EXCLUSIVE: PayPal Launches a Cryptic Developer Challenge

Courtesy Mashable!  Mon, 09/21/2009 - 14:28

PayPal has been embracing a whole new direction for its business.

In July, the company announced PayPal X , its new initiative to give 3rd party app developers the tools and APIs to help them integrate payment systems into their social media products.

How is the payments company going about this, though? Why, by launching a developer challenge, of course!

Or maybe it’s more like a PayPal scavenger hunt. We’re not entirely sure, and that’s...


 

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