Comments on: Amazon Killing Mobile Apps That Use Its Data http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:16:51 -0800 hourly 1 By: Amazon Won’t Let Mobile Apps Use Its Product Info Anymore [Amazon] | Techno Portal http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-2/#comment-2952731 Amazon Won’t Let Mobile Apps Use Its Product Info Anymore [Amazon] | Techno Portal Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:26:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2952731 [...] play by Amazon—they’ve changed their Product Advertising API so that mobile apps like Delicious Library, which pull product info from it, can’t use it. [...] [...] play by Amazon—they’ve changed their Product Advertising API so that mobile apps like Delicious Library, which pull product info from it, can’t use it. [...]

]]> By: Books for MacOS X » Blog Archive » Amazon Plugins Broken http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-2/#comment-2933780 Books for MacOS X » Blog Archive » Amazon Plugins Broken Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:58:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2933780 [...] this now requires authentication. Since the license agreement for the Amazon services have changed slightly as well, I am still reviewing the terms to determine if it is appropriate for Books. Potentially [...] [...] this now requires authentication. Since the license agreement for the Amazon services have changed slightly as well, I am still reviewing the terms to determine if it is appropriate for Books. Potentially [...]

]]> By: Amazon’s Bezos Apologizes For The “Stupid” And “Thoughtless” Kindle Incident - Programming Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-2/#comment-2875343 Amazon’s Bezos Apologizes For The “Stupid” And “Thoughtless” Kindle Incident - Programming Blog Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:56:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2875343 [...] apologizes for incidents like this, it says nothing about other sketchy moves. Like how it is forcing mobile applications to be taken down because they access their APIs in a way that they don’t like (even though it’s fine to [...] [...] apologizes for incidents like this, it says nothing about other sketchy moves. Like how it is forcing mobile applications to be taken down because they access their APIs in a way that they don’t like (even though it’s fine to [...]

]]> By: Amazon’s Bezos Apologizes For The “Stupid” And “Thoughtless” Kindle Incident http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-2/#comment-2875041 Amazon’s Bezos Apologizes For The “Stupid” And “Thoughtless” Kindle Incident Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:58:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2875041 [...] apologizes for incidents like this, it says nothing about other troubling moves. Like how it is forcing mobile applications to be taken down because they access their APIs in a way that they don’t like (even though it’s fine to [...] [...] apologizes for incidents like this, it says nothing about other troubling moves. Like how it is forcing mobile applications to be taken down because they access their APIs in a way that they don’t like (even though it’s fine to [...]

]]> By: Amazon, Why Don’t You Come In Our Houses And Burn Our Books Too? - Programming Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-2/#comment-2864893 Amazon, Why Don’t You Come In Our Houses And Burn Our Books Too? - Programming Blog Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:43:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2864893 [...] the book, which I legally bought. And this follows its poor choice in making certain app makers remove their apps from the App Store that call their APIs in ways they don’t like — that is to say, on mobile devices. [...] [...] the book, which I legally bought. And this follows its poor choice in making certain app makers remove their apps from the App Store that call their APIs in ways they don’t like — that is to say, on mobile devices. [...]

]]> By: Learn About Web 2.0 » Amazon, Why Don’t You Come In Our Houses And Burn Our Books Too? http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-2/#comment-2863726 Learn About Web 2.0 » Amazon, Why Don’t You Come In Our Houses And Burn Our Books Too? Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:46:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2863726 [...] What Amazon is doing, is not. And this follows its poor choice in making certain app makers remove their apps from the App Store that call their APIs in ways they don’t like — that is to say, on mobile devices. [...] [...] What Amazon is doing, is not. And this follows its poor choice in making certain app makers remove their apps from the App Store that call their APIs in ways they don’t like — that is to say, on mobile devices. [...]

