PayPal X Platform
- My latest @PayPalX DevZone post: Capture checks to @PayPal on #Android http://bit.ly/lqA77y #
- Bart Eisenberg wrote a great @PayPalX article http://bit.ly/l3YRss interviewing me, @appbackr, @rentalic, @kabbageinc, and @plasticjungle #
- Here's a very nice introduction to Android in-app payment options from Google and @PayPalX http://bit.ly/myb3Ks by @ppalavilli #
- How will Google answer @PayPalX and Fig Card, @Square, and ISIS? Google Wallet, details at http://bit.ly/jiftuR #
- PayPal files lawsuit to protect trade secrets http://bit.ly/lv10lD (official statement via the @PayPal Blog) #
- Good news @PayPalX developers: In-app payments on Android using MPL now works for tablets too http://bit.ly/k2bSoi via @ppalavilli #
- How @PayPal sees @Square http://bit.ly/jWUui2 from @FastCompany #
Big data
- An introduction to machine learning http://bit.ly/lkJc5C from @hmason via @oreillymedia #
Wireless and mobility
- Top 10 ways #iOS outdoes #Android http://lifehac.kr/jkb8yc from @lifehacker #
- Dead iPhone power button -> new iPhone 4 -> bookmarking iPhone tips and tricks http://bit.ly/mdl0No #
Personal things
- Weather channel perspective on this year's deadly tornadoes http://bit.ly/jqXOPY #
- My wife has a colleague whose family lives in Joplin. Thank the Lord they are ok, but their house was destroyed. Praying for MO… #
- How many days in your life do you get to feed an elephant and get up close to a rhino too? For me, one and counting! http://t.co/RQsCscy #
Running
- Ran 3.26 miles in 34 mins and felt great. Recovery 5k as I get back into training for the Turkey Track Trail … http://dailymile.com/e/UaWq #
- Ran 6.03 miles in 1 hour and 3 mins and 4 secs and felt great. 4×1.0mi intervals with 8:48, 9:02, 8:39, and 1… http://dailymile.com/e/UnS0 #
- How to put the hammer down on your competition with a well timed surge http://bit.ly/m6N8y3 via @runnersworld #
- To do: Jump rope regularly and other "switch hits" http://bit.ly/ivkByA via @runnersworld #
- Ran 5.63 miles in 54 mins and felt great. Muggy tempo run. http://dailymile.com/e/Uyj5 #
Google officially announced their new NFC-based mobile wallet solution today. And the name is, drumroll please…
OK, no points for naming creativity. And truthfully this announcement has been expected, even talked about fairly openly by top Googlers such as Eric Schmidt, for some time. Still, it pulls together several key techologies and components to build what could be a compelling system.
Pieces of the Google Wallet system worth noting:
- Combines contactless payments, digital receipts, and offers at the point-of-sale (touche, Square?)
- Designed as an open, NFC using PN65-based platform
- Launch partners include Citi, MasterCard, FirstData, and Sprint
- Google Offers can automagically sync into the consumer’s Google Wallet
- There’s also built-in support for loyalty cards and gift card payments for participating merchants
Click here to read more about how the system works and here for more on the PN65 “secure element” chip and related security features.
Google also offered the following from several of its retail partners (click here to view the video on YouTube if the embedded version isn’t working correctly for you below):
Click here to read the complete post on the PayPal X Developer Network including discussion about the competition and Google’s plan for working around any vendor that choose not to participate (sneaky devils!).
Passing this along for recruiter John Childs at Research in Motion:
RIM BlackBerry has an opening for a Senior Java Software Developer – Mobile Apps in Sunrise (Miami), Florida.
Relocation is provided within the U.S.
POSITION SUMMARY
The successful candidate will be working with the BlackBerry Business Applications group, leading the mobilization of social networking applications and driving the creation of platform components for enterprise solutions and developers. You will be focusing on the design and coding of mobile client functionality, UI and interfaces to backend systems.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
5+ years J2ME mobile software development experience
Interested parties should send a copy of their resume to: jchilds@rim.com.
