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UPDATED: eBay Restores Search Functionality

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:02:51 +0000

gbayemporium On November 21, 2009 at 10:17 pm Said: So they’re blaming the sellers for listing too many items. Well eBay, the blame boomerangs right back onto you. YOU wanted these giant outlet type sellers to list all their stuff on eBay, and look what it’s done! Seeing as they don’t pay ...

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EBay apologizes for Web site glitch

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:04:46 +0000

(CNN) -- Online auction giant eBay apologized Sunday for a daylong glitch that inactivated the search function on its Web site, and said it will compensate sellers for their losses. When shoppers searched for an item Saturday, the site returned limited or no results. Some shoppers found a blank ...

The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP found this 11 hours ago on edition.cnn.com

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Motorola Droid prototype out on eBay

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:12:16 +0000

Want to go one up on your friends? Motorola's Droid prototype seemed to have made its way to eBay, where bidding starts from $485 upwards. Apparently, this is believed to be one of the five prototypes available, making it all the more rare and exotic compared to other supercars. You get a ...

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eBay sets Skype loose at $2.75 billion valuation

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:04:15 +0000

The auction site has sold off its telephony unit, finally, after plans to take it public and a legal dispute with the company's founders.

Consumerist found this 4 days ago on news.cnet.com

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From the Department of Oh No, She Didn't: Whitman Defends eBay's Skype Debacle

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:30:42 +0000

If spinning is an intense political skill, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman is doing her very best at trying to create a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. As Om Malik reports on GigaOm , Whitman–who is trying to nab the Republican gubernatorial nomination for California–told a ...

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Updated: EBay Confirms Deal With Skype Cofounders; They Get 14 Percent Stake In Spinoff

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:36:47 +0000

As expected , eBay ( NSDQ: EBAY ) announced a deal today between the Skype investor group and Joltid, the owner of the code that runs Skype. Joltid and Skype cofounders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis will get 14 percent of the new ...

mocoNews found this 4 days ago on paidcontent.org

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eBay Successfully Sells Skype—Gