The Amazon Appstore has added in-app purchasing APIs, allowing developers to offer digital content and subscriptions, in-game currency, expansion packs, upgrades, and magazine issues for purchase within apps, Amazon says.
In-app purchasing has become a primary way developers make money on their apps, and Amazon needs to keep pace with Apple and Google, which also support in-app purchases.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Amazon Appstore Gets In-App Purchasing
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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