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Mobile App Developer position in Denver

Passing this along for talent scout Kelley Zwisler of Goldstone Partners: MOBILE APP DEVELOPER (IOS, Android, Windows Mobile) A3 Media Network is an international company whose customers include the largest mobile companies around the world and customers of their app stores. We create mobile apps, TV apps and mobile websites that bring our huge library [...]

Do Facebook Credits abuse monopoly power?

I’ve written a decent amount about Facebook APIs and payments over the last few months, including a recent article on Facebook Credits as part of my Alternative Payment Systems series for X.com. A quick recap:  Facebook Credits is a virtual and online currency used within the Facebook application platform.  Facebook’s Credits API is similar to [...]

PayPal Invoicing APIs in beta

Today I’d like to write a little bit about PayPal’s Invoicing APIs, currently in beta. The Invoicing APIs allow you to create and send electronic invoices.  Here’s PayPal’s high level description of how the APIs work, excerpted from the Invoicing APIs page on X.com: To initiate a request for payment, merchants initiate an API call [...]

Key takeaways from alternative payment systems series

A while back I asked you for input as to which alternative payment systems you’d like to see compared to PayPal.  Thanks to some great feedback from community members, I was able to map out and write a six part series. This series examined the following alternative systems: Amazon Flexible Payments Service (FPS) Facebook Credits [...]

Alternative Payment Systems, Part 6: Comparing Options

This is the sixth and final installment in my multi-part series comparing alternative payment systems to the PayPal X Platform and each other. Part one introduced Amazon’s Flexible Payments Service, part two discussed Facebook Credits, part three focused on Google Checkout, part four examined Dwolla, and part five explained mobile payment options, especially the Square [...]

Alternative Payment Systems, Part 5: Square and Intuit GoPayment

This is the fifth installment of my multi-part series comparing alternative payment systems to the PayPal X Platform and each other. Part one introduced Amazon’s Flexible Payments Service, part two discussed Facebook Credits, part three focused on Google Checkout, and part four examined Dwolla. This time we’re going to consider two leading mobile card reader [...]

Happy anniversary! Plus June in review

The beginning of July 2011 marks the one year anniversary of my contributing to the PayPal X DevZone.  Thank you for reading my writing along the way! I hope you’ve had as much fun reading as I’ve had writing.  I’ve certainly learned a lot from you.  I really appreciate all the comments you’ve sent my [...]

Which article would you like to read first?

I’m currently proposing topics I’d like to write about for X.com and would appreciate your input on what you’d like to see covered in coming months. Some of the topics I’d like to write about include: The Magento eCommerce platform – what it is, how merchants can start using it, and what opportunities there are [...]

Massive PayPal user and mobile payments growth

PayPal has been on fire lately with impressive growth in their active user base and mobile payments processing. This week PayPal confirmed that they’ve reached 100 million active users.  That’s a lot of people and businesses capable of purchasing from merchants using the PayPal X Platform!  And it comes on the heels of last week’s [...]

Alternative Payment Systems, Part 4: Dwolla

Welcome to part four of my multi-part series comparing alternative payment systems to the PayPal X Platform and each other. Part one introduced Amazon’s Flexible Payments Service, part two discussed Facebook Credits, and part three focused on Google Checkout. This time we’re going to examine the Dwolla platform (@dwolla) for sending and receiving cash. We’ll [...]