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After 4 weeks of competition and a few weeks of review, we are proud to announce the winners for the PayPal Mobile App Challenges!  This challenge tasked the TopCoder community with creating an innovative Android or iPhone app that used the PayPal Mobile Payment Libraries.

The winner in the iPhone competition is dhbellol - his Shopping Assistant app used the RedLaser and Moodstocks API to search for items which they can purchase with the PayPal API.

The winner in the Android competition is reo0908 and his TreasureHunters app that connects buyers and sellers of antique items.   The application takes a piece of each transaction, utilizing chained payments functionality.

Additionally, congratulations to the following members who successfully found and submitted bugs to the PayPal Mobile Libraries Developer Experience Bug Hunt that ran in concert with the Mobile App Challenges.   Their hard work resulted in the discovery of 19 bugs with the libraries and documentation.  Well done!

The members are:

• microstrategy
• grey220022
• triple
• 14blades

Thanks again to everyone for their participation!

Andrew

Thanks to everyone who participated in the end of the year X.com registration drive.  All of you who submitted in 2010 are entered into the sweepstakes for TopCoder t shirts!  We’ll post the winners shortly – but don’t worry, we’ll contact you too

With 2011 on us, we here are looking for new ideas for contests and prizes to reward you – the community – for working with us at TopCoder & PayPal.  What kind of things interest you?  Would you want a custom “PayPal X Contests powered by TopCoder” t shirt?  Let us know!  Either comment or send an email to paypalx@topcoder.com.

We want to hear from you!

Andrew

Register for X.com and win a chance at a tshirt!

If you register for X.com by the end of 2010, you will get a chance to win a free t shirt! Visit here to find out more – but you must register by December 31, 2010 11:59 PM PST to be eligible.

Here’s how to join:

1.     Register for X.com here (https://www.x.com/login.jspa?flowType=Signup) by December 31, 11:59 PM PST (US – Pacific Standard Time).  If you are already registered, you are still eligible!

2.    Send an email to paypalx@topcoder.com.  Your email subject should contain your topcoder handle and x.com username.  (NOTE: X.com usernames are only connected to confirm registration for t shirt giveaway)

3.     That’s it!

Check out the post below for 10 great reasons why you should join X.com.   Good luck!

X.com – PayPal’s Developer Network – has made a big impact since launching only a year ago. Check out the top 10 reasons to join X.com!

Participate in SRM 490 and get the chance to win a TopCoder t-shirt and an eye-fi Wireless SD card for your digital camera! All you have to do is be a registered member of the PayPal X/TopCoder Community and you’re automatically entered into the drawing!

One hour before the SRM, join Rasesh Shah, a Developer Evangelist for the PayPal Developer Network, in the competition arena. Hear about the latest features PayPal has added – such as micropayments, PayPal Apps, and embedded payment – to its payments platform. Learn about powerful capabilities PayPal has in mobile, the fast growing segment of the payments market. And get a first glimpse at upcoming opportunities for TopCoder member to earn money working with PayPal.

Join Rasesh and Andrew Abbott, TopCoder Platform Manager for PayPal, to hear about all that PayPal has to offer!

Click here for more information

Check out the latest PayPal X Newsletter below!

Welcome, innovators! PayPal X Innovate 2010 was exciting, inspirational, and a whole lot of fun. Relive it all if you were there, or find out what you missed. Read More Developer Challenge Finalists And the winner is Meet the developers and applications chosen as PayPal X Developer Challenge finalists. Read More PayPal X Powered by TopCoder PayPal X has partnered with TopCoder to create a community and competition platform. Read More New DevZone Expert how-tos, articles, and sample apps that show you all of the things you can do with PayPal X. Read More Platform updates Announced at Innovate See what new products and features were announced at PayPal X Innovate 2010. Read More Do you have a great idea that needs the capital and resources to get off the ground? Read More

Hi All!  PayPal is launching another #xchat right now – this time with their Director of Products, Damon Hougland!  Ask questions about the latest with Adaptive Payments, talk about Innovate, and pay close attention because he has a special announcement…

Check it out!  Damon Hougland’s #xchat

Those of you who checked out Osama’s TweetChat were the first to learn about an amazing deal PayPal is offering to attend their Innovate 2010 Developer Confererence.     Registration is $49 if you register before Thursday 10/7 and use the code TWEET – that’s a $200 deal!

Here are some other bon mots shared by Osama:

• PayPal Mobile usage increasing from $25M in 2008 to $500 in 2010
• By 2015 shoppers will spend $119B on goods & services purchased via#mobile phones per @ABIresearch – link
• Did I mention 80% off Innovate registration?!

Osama Bedier’s #xchat can be found here.

Osama Bedier, PayPal’s V.P. of Platform, Mobile & New Ventures, is holding a TweetChat today at 1:30 PM EDT – just search the hashtag #xchat to follow or tag your tweets with #xchat to join the conversation.  Get the latest news on Mobile innovations, the PayPal X Innovate 2010 Developer Conference – anything and everything PayPal X!!

We meant to post this earlier but  PayPal hosted a live TweetChat with Praveen Alavilli, PayPal X Developer Evangelist this afternoon on Twitter.  It was fun and informative – and a great example of how accessible and committed the PayPal X team is to the success of the developer.

Check it out!  http://twitter.com/#xchat