Internet sales tax bill passes Senate, awaits House approval
The Marketplace Fairness Act — which will force online merchants to collect tax on behalf of other states — passed the Senate on Monday. Read more at GigaOM »
Amazon, eBay add tiny Pinterest buttons
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Pinterest users can now pin Amazon and eBay finds to their boards directly from product pages. Read more »
eBay, Auction Houses Say California Art Law Is Unconstitutional
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Art sellers are challenging a California law that forces them to collect a five percent royalty fee every time a piece of art is resold. The… Read more »
Report: Yahoo To Name PayPal Head As CEO. Sign Of A More Commercial Push?
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Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) faced a pretty big whack of upheavals in 2011 — not least of which was the none-too-quiet departure of their outspoken f… Read more »
One More Step For Apple In China: It's Now Accepting App Payments In Yuan
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China has become an increasingly important part of Apple’s empire, and today it looks like the company has taken one more step to growing th… Read more »
The NFC Dance: One Step Closer With PayPal; One Step Further With Square
We are still far from seeing simple, wave-and-pay NFC as a ubiquitous technology for mobile payments, and even further from seeing consumers… Read more »
Nuisance Lawsuits Dog Tech Mergers
Just minutes after Yahoo! (NSDQ: YHOO) announced today’s acquisition of ad firm interclick came the news that a law firm was investigating w… Read more »
UK Riots: BlackBerry Hacked, Sony Burned, eBay On Alert
Four days in, and more tech company fallout from the riots in the UK: RIM (NSDQ: RIMM), which has found itself in the story because rioters… Read more »
Pottermore: Please Stop Selling Beta Accounts On eBay
With at least 25 Pottermore beta accounts now for sale on eBay (NSDQ: EBAY), the site has posted a notice: Cut it out! Read more »
eBay Antes Up In Mobile Payments Game, Buys Zong For $240 Million
A big move in mobile payments today: eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) has announced that it is buying the mobile payments company Zong for $240 million in… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 6-1-11: WHO Cell Risks; Tapjoy; Moto; eBay; Apple iCloud
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: a scary cell phone warning from the World Health Organization; Tapjoy dishes the dirt on… Read more »
PayPal Files Trade Secret Lawsuit Against Google And Two Ex-Employees
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) held a high-profile launch event for its new mobile payment system today. But now it looks like another big player in th… Read more »
For Sale On eBay: Best-Selling App iFart, But Few Bidders So Far
Ah yes, that tasteful novelty app that simulates flatulation. The creator, Joel Comm, is now trying to sell the app on eBay, to put more foc… Read more »
Paul Allen Refiles Lawsuit, Says He Patented ‘Related Links’
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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) co-founder Paul Allen has refiled his patent lawsuit against 11 big internet companies and e-retailers, and the new c… Read more »
EBay Snaps Up brands4friends For $200 Million
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EBay is on the acquisition trail as it looks for growth in new markets: today the auction giant announced that it would buy brands4friends,… Read more »
EBay Buys Mobile App Developer Critical Path Software
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E-commerce giant eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) today doubled-down on its mobile ambitions: the company announced that it has bought Critical Path Softwa… Read more »
eBay Invests In Appcelerator As Part Of A $9 Million Round
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Mountain View, Calif.-based Appcelerator has raised $9 million in funding to help build out its mobile commerce offering as part of its plat… Read more »
EBay Claims Victory Over Craigslist In Suit
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EBay is claiming victory in its long-standing litigation with Craigslist, after a court reinstated its 28.4 percent stake in the classifieds… Read more »
eBay Acquires iPhone Barcode Scanner RedLaser
Looking to expand its mobile capabilities, eBay has acquired RedLaser, a barcode-scanning app for the iPhone, from Occipital. The deal, term… Read more »
Ebay Keeps Trying With Classifieds
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Ebay is trying — again — to challenge Craigslist in the U.S. classifieds market with a relaunch of its Kijiji classifieds site. The compan… Read more »
SEC Watch: Skype By The Numbers
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The morning-after paperwork from eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) as control of Skype shifts to a private investment group led by Silver Lake Partners offe… Read more »
Ebay Successfully Spins Off Skype For $1.9 Billion Cash
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[With Staci D. Kramer] After all the legal craziness, eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) has closed its deal to sell control of Skype to an investment group… Read more »
Updated: EBay Confirms Deal With Skype Cofounders; They Get 14 Percent Stake In Spinoff
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As expected, eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) announced a deal today between the Skype investor group and Joltid, the owner of the code that runs Skype. Jo… Read more »
Skype Cofounders Will Be Part Of Buyout Group; Index Ventures Is Out
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Updated: A settlement has been reached that should wipe the slate on all of the litigation involving Skype and its founders, paving the way… Read more »
Earnings: PayPal Is Booming, But eBay’s Q3 Profits Still Drop 29 Percent
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*EBay* said a robust PayPal business and moderate rise in consumer spending helped it make more money in Q3, with net revenue up 6 percent y… Read more »
Craigslist-EBay Trial Postponed; Some Claims Dismissed; Is A Settlement Ahead?
