Archive for February 23rd, 2007

  • eBay Seeking Banking Charter for PayPal

    SAN JOSE Officials from eBay Inc. and its payments division PayPal Inc. have recently held private discussions in Washington about the possibility of applying for a limited banking charter, according to two people familiar with the company’s moves.
    The charter would reduce PayPal’s dependency on partnerships with other banks.
    But San Jose-based eBay’s plans were thrown into [...]

  • The Fun of Buying on eBay

    Today’s column is for all the friends and co-workers who have asked for advice over the years about buying and selling on eBay.
    I am the eBay Queen. It started four years ago when I was researching an article. Within minutes of getting a user ID I took a break from my research and began bidding [...]

  • eBay In Trouble Over Unfair Advertising

    An advert for popular auction site eBay that showed a coffee machine available for under £100 has got the company into trouble.
    The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld a complaint from a member of the public who had been unable to find the item at that price on eBay.
    The advert also featured a chair, apparently being [...]

  • eBay Boss Breaking Work Patterns

    By the end of February, most of the employees at eBay’s San Jose headquarters will collect their possessions, wave a final goodbye to their landline telephones and change cubicles.
    But what John Donahoe, president of one of eBay’s most important divisions, really wants is for his colleagues to change the way they work. “I’m a big [...]

  • Skype 3.1 Adds SkypeFind

    Although Skype 3.0 was just released a few months ago, a new public beta version has already been made available. Skype 3.1 brings to the table, among other things, including a new business search feature.
    SkypeFind is the main addition to 3.1, and Skype is calling it a feature that allows users to find and review [...]

  • Skype Wants FCC to Go After Cellular Providers

    VoIP firm Skype wants the Federal Communications Commission to force cellular providers into letting people have more choice about how they connect to those wireless networks.
    Professor Tim Wu at Columbia Law School has spurred Skype and the wireless trade group CTIA into a vocal spat that has resonated at the FCC. Buoyed by Wu’s paper [...]