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Consumer Electronics Go Big on Black Friday
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Even though I waited until “Cyber Monday” to make my first online purchase of the holiday shopping season (and plan to have all done over this coming weekend), Black Friday consumers, particularly those interested in consumer electronics, were online in full force. The most searched for product on eBay across all categories was the Nintendo [...]
StubHub Acquires Ticket Technology
Friday, November 21st, 2008
Earlier today, StubHub announced that it is acquiring Ticket Technology, a leading point-of-sale (POS) software service provider for ticket sellers, to strengthen the selling platform for its StubHub business unit. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Based in Overland Park, Kansas, Ticket Technology’s software tools provide integration and automation to professional ticket sellers. The acquisition will [...]
Yahoo! Adds eBay Application to New Homepage Test
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
Yahoo! has introduced an eBay application to the “My Applications” dashboard area of the new yahoo.com homepage they’ve been testing since September. Yahoo! began user testing with a random fraction of their user-base in four different countries: U.S.A., United Kingdom, France and India to see what folks would want most out of a next generation [...]
‘Tis The Season…
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Times are tough for everyone at the moment. As a result, my mother has instituted a one-gift per person rule at Christmas this year for everyone in the family (both Brewer and Hay) with a price limit. So please don’t think me presumptuous for writing a post about charity heading into the season of giving [...]
PayPal Thinks Global, Gets Local…
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Philipp Justus, senior vice president of global markets for PayPal announced the launch of fully localized sites in Mexico, Hong Kong and Singapore, on the PayPal blog earlier today. This extends PayPal’s online payments service to the more than 120 million residents of these three countries.
We now display content on our sites in nine new [...]
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Nobel Laureate Celebrates MicroPlace One Year Anniversary
Monday, November 17th, 2008
I was lucky enough to attend an invitation-only event for the investors of MicroPlace last week as they celebrated their first year anniversary. MicroPlace was created to help alleviate global poverty by enabling everyday people to make investments in the world’s working poor. Learn more about microfinance and MicroPlace here.
To help celebrate the occasion, Nobel [...]
PayPal Discusses Online Safety Heading into Holiday Season
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Michael Barrett, the chief information security officer for PayPal, has a post over on the PayPal blog in which he gives results of a new survey focused on online consumer safety. In his post, he also unveils a new microsite aimed at providing tips and tricks for online safety.
eBay Inc Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
eBay reported third quarter 2008 earnings results a few minutes ago. Third quarter revenue was $2.12 Bilion (up $228 million from the same period in 2007). Net income on a GAAP basis was $492 million ($0.38 per diluted share), and non-GAAP net income was $592 million ($0.46 per diluted share).
“Overall, we are pleased with the [...]
eBay Inc. adds Bill Me Later to Portfolio
Monday, October 6th, 2008
In a move that helps extend eBay Inc.’s leadership in online payments, the company announced that it will acquire Bill Me Later, a leading provider in the industry, for approximately $820 million in cash and $125 million in outstanding options. Subject to various closing conditions, the deal is expected to be completed by the end [...]
eBay Acquires Leading Classifieds Companies in Denmark
Monday, October 6th, 2008
eBay Inc. has acquired Den Bla Avis and Bilbasen, two leading online classifieds sites in Denmark, for approximately $390 million USD. The acquisition marks eBay’s entry into the Danish e-commerce market, provides an opportunity to create a national classifieds business there, and further strengthens eBay’s world-leading portfolio of online classifieds sites.
Founded as printed classified [...]
