It's been a little over fourteen months since I started regularly blogging on X.com. A lot has happened during that time in the world of payments, and for me professionally, too. I have some personal news to share in a moment, but let's recap payments developments and look at next month's big ticket item first. [...]
This is the fourth and final article in my series on using Google’s App Inventor for Android and eBay web APIs to build Android commerce apps. The first article walked you through how to install App Inventor and start using it to build and share Android apps. It also discussed some of the limitations of [...]
Google has launched their NFC-based Google Wallet payment solution. Click here to read the announcement post. There are some very particular requirements to use this first public release including: You must have a Nexus S 4G phone on the Sprint network You must pay with a Citi MasterCard or Google Prepaid Card (the latter is [...]
This is the third article in my series on using App Inventor for Android and eBay Web Services to build Android commerce apps. The first article introduced App Inventor including how to install and start using it to build and share Android apps. The second article outlined the available App Inventor components. It then focused [...]
"The History & Evolution of Crowdfunding" (@mashable) caught my eye recently because it delves into some of the recurring themes of microfinance and crowdfunding that I’ve written about in preceding months. The article starts off by defining microfinance as "lending money to low-income individuals" and then lays out what it will cover: While modern microfinance [...]
RunKeeper and the Health Graph API "Beers, Brilliance, and Baby Tooth" http://t.co/bZlQHS8P @RunKeeper hackathon recap from @sarahhodges # Another @RunKeeper hackathon write-up http://t.co/sktfk5ew (this one from @terriblelabs) including video of the event http://t.co/YBxAAPUQ # The future of health and fitness http://t.co/7qJt6iT3 and @runkeeper & the @healthgraphapi within it from @thenextweb via @sarahhodges # Health 2.0 [...]
I am a big fan of Hacker News (@hackernewsbot) and Kale Davis' weekly email newsletter curating the best HN content. I'm also pretty big on mobile development and payments, so when I saw an HN item titled "iPhone vs Android app sales: numbers from an indie developer" in a recent newsletter, I of course had [...]
RunKeeper and the Health Graph API How to improve your lactate threshold http://t.co/8ADdjWN via @runkeeper # I love @runkeeper examples like this one http://t.co/ooCgJRZ in the @fastcompany "What's Next For The Check-In?" piece # Two of my favorite apps @evernote @runkeeper mentioned in the same article http://t.co/xysok4YU # Visual of logging @runkeeper activities to @evernote [...]
RunKeeper and the Health Graph API Great advice for entrepreneurs http://t.co/CCw8mgG from @RunKeeper CEO @jjacobs22 (includes one of my favorite quotes from TR to boot!) # Baby Tooth, a Ruby wrapper for @RunKeeper @HealthGraphAPI http://t.co/coHYNdh # I love a good user testimonial! RT @ryanRneu: @RunKeeper is my homeboy http://t.co/8nW9VrZ # Wireless and mobility Amazon’s Kindle [...]
RunKeeper and the Health Graph API Nice 3 part video series on "Managing Body Weight" http://t.co/chPT5ni http://t.co/PyxJe9D http://t.co/F6phVZA via @RunKeeper TV # PayPal X Platform @Magento resources http://bit.ly/nhL2ju # New @PayPalX site http://bit.ly/pjQOSH launched Monday Aug 29 # A @Magento community update http://t.co/hx80BIm # I will be attending @AndroidOpen http://t.co/u0OfofQ and @X_commerce Innovate http://t.co/Rj7oShX in [...]
