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eBay generated $400M in business from iPhone app

Giselle Tsirulnik from MobileMarketer wrote: EBay President/CEO John Donahoe said mobile is one of the key areas that the company is focusing on since devices will surely impact the way that consumers shop. Mr. Donahoe said that the iPhone and BlackBerry devices are already changing consumersâ

09.24.2009 | Business, Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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Can sleeping giant Skype reinvent itself?

Eric Auchard from Reuters.com wrote: Do once-hot Internet start-ups who miss a date with destiny ever truly get a second chance? History says no, even for once-great names like Netscape, AOL and MySpace. Skype hopes to be the exception. On Tuesday, a group led by top Internet financiers in Sil

09.2.2009 | Business, Technology | Hugo Candeias

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eBay Opens App Store

eBay sellers today will be able to access third-party applications for the first time as the e-commerce giant opens its app marketplace. The third-party apps offered through the store are aimed at eBay sellers, and provide tools for them to manage and streamline their online businesses. The apps

08.18.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Skype may end?

Skype may end?

Skype has nearly 450 million users worldwide, twice the profiles in the social network Facebook. This online tool that allows people to call talk free over the Internet has a tremendous popularity, but the legal problems that the company now faces may be condemning them to extinction. It all

08.17.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Facebook Is Now the Fourth Largest Site In The World

The global rise of Facebook is nothing less than astounding. In the month of June alone it gained 24 million unique visitors worldwide, compared to the month before, for a total of 340 million unique visitors worldwide. It is now the fourth largest site in the world, trailing only Google, Micro

08.5.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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EBay revenue beats Wall Street expectations

Ebay Inc on Tuesday posted a quarterly net profit and revenue that beat Wall Street expectations, and shares rose more than 3 percent. The company, which connects sellers and buyers online through auctions and fixed-price sales, gave a third-quarter profit forecast in line with analysts' esti

07.22.2009 | Business | Hugo Candeias

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Jackson memorial sale crackdown

Efforts by those trying to sell tickets they won to the Michael Jackson memorial service are being thwarted. Hours after lottery winners collected their passes, postings went up on Craigslist and eBay offering tickets to the highest bidder. Some were offered for as much as $25.000 (£15.311, â

07.7.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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eBay scammer told to cough up £102,000

eBay scammer told to cough up £102,000

An eBay fraudster has been ordered to pay back £102,000 of money he scammed on the internet auction site by Preston Crown Court. Jonathan Hartley sent out bogus electronic goods all around the world from 11 separate accounts making a total of £140,000. So my first question is, what about the ot

05.19.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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