PayPal’s mobile app for Android now supports check capture. This brings it into parity with the iPhone app’s check capture support which I wrote about in late 2010.
From the PayPal blog announcement:
On average, about a million dollars per month have been uploaded since we launched mobile check capture on the iPhone. That’s a lot of people skipping the ATM, depositing a check with their phone and not paying any fees for the privilege. Reading through your comments from our iPhone Announcement, I see “Android, Android, Android, Android.” It’s true, new features often come out on the iPhone first, but that’s only because the iPhone has been around longer. Rest assured, new PayPal features for Android won’t be far behind!
As PayPal noted, the big upside of mobile check capture is that it can free you up from visits to a physical bank branch for check deposits.
Click to read the complete post on the PayPal X Developer Network including a discussion of the corresponding downside to mobile check capture.
Here’s a look at my half marathon race from Saturday. It was in the upper 60s, cloudy, muggy, and windy at the start, and it only got warmer and windier as we ran. I was very glad to finish shortly after the sun broke through the clouds; I’m sure people that ran longer really baked.
Organizers have posted links to race results and photos here. My official chip time was 1hr 54mins 27secs. This beats my previous personal record for a half by 2mins 10secs. I’m happy with that. 🙂
And yes, that really is the layout of the race. Talk about a weirdly shaped course!
PayPal X Platform
- My latest: @Apigee Source makes RESTful prototyping easier http://bit.ly/jaluvs on the @PayPalX DevZone blog #
- You missed the @PayPalX Developer Challenge deadline. Wait, no you didn't! Read about the deadline extension here: http://bit.ly/lNpFay #
Big data
- Learn about Big Data at free Strata Online conference http://bit.ly/jvL5fY (RE my recent @PayPalX series https://bit.ly/bundles/billday/1k) #
APIs and development
- To do: Try out the Tagger #Python library mentioned on @radar in http://oreil.ly/lQ1meA (extracts significant words or phrases, aka tags) #
Personal things
- Why is it that when you're busiest with work and there are storms messing with your power, *that's* the day your baby is out of sorts? #
Running
- Ran 10.7 miles in 1 hour and 44 mins and felt great. Cool, bluebird day for run! 9:48 avg pace including som… http://dailymile.com/e/TyAQ #
- Ran 3.32 miles in 52 mins and felt great. Easy walk/run with wife and baby. http://dailymile.com/e/U12Q #
- Before the marathon, Greeks ran track http://bit.ly/mC8ZPO (the origins of sprinting, mid distance running, and even the word "stadium") #
- Ran 3.19 miles in 31 mins and felt great. 5×0.50mi intervals, mile paces 8:09, 8:18, 8:21, 8:15, and 7:58. http://dailymile.com/e/U77j #
- How to train for an "endless season" so you're always ready to race http://bit.ly/l4DNj0 via @RunningTimes #
- New research: Endurance exercise, even in moderate amounts, may lengthen life by keeping mitochondria "young" http://bit.ly/k6U5vp #
- Ran 2.76 miles in 45 mins and felt great. Family walk with a bit of jogging as I taper for OK Aquarium Half t… http://dailymile.com/e/UF9p #
- Oklahoma Aquarium Run race instructions and info http://bit.ly/ktRMHP (I'm running the Half Marathon on Saturday) #
- New half marathon PR at the Aquarium Run this morning, will post details later. Jazzed! #
- Ran 13.15 miles in 1 hour and 54 mins and felt great. New PR 1:54:28! Upper 60s, muggy, 20mph wind at start. http://dailymile.com/e/URVy #
O’Reilly is hosting a free Strata Online Conference next week and you’re invited.
The conference page sets up the event as follows:
Big Data is a huge disruptor. An algorithm can level established competitors; the resulting insight can upend an entire industry. In the second Strata OLC, we’ll look at how lean startups and tech giants are rewriting the rules of business by mining their knowledge of customers, partners, and markets. We’ll see how Big Data services tear down barriers to entry, and which verticals are most vulnerable to attacks by data-literate startups. And we’ll look at on-demand platforms for collecting, cleaning, and analyzing vast data stores.
This quick paced half day conference will include a tutorial on “Building Data Startups“, a panel discussion on “Turning Bits into Dollars, Yen, or Euros“, a couple of real-world application discussions with Foursquare and Zynga, and a discussion on “Cloud Big Data Platforms” from Amazon which will presumably focus upon AWS.
Click here to read the complete post on the PayPal X Developer Network.
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the imminent deadline for registering for the PayPal X Developer Challenge for Android.
The short version: Money and fame are up for grabs if you write an Android app using PayPal payments and your app is selected as one of the best three submitted entries.
I mentioned that registration closed May 14th. So right about now, any procrastinators (or chronically busy) developers amongst us may be saying “Doh!”.
Well fear not, ye who missed the 14th, for PayPal has decided to extend the deadline until June 8th.
Click here to read the complete post on the PayPal X Developer Network including a link to the official announcement of the extension.
PayPal X Platform
- Intrigued by the @PayPal purchase of FigCard http://bit.ly/l6E6XG ? Let's hope it brings interesting things for @PayPalX developers #
- How to develop a WordPress PayPal plugin http://bit.ly/jAGvn6 (final installment in @PayPalX "Integrating Payments into WordPress" series) #
- How Amazon controls ecommerce http://tcrn.ch/lpKZ4o (slide deck from faberNovel which has much to teach if you're so inclined) #
APIs and development
- Four free resources for learning to code online http://on.mash.to/mufFn2 from the likes of UC Berkeley, Mozilla, Google, and MIT #
- Archive of @GoogleIO conference announcements http://bit.ly/mPVWXo #
- News from @googleio this week: Go added as third Google App Engine (GAE) language http://bit.ly/m9tfE5 (already supported Python and Java) #
Personal things
- Using @Quora to boost your career http://bit.ly/j8Jw5G via @FreelanceFolder #
Running
- Ran 10.86 miles in 2 hours and 4 mins and 11 secs and felt blah. Hot! Long run with some trail and hills thr… http://dailymile.com/e/TKrf #
- Ran 3.11 miles in 35 mins and felt good. Hot, muggy, windy stroller run. http://dailymile.com/e/TQGk #
- Ran 3.56 miles in 36 mins. 3x1mi intervals with paces 9:03, 8:58, and 8:51. http://dailymile.com/e/TWBt #
- Walked 3.13 miles in 1 hour and 2 mins and 21 secs and felt great. Walked pushing stroller to practice for Ro… http://dailymile.com/e/TcTJ #
- Ran 5.08 miles in 49 mins and felt great. Tempo with peak mile pace 9:26. http://dailymile.com/e/TiNJ #
- Ran 3.11 miles in 45 mins and felt great. Ran with family, stroller and all. Daughter medaled in her age div… http://dailymile.com/e/TssC #
- Ran 2.4 miles in 20 mins and felt great. Aired it out after family 5k this morning. First mile 7:53, second … http://dailymile.com/e/TssP #
It’s no secret that I’m a fan of Apigee’s PayPal and other development consoles. I’ve written a number of things about them for the PayPal X Developer Network including an article titled “Accelerate Your Development Using the Apigee API Console” and a number of blog posts on developing using their consoles, too.
So when I saw the recent news that Apigee was launching a new “Labs” section with a “Source” feature that auto-generates source code which you can use outside of the console, I had to investigate post haste.
This feature is at least initially available only for the Twitter console (fingers crossed we’ll see something like this for the PayPal console and others soon, too). You must be logged into an Apigee account (free to create) so that you can enable the Source feature under the Labs tab.
Assuming you’ve done the things listed above as well as authenticated with your Twitter account from within the console, then in Apigee’s words from the announcement of Apigee Source:
when you make a successful request in the (Apigee Twitter) Console, you can select the Code tab and see JavaScript and HTML for making that very same request outside of Apigee
Click here to read the complete post on the PayPal X Developer Network including watching Apigee’s video demonstrating the new Source feature.
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