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After successfully launching its Mobile Payments Library to select developers (private beta) during the Macworld 2010, PayPal is now opening up its mobile payment platform to the wider community. Anyone can download the library from x.com and add checkout functionality for physical goods and services sold through apps on the iPhone, without having to worry about keeping customers’ personal financial information secure.
The whole process is apparently super easy (though I haven’t tried it myself) and PayPal is already showcasing a successful example. The highlighted company is Baublet and they offer custom charms through their iPhone app. Baublet developer Michael Robinson had this to say about the integration: “Being a first time developer, PayPal’s quick and responsive help has been fantastic and made this task pretty darn easy. Our goal was to have the ability to create, purchase and mail a charm within a few minutes on our app. The PayPal’s Mobile Payments was critical to that success.”
[Via: PayPal Blog]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
