast shortly." Holy cannoli. Peter Thiel ... (more) The PayPal mafia - Nov. 14, 2007

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Technologizer — ... Special “let’s ask questions” edition! Is the AT&T iPhone illegal? Is Twitter censoring Trending Topics? Are iPhone cases causing discoloration? Is Web video’s future hopeless? Does Nokia have a future? Can Michael Arrington do hardware? Will PayPal crush Amazon payments? Should businesses unlock their iPhones? Share/E-Mail ...

PayPal rolling out Adaptive Payments API
D' Technology Weblog — ... PayPal is rolling out a flexible payments API called “Adaptive Payments”. Similar to Amazon’s ...

PayPal to open platform to third-party developers
Macworld — ... Damon Hougland, senior director of product development. “We believe that providing a global payments platform will open up countless opportunities for developers to innovate and create new revenue streams,” Hougland wrote. PayPal’s plans slipped out when a confidential company document was posted on TechCrunch’s blog. Hougland and Osama Bedier, vice president of platform and emerging technology, confirmed PayPal’s plans in blog postings. The document lays out several features that give retailers or other sellers more options to streamline how they receive money. One option ...

PayPal To Open Platform To Third Party Developers
Silicon Alley Insider — ... to third party developers. The new service, called Adaptive Payments Service, consists of a set of APIs that can interact with other programs, explains PCWorld: In PayPal's case, the APIs will allow applications that can support transactions such as "chain payments," where a buyer sends a payment to a primary seller, which then can pass on portions of that money to others with an interest in the transaction. PayPal says it launched the service to "unleash developer innovation," but TechCrunch says its a move to compete with Amazon's Flexible Payment Service. (Not to forget ...

PayPal tries to revamp e-commerce by opening to developers
VentureBeat — ... opening up its payments technology to third-party developers for a few weeks now (ever since TechCrunch broke the news by publishing a leaked internal document), but today it offered more details at a developer event in San Jose, Calif. ...

PayPal moves to embed self in everything
The Register — ... event, promising the integration will be complete - and available to developers worldwide - when Azure officially launched. Khalidi told The Reg that the company will introduce pricing and support models for the service on the day of launch, but that the service may be available to early users before then. In similar fashion, Amazon offers its Flexible Payments Service via its Web Services cloud. News of PayPal's open platform was leaked earlier this month by the blogger-types TechCrunch . But PayPal didn't release the details until today. Initially, the new platform will ...