Skype's Founders are in Talks to Buy it Back from eBayApril 11th, 2009 Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, who sold Skype to eBay four years ago for $2.6 billion, wants to buy them back. Yeah, weird may it sound but that is what is buzzing around in the technology world right now.
EBay to let users list up to 5 auction items per month with no listing feeMay 12th, 2009 EBay cuts auction listing fees for casual sellersNEW YORK — The online marketplace eBay is eliminating some upfront fees to attract more sellers who occasionally auction off items. San Jose, Calif.-based eBay Inc.
General Motors' partnership with eBay to sell new cars through Calif. dealers set to endSeptember 30th, 2009 GM's trial program selling cars on eBay set to endDETROIT — General Motors says it's ending a trial program that put new cars for sale in California on eBay as it shifts its focus to national marketing efforts. GM spokesman John McDonald said the trial was slated to end Wednesday, after a run of about six weeks.
New Zealanders snapped up cheap airfares after data errorJanuary 15th, 2009 WELLINGTON - Nearly 650 New Zealanders snapped up super cheap airfares as low as 50 New Zealand dollars (about $27) for flights to Europe in September after a data input error on the website of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, a report said Friday. The watchdog dog Commerce Commission rebuked the airline for taking more than four hours to correct the mistake and said it should have better systems in place.
EBay to roll out 'top-rated seller' program in move to reward merchants regardless of sizeJuly 27th, 2009 New eBay program aims to reward good sellersSAN FRANCISCO — EBay Inc. wants to attract more buyers to its online marketplace.
PayPal launches new seller protection for its eBay sellersJune 30th, 2009 MUMBAI - PayPal, an eBay company, today announced that it is launching new protection for its eBay sellers. The new coverage will provide protection against unauthorised payments and claims for items not received for eligible items sold on eBay websites.
EBay developing software it could use to run Skype if it can't resolve tech licensing disputeJuly 31st, 2009 EBay working on alternative software for SkypeSAN FRANCISCO — EBay Inc. is developing software it might use to continue running the online telecommunications service Skype if it cannot resolve a legal dispute with a separate company run by the service's founders.
Teenage whiz-kid hacker gets a straight jobMarch 25th, 2009 WELLINGTON - A New Zealand teenage whiz-kid who admitted developing software that infected a million computers around the world has been hired by telecommunications company TelstraClear to advise companies how to avoid hackers. Owen Walker, 19, who was tracked down by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, is advising on 'botnets' - networks of computers infected by malicious software - TelstraClear spokesman Chris Mirams told Radio New Zealand Wednesday.
New Zealand welfare agency uses Facebook to catch fraudstersMarch 29th, 2009 WELLINGTON - New Zealand's government welfare agency has confirmed it examines internet social network sites like Facebook to catch benefit fraudsters, a newspaper reported Sunday. Lauren Kaney, 22, of Mount Maunganui, was convicted in court last week of getting three times the weekly benefit she was entitled to, after claiming she lived on her own with her 2-year-old-son.
Brit girl, 10, puts 'annoying but cuddly' grandma on eBay!October 1st, 2009 LONDON - A 10-year-old British schoolgirl tired of her grandmother's "moaning" decided to sell her on eBay. Zoe Pemberton, a pupil at the Great Clacton Church of England Junior School, described Marian Goodall, 61, as "rare and annoying and moaning a lot" but also "very cuddly and loves word searches", reports The Daily Express.
EBay announces Skype spin-off planApril 15th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Online auction house eBay said Tuesday that it plans to spin off its online telephony business Skype via an initial public offering by the middle of next year. The announcement was seen as an admission by the auction powerhouse that its $2.6-billion purchase of Skype in 2005 had not worked out as expected.
UK Advertising Authority bans eBay for being Oversmart about discounts claims, which apparently they weren't!April 22nd, 2009 UK agency bans eBay ad claiming 25 pct discounts
LONDON — Britain's advertising watchdog has told eBay to stop claiming that it offers new goods 25 percent below store prices. The Advertising Standards Authority said Wednesday that eBay's poster implied that shoppers could buy anything at that discount from store prices.
Bid on eBay for a whole hotel in Denver for New Year's EveOctober 5th, 2009 Bid on eBay for a Denver hotel for New Year's EveDENVER — The Curtis Hotel in Denver is putting itself up for auction on eBay for New Year's Eve. The winning bidder gets 330 rooms, the grand ballroom, live music, champagne, caviar, dinner, breakfast and of course all the staff to pull off a once-in-a-lifetime party.
EBay Skype to sell stake in Skype for $1.9 billion in cashSeptember 1st, 2009 EBay Skype to sell stake in SkypeSAN JOSE, Calif. — EBay Inc.
French court rules against eBay for counterfeiting, orders damages paid to luxury group LVMHSeptember 18th, 2009 French court rules against eBay for counterfeitingPARIS — A French court has found eBay responsible for brand counterfeiting and ordered the online marketplace operator to pay the luxury group LVMH euro80,000 ($118,000) compensation for damages caused to famous perfume brands like Christian Dior and Kenzo. The Paris-based LVMH SA conglomerate had sued eBay Inc., accusing the San Jose, Calif.-based company of using its brands as keywords in Internet searches.
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