Amazon Hacks For Fun and Money 249
An anonymous reader writes "There's a new BusinessWeek article looking at some of the cool hacks coming out of Amazon's open API and XML feed policy. Some nifty stuff - 27,000 developers have apparently signed up to build hacks on Amazon data. It seems '..most are only part-timers and hobbyists, but a growing number are serious programmers who seek to make a living selling products based on the data Amazon is offering on a silver platter.'"
Amazon (Score:0, Funny)
I wonder (Score:5, Funny)
I mean, who would have thunk it? "one-click"! This certainly is the pinnacle of innovation and ingenuity. Sure is a good thing they patented this... otherwise who knows what might happen if such power was available to mere mortals? Inconcievable!
How long... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I wonder (Score:5, Funny)
I do not think this word means what you think it means.
IN SOVIET RUSSIA (Score:1, Funny)
Re:O'Reilly book on Amazon Hacks (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I wonder (Score:3, Funny)
You know it... (Score:5, Funny)
Said m0rp3us, leader of the group "3y3 0f th3 d0g," "zero-click" will order various items automatically using already stored in a user's billing info.
"All they have to do is sign-in once and they're done. The stuff basically orders itself after that," he said, " and delivered to your home. It's like Christmas every day!"
When asked if he will patent the new technology, Jeff Bezos declined comment, but did mention that the technology was responsible for three new automobiles and a new town that he was going to play with later.
Amazon.com's shares were up with the news.
Re:Cool hacks (Score:5, Funny)
This would be great if they guy hooked it up to Froogle and made it work on a PDA - you could buy anything you saw, anywhere, for the cheapest price you could find on the web, while you were in a real store!
(runs off to fill out a patent form...)
* Moderating...
Let's see:
- Bashed DMCA... Check (pointlessly, but all the better)
- Bashed Patents... Check
- Bashed SCO... FAIL
- Bashed Microsoft... FAIL
- Bashed **AA... FAIL
- Referenced "Good Technology (tm)", eg. Linux/Google/GNU/GPL... Check
- Referenced Geek Toy... FAIL (Close, but "PDA" is not "Zaurus")
You had a good post, but it could have looked like this:
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Regardless of what you think about Amzaon opening up it's API and inventory data, this [ipilot.net] is a nifty product. Scan something anywhere and get the Amazon data on it. Now I comparision shop Amazon with BestBuy, Circuit City, or B&N while I am at the store. (Ha! I bet the bigwigs at M$ would LOVE if I comparison shopped Linux vs. XPee, let's not even MENTION SCO!)
This would be great if they guy hooked it up to Froogle and made it work on a Zaurus - you could buy anything you saw, anywhere, for the cheapest price you could find on the web, while you were in a real store! (I bet the RIAA would object, though, what with their PRICE FIXING WAYS. Bastards.)
(runs off to fill out a patent form... before Amazon does!)
Oh, also, I HATE THE DMCA!!!! VIVA LA REVOLUTION!!
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Learn from the master.
Re:Query? (Score:1, Funny)
And I riced out my cuecat, added an on/off switch, disabled the serial number, and put a Type R sticker
(kidding about the type r sticker)
Re:For example this site... (Score:4, Funny)
In other news... (Score:3, Funny)
Amazon will be selling their own un-skewing software, for anyone that wishes to know the truth behind what they thought they knew the truth behind before.
This process of releasing skewed data has been patented, and is known as 'Salty Skew 42-Click'.
hut!...hut!...hut!
Re:You know it... (Score:3, Funny)
I wish Amazon would let me correlate delivery addresses with birthdays with cash limits with wish lists, and submit orders automatically whenever everything aligned, so I could completely automate gift-remembering.
Re:How long until... (Score:0, Funny)
Can't wait to download a roast chicken off Kazaa!
Re:Query? (Score:4, Funny)