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With the EBay-Craigslist lawsuit finally set to head to trial, the trial has suddenly been taken off the docket, and Classified Intelligence… Read more »
Updated: Skype Founders Get Personal; Sue Former Joost CEO Volpi Over Trade Secrets
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Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, the founders of a P2P maze of Skype, Joost and other startups based on code owned by their company Joltid,… Read more »
SEC Watch: Andresseen's Fund Will Own Less Than 5 Percent Of Skype
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EBay kicked off Tuesday with news that it’s selling Skype to an investor group for $1.9 billion in cash plus a $125 million note — and a bi… Read more »
Interview: Index Ventures' Danny Rimer On New Skype Investment
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It only looks like deja vu all over again for Index Ventures, the early backer of Skype that is now part of the investor group buying 65 per… Read more »
EBay Sells 65 Percent Of Skype For $1.9 Billion Cash
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EBay is finally putting us out of our misery when it comes to speculation about Skype but it isn’t getting completely out of the virtual pho… Read more »
Skype's Troubled History With Ebay, in Links
Skype’s four year run under Ebay has been beset with troubles, and finally that is about to come to an end, as it gets sold to an investor g… Read more »
Skype About to Be Sold to Investor Group, Including Andreessen's New Firm: Report
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Skype is finally about to be sold by Ebay to an investor group, which includes Andreessen Horowitz, the new VC firm headed by Marc Andreesse… Read more »
PayPal’s New ‘Open’ Payment Platform Gets Microsoft’s Endorsement
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PayPal has spent the last decade trying to standardize (and dominate) the transactional side of e-commerce — and now it’s got its eyes on t… Read more »
Earnings: eBay Posts A Profit, But Revs Continue To Slide
*eBay* continues to feel the sting from consumer cutbacks in spending, but the e-commerce company did manage to scrape up a profit for Q1. N… Read more »
eBay To Buy Korean Auction Site; Yahoo Helps Out
eBay is indeed purchasing a controlling stake in Korean auction site Gmarket, as had been rumored earlier this week. The auction site announ… Read more »
eBay Planning IPO For Skype In 2010
eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) said Tuesday it would spin off its Skype calling service via an initial public offering during the first half of next year… Read more »
Report: eBay Near Deal For Stake In Korean Auction Site
Korean online newspaper edaily reports that eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) is close to buying a 34 percent stake in South Korean online auction operator… Read more »
Analyst: eBay Will Have A Rocky 2009
Media companies of all kinds are expected to struggle this year for many of the same reasons, but Collins Stewart analyst Sandeep Aggarwal s… Read more »
Skype Founders Might Buy Back Firm From eBay
Skype’s two founders have joined a growing list of suitors possibly interested in buying the service from eBay (NSDQ: EBAY). The New York Ti… Read more »
Skype Founders Might Buy Back Firm From eBay
Skype’s two founders have joined a growing list of suitors possibly interested in buying the service from eBay (NSDQ: EBAY). The New York Ti… Read more »