]]> By: Amazon, Why Don’t You Come In Our Houses And Burn Our Books Too? | Spin Valley Post http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-2/#comment-2863696 Amazon, Why Don’t You Come In Our Houses And Burn Our Books Too? | Spin Valley Post Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:30:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2863696 [...] What Amazon is doing, is not. And this follows its poor choice in making certain app makers remove their apps from the App Store that call their APIs in ways they don’t like — that is to say, on mobile devices. [...] [...] What Amazon is doing, is not. And this follows its poor choice in making certain app makers remove their apps from the App Store that call their APIs in ways they don’t like — that is to say, on mobile devices. [...]

]]> By: Amazon, Why Don’t You Come In Our Houses And Burn Our Books Too? http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-2/#comment-2863646 Amazon, Why Don’t You Come In Our Houses And Burn Our Books Too? Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:09:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2863646 [...] What Amazon is doing, is not. And this follows its poor choice in making certain app makers remove their apps from the App Store that call their APIs in ways they don’t like — that is to say, on mobile devices. [...] [...] What Amazon is doing, is not. And this follows its poor choice in making certain app makers remove their apps from the App Store that call their APIs in ways they don’t like — that is to say, on mobile devices. [...]

]]> By: Global Geek News #30 | Global Geek News http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-2/#comment-2855066 Global Geek News #30 | Global Geek News Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:53:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2855066 [...] Amazon killing mobile apps that use its product data [...] [...] Amazon killing mobile apps that use its product data [...]

]]> By: KOPN Tech Radio » Blog Archive » News Bytes for 7/13/2009 http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-2/#comment-2851312 KOPN Tech Radio » Blog Archive » News Bytes for 7/13/2009 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:20:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2851312 [...] Amazon is killing mobile apps that use its data [...] [...] Amazon is killing mobile apps that use its data [...]

]]> By: Mat http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-1/#comment-2847477 Mat Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:26:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2847477 Yup. Heaven forfend you want to make an application to manage and check status on your EC2 instances. Looks like Amazon is a very bad choice of company to do your hosting. Yup. Heaven forfend you want to make an application to manage and check status on your EC2 instances. Looks like Amazon is a very bad choice of company to do your hosting.

]]> By: Mat http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-1/#comment-2847471 Mat Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:20:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2847471 Uh, dude, they've already got the $100 for that gift card. They'd absolutely LOVE it if you decided to "just sit on it and tell Amazon to go frack themselves" - that's $100 for free that they don't have to ship any product for! You make them suffer more by USING it, then refusing to purchase any more from them. Uh, dude, they’ve already got the $100 for that gift card. They’d absolutely LOVE it if you decided to “just sit on it and tell Amazon to go frack themselves” – that’s $100 for free that they don’t have to ship any product for! You make them suffer more by USING it, then refusing to purchase any more from them.

]]> By: Amazon To iPhone Apps: Hands Off Our Data! | iPhone 3G Tricks http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-2/#comment-2846715 Amazon To iPhone Apps: Hands Off Our Data! | iPhone 3G Tricks Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:00:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2846715 [...] [Via TechCrunch] [...] [...] [Via TechCrunch] [...]

]]> By: Jason http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-2/#comment-2845199 Jason Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:28:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2845199 Amazon are such jerks. I have mobile sites getting 60,000 CLICKS PER MONTH with ZERO SALES and they said it was all on the up and up. BS! Anyone who wants to build a house on the shifting sands of Amazon is a fool. Just visit their ghosttown boards to see the number of ticked off associates and zero response from the big A's and you'll see that Amazon is a terrible place to make a buck. Amazon are such jerks. I have mobile sites getting 60,000 CLICKS PER MONTH with ZERO SALES and they said it was all on the up and up. BS!

Anyone who wants to build a house on the shifting sands of Amazon is a fool. Just visit their ghosttown boards to see the number of ticked off associates and zero response from the big A’s and you’ll see that Amazon is a terrible place to make a buck.

]]> By: Amazon Won’t Let Mobile Apps Use Its Product Info Anymore [Amazon] | NerdAccess http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-2/#comment-2844887 Amazon Won’t Let Mobile Apps Use Its Product Info Anymore [Amazon] | NerdAccess Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:51:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2844887 [...] play by Amazon—they’ve changed their Product Advertising API so that mobile apps like Delicious Library, which pull product info from it, can’t use it. [...] [...] play by Amazon—they’ve changed their Product Advertising API so that mobile apps like Delicious Library, which pull product info from it, can’t use it. [...]

