June 7, 2007 2:44 PM PDT
eBay to host developer conference
eBay next week will host a developer conference in Boston where the ecommerce heavyweight is expected to outline its Web services strategy.
The company is also expected to release a beta of the San Dimas project, a desktop version of the eBay application written using Adobe's Apollo platform. In true eBay style, the application was posted on eBay for others to bid on.
In a survey published this week, eBay got the highest marks among developers who write applications on top of Web site platforms using published application programming interfaces (APIs). Other Web companies in the survey included Amazon, Microsoft's MSN, Yahoo, Google, and Paypal.
Martin LaMonica is a senior writer for CNET's Green Tech blog. He started at CNET News in 2002, covering IT and Web development. Before that, he was executive editor at IT publication InfoWorld. E-mail Martin. 
