02-08-2006, 10:51 AM
Quote:Amazon is targeting software developers and entrepreneurs with expanded web services and marketing support to attract more shoppers to its service.
The online merchant plans to expand its existing library of seven web services in the "near future", the company said Tuesday. Amazon currently makes web services and Amazon APIs available for developers who use the code to integrate their own shopping sites with Amazon's payment and search infrastructure...
As a step towards offering developers greater online resources, Amazon this week plans to launch updated forums that provide chat and add an online knowledge base. Amazon is adopting forum software from Jive Software, which enables developers to receive email notification when a query they have submitted online has been answered.
full article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/08/...evelopers/