Amazon Debuts One-Click App Purchases

Global eCommerce giant Amazon announced that the Amazon Appstore is now open to HTML5 web applications and mobile websites, TechCrunch reported on August 7.

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    Consumers can now discover and purchase Android applications on any device where the Amazon Appstore is able to run. Further, Amazon released its In-App Purchase API, which will allow developers to offer consumers the ability to buy apps with a single click.

    TechCrunch indicated that Amazon’s move will allow web developers to more easily submit apps to the popular website. For more on how this move changes the Appstore landscape, click here.