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Niklas Zennstrom, co-founder of the globally phenomenal VoIP institution, Skype, recently spoke at a conference in Budapest about the company’s substantial success in a supposed effort to quell unease about seemingly low financial returns recently released by the entity’s proprietor, eBay.Currently occupied with running the IPTV venture, Joost, Zennstrom highlighted Skype’s achievement of attaining some […]

Here’s an example of a problem eBay users reported having this week, started April 9, possibly fixed as of today. Here is a problem that started on April 9 (or earlier)
Glitches are one of the most difficult problems to track down. A problem may be due to a particular user’s software configuration, of course (thus […]

CABLE NETWORK EXECUTIVES WERE CAUGHT off-guard by the proposed eBay auction system because of one glaring component: the price.
Which explains, in part, why the Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau (CAB) rejected the idea. Participating cable networks would need to pay a 2% fee for each transaction–an enormous price, said one veteran cable advertising sales executive. “Two percent […]

Forbes published a column today about eBay’s Meg Whitman, “Does eBay Need A New Boss?” adding to speculation about Whitman’s chances of sticking around at eBay as her 10-year anniversary looms.

eBay says Whitman is in the top-spot for the long term, but Forbes looks to Wall Street for dissent. The author, Rachel Rosmarin, quotes Jeetil […]

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) opened at $34.20. So far today the stock has hit a low of $33.85 and a high of $33.65. As of 1:15, EBAY is trading at $33.65, down $0.07 (-0.2%).
After hitting a one year high of $40.82 in April 2006, the stock has been met with resistance just above $34 over […]

Skype’s dominance in the VoIP market is boosting the manufacturing industry for Skype phones. There were more than 138 million Skype users worldwide in 2006. As this is expected to continue growing, makers of Skype phones are projecting positive growth for the coming years. The uptick in the mainland China and Taiwan market has been […]

The Mozilla Corporation and eBay International have announced a Mozilla Firefox partnership to “improve the online auction experience for people in France, Germany and the United Kingdom”. According to the press release, “Mozilla and eBay are collaborating on new technology and approaches to enable eBay users to stay up to date with their auctions more […]

The Pope Benedict XVI Mobile from record-breaking auction is back on the block for charity
The car that drew international attention and broke eBay records with over 10 million visitors to its auction page in May 2005, is now going to be put back on the auction block by GoldenPalace.com, the winners of the now famous […]

Like most who sell on eBay, my initiation with the site was as a buyer.
Once I had a feel for how things operated, I realized it was the ideal way to achieve my dream of making money without ever having to theoretically put on pants.
Fast-forward five years and selling on eBay has become my primary […]

I’ve done a couple of posts lately about password cracking and online security, and in your emails and comments I can hear your frustration: What is being done about this online epidemic?
Well, PayPal (one of the most heavily-targeted financial websites) is finally taking steps in the right direction, with a hardware security key that makes […]