]]> By: Techknology’s Blog » Amazon API Change Means Mobile Apps Can’t Use Product Data http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-2/#comment-2844473 Techknology’s Blog » Amazon API Change Means Mobile Apps Can’t Use Product Data Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:11:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2844473 [...] deal, just request permission and Amazon will oblige, right? Apparently not. Developer Wil Shipley tried to do just that, but was told that no exceptions were being made. In addition, Shipley tweeted “they told me [...] [...] deal, just request permission and Amazon will oblige, right? Apparently not. Developer Wil Shipley tried to do just that, but was told that no exceptions were being made. In addition, Shipley tweeted “they told me [...]

]]> By: Matt M http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-1/#comment-2844412 Matt M Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:35:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2844412 You might be missing part of the story - the iPhone app IS NOT calling Amazon's API. They are saying that the iPhone app cannot use the data even though the app does not actually retrieve it. The iPhone app was really a viewer for the desktop app. You might be missing part of the story – the iPhone app IS NOT calling Amazon’s API. They are saying that the iPhone app cannot use the data even though the app does not actually retrieve it. The iPhone app was really a viewer for the desktop app.

]]> By: Mark http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-2/#comment-2844008 Mark Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:56:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2844008 I wonder if it would be possible to rewrite DL to use information from the LoC, Powell's Books, the aforementioned Glue API, etc? I wonder if it would be possible to rewrite DL to use information from the LoC, Powell’s Books, the aforementioned Glue API, etc?

]]> By: Kawika http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-2/#comment-2843905 Kawika Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:15:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2843905 BOOOOOOOOOO Amazon! Shame on you! BOOOOOOOOOO Amazon! Shame on you!

]]> By: Twitter : Amazon Forbidding Mobile … | Freiberg about http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-2/#comment-2843766 Twitter : Amazon Forbidding Mobile … | Freiberg about Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:56:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2843766 [...] Forbidding Mobile Apps From Using Its Data http://tinyurl.com/nf243z #fail from @iNewsApp [...] [...] Forbidding Mobile Apps From Using Its Data http://tinyurl.com/nf243z #fail from @iNewsApp [...]

]]> By: Scott G. Lewis http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-1/#comment-2843688 Scott G. Lewis Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:12:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2843688 The Kindle doesn't run third party apps, so it wouldn't really matter. The Kindle doesn’t run third party apps, so it wouldn’t really matter.

]]> By: Steve http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-2/#comment-2843485 Steve Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:20:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2843485 Trying to understand all the negative comments about this. Let me get this straight, some of you are pissed because (a) Amazon pulled access to free information that they are under no obligation to provide and (b) a useless application whose only conceivably appealing functionality was provided by access to said information? Trying to understand all the negative comments about this. Let me get this straight, some of you are pissed because (a) Amazon pulled access to free information that they are under no obligation to provide and (b) a useless application whose only conceivably appealing functionality was provided by access to said information?

]]> By: Google’s PC operating system: The dawn of a new tech war? | Erik Bowman http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-2/#comment-2843480 Google’s PC operating system: The dawn of a new tech war? | Erik Bowman Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:17:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2843480 [...] TechCrunch and [...] [...] TechCrunch and [...]

]]> By: 12Sided, The Blog » Amazon Killing Mobile Apps… http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-2/#comment-2843447 12Sided, The Blog » Amazon Killing Mobile Apps… Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:58:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2843447 [...] about any type of content dependencies before you build that next, great mobile application. Check TechCrunch: Amazon Killing Mobile Apps That Use Its Data for more [...] [...] about any type of content dependencies before you build that next, great mobile application. Check TechCrunch: Amazon Killing Mobile Apps That Use Its Data for more [...]

]]> By: Jehosephat http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/amazon-killing-mobile-apps-that-use-its-data/comment-page-1/#comment-2843408 Jehosephat Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:39:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80078#comment-2843408 Yeah, right. Yeah, right.

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