Archive for 2007

Ambient Sound Investments (ASI), established by the four co-founding engineers of internet telephony software company Skype, will acquire a stake as part of a Series A funding round in 3D social networking company Frenzoo, to bring to market an exciting new online experience across the region.
Frenzoo enables teenagers and young adults to connect with their [...]

I am sure that I am not the only person who did not bid on your auction because of one of these reasons. That means that you may now be relisting your item, or selling it for a lot less than what you could have. The following is a rant. A rant that contains my [...]

Fewer than six months after reducing its commitment in China, eBay will make a new foray into Asia, this time in Thailand, the company said on Monday.
The auction company will join Thai portal Sanook Online to create a Thai-language e-commerce site, expected to launch in five to seven months, the companies said. They did not [...]

PayPal, the online payment service of Internet auctioneer eBay Inc., has taken two more steps in its effort to diversify its transaction base beyond the eBay fold. This week it announced it would use IP Commerce Inc. technology to enable small businesses to easily send invoices and receive payment through PayPal. That new service followed [...]

eBay is holding its monthly Town Hall Meeting next week on May 30, and eBay Canada is holding its second-ever audio forum event on May 29. The forums allow users to ask eBay management questions they have about the marketplaces.eBay changed the date of its May Town Hall Meeting, originally scheduled for May 23, 2007 [...]

Ambience Home is unique to Eastern Oklahoma County.
The new shop just east of Indian Meridian Street on N.E. 23rd Street resulted from the growth of an eBay business owned by a woman who lives just south of the city.
.Jamie Willis started selling home decor items on eBay seven years ago. Eventually, the business outgrew the [...]

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 [...]