Archive for June 14th, 2006

 Tech Search Blog
Soon you’ll be able to send or request PayPal payments from directly within Skype. Sounds convenient — but will it open a gaping hole through which hackers can gain access to your PayPal money?
Details of exactly how PayPal will integrate with Skype have yet to be released. Screenshots show links to paying or […]

 TMC Net
GOOGLE is to launch a competitor to eBay in its continuing bid to dominate the internet.
The search company is set to launch an online payments system - dubbed GBuy - later this month, insiders revealed today.
The system will let Google compete with eBay’s PayPal service and to launch a shopping and auction site similar […]

 vnunet
Auction giant eBay has claimed that its online auction sites now have 200 million registered users.
Chief executive Meg Whitman said at the company’s annual user conference in Las Vegas that eBay had achieved a “milestone”.
Whitman added that its subscribers would represent the fifth largest country in the world if they were to form a nation.
EBay […]

 The Register
Online auctioneer eBay is to integrate Skype onto its website - and try and convince the world of the wisdom of its $2.6bn purchase.
The idea is to simplify communication between buyers and seller. Sellers will have the option of including a “Skype Me” button on the pages they set so bidders can call them […]

 PC World
eBay is beefing up community-building capabilities on its online auction site to include support for blogs, a new Wiki for members to share information, and new types of alerts for users to stay on top of sales, the company announced on Wednesday.
The eBay Wiki will let anyone post and edit articles on topics of […]

 TMC Net
VeriSign, Inc. , the leading provider of intelligent infrastructure services for the Internet and telecommunications networks, today announced that eBay will use its Intelligent Messaging Network to deliver mobile alerts within the United States so users can stay active in auction-style listings when away from their computers.
The VeriSign(R) Intelligent Messaging Network (VIMN) will power […]

 PC World

We all know it costs money to make money. Yet after you tally up the cost of an application fee for a merchant account at your bank (which allows you to process credit card charges), monthly fees for the online gateway to the transaction clearinghouse that authorizes each charge, the monthly statement fee, and […]

 Ecommerce Guide
To provide merchants and developers with centralized access to the resources needed to integrate PayPal into their online stores, PayPal yesterday announced the launch a new Developer Community Web site and Developer Hub. This announcement came as a part of its 5th annual eBay Developers Conference.
PayPal’s new Developer Hub is designed to be a […]

Washington Post 
EBay chief executive Meg Whitman outlined her latest vision for eBay’s future this morning to the 75 or so people who showed up at the glitzy Wynn casino for the company’s 11-minute shareholder meeting.
After routinely electing eBay’s board of directors, ratifying the selection of an accounting firm and passing an amendment to the company’ […]

 Auction Bytes
Vendio announced it has acquired a significant controlling interest in Andale, a provider of listing management and research services for sellers on eBay, and has appointed five directors to the Andale seven-member Board of Directors. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.
 

 
Vendio CEO Rodrigo Sales said, “Vendio and Andale have complementary strengths that have […]