Archive for May, 2007

Skype announced today that they have made it even easier for small businesses to jump on the Skype bandwagon, by introducing their Small Business Pack.
“The Pack includes a Skype for Business download, 10 five month subscriptions to Skype Pro™ (Skype’s new internet communications package) worth €100 and €50 of Skype credit for making [...]

“blz0rt,” you may need a lawyer.
American Airlines has filed suit against an unknown person who uses that screen name and hawked a pilot training CD on eBay this month.
According to the suit, filed in State District Court in Fort Worth, the CD is included with training materials American provides to pilots.
Pilots are barred from distributing [...]

Ebay is a juggernaut. Ever forward. However, it has become very apparent that ebay is seriously damaging the economy of the United States of America.
Here’s how: ebay started out as a venue in which people were primarily buying and selling pre-owned items until shortly later, businesses were selling new items. Thousands of new businesses cropped [...]

Those who are addicted to shopping, particularly online shoppers now have a reason to smile, courtesy, eBay India that has announced a two week ‘Bid for a Buck’ auction.
INDIANS CAN NOW bid for thousands of products starting at Re 1, with free shipping across the country thrown in on eBay India. Adding an [...]

Look out Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, here comes Corey Kossack!
Okay, so the 23-year-old Tempe entrepreneur may have a long way to go before he catches up and passes the two investors who are among world’s wealthiest, but he’s off to a good start, most people agree.
Kossack, a recent Arizona State University graduate, formed a [...]

eBay is tweaking the way it displays search results in what is likely part of a test to help it improve the buying experience on its US marketplace. Wall Street analyst Bob Peck of Bear Stearns described the new interface in a research report published Monday. He noted that a search for “kingdom hearts ps2″ [...]

Consumers under 35 years of age are evolving very different online payment and content consumption habits from adults over 35. In a new report titled, “Payment Preferences Online: Managing the Generation Gap Between Mature and Young Adults,” JupiterResearch found that younger adults are driving much of the usage of PayPal and debit cards for online [...]

I thought this is as better time than any to start blogging about South Jersey…and why not start with my South Jersey town.This week was a banner week for the South Jersey town that I live in called Lumberton, NJ.

Ebay determined that Lumberton, New Jersey has more buying and selling activity on a per-capita basisthan [...]

Online auction giant eBay is allowing consumers to bid for elephant ivory products that can’t be imported legally into the United States, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare.
It is against the law to bring ivory items into this country unless the product is certified as produced before 1947 and accompanied by a proof [...]

Even if your cell plan allows free domestic roaming, you’re probably paying through the nose when you’re phoning home from foreign destinations. And let’s face it: E-mail isn’t quite the same — especially if you’re keeping pace with a student spending a semester abroad.
A free alternative: install Skype on your portable computer.
Here’s what you need [...]