The eBay Developers Conference in Boston offers up some juicy tidbits for online retailers, from forthcoming third-party applications and research tools to ways to hire certified developers to create widgets for your website. Damon also lets us know that PayPal has indeed
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EBay founder Pierre Omidyar kicked off the festivities at "
We imagine nobody told Pierre that might be a bit deep first thing in the morning before the caffeine has had a chance to set in. But it's interesting nonetheless – and apropos that the founder is that enamored with his own creation.
Here are some of the highlights from the conference:
PayPal Certification Program
While setting up an online store is cheaper, and arguably easier, than running a brick-and-mortar store, there is still a laundry list of technical issues that can surpass the average businessperson's expertise. Application development is one of them.
At the eBay Developers Conference in Boston, Damon Williams, program manager for
Ebay on the Desktop
EBay product manager Alan Lewis fills us in on the "San Demas" project, a code name for eBay's desktop application now in invitation-only beta.
Lewis says that when the desktop app will allow eBayers to do everything they do on eBay's website outside of the web browser – managing, bidding, taking payments, et cetera.
Continuing Coverage…
Murdok will be in Boston for the rest of the week covering the event to follow the Developers Conference, which is called
So stay tuned to the Murdok site and the
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