Archive for June 12th, 2006

 PC Pro
Popular IE alternative Opera is soon to be available in an eBay version on mobile phones.
The Norwegian developers are piloting the special edition of the Opera Mini mobile browser in Germany, eBay’s largest territory outside the US.
The eBay edition features a search field and bookmarks to key eBay content on the start page and [...]

tmc Net
The former president of Expedia thinks he’s found another high growth opportunity.
Matt Cullet, CEO of Mpire.com, said the new Internet shopping service, which launches today, will bring together listings from eBay, Yahoo, Overstock, and Craigslist. Users will be able to filter results by price, time left to make a purchase, marketplace, geographic location, and [...]

 Blogging Stocks
Google seems to be trying to enter just about every internet playing field these days. Much of the industry has been waiting to see when the giant of search would launch an electronic payment system to challenge the dominance of eBay’s PayPal division. Well, that day may be upon all of us very soon.
Google’s GBuy program is set to [...]

 Reuters
Online marketplace eBay Inc. (EBAY.O: Quote, Profile, Research) is set to detail on Tuesday how it plans to combine its Skype Web telephone-call service into its core U.S. auction business, executives said on Sunday.
“We will have some news on Tuesday about Skype,” John Donahoe, president of eBay’s Marketplace unit, told an audience of software developers [...]

 Canada.com
Oh, to be a fan during FIFA World Cup soccer season. For billions of people it’s a thrilling, terrifying, passionate experience, and Langley’s Jeff Bowser wanted in.
The trouble was, he didn’t really have a team to cheer for, he said. So, he decided to auction himself out.
Bowser, a 29-year-old computer professional, put his World Cup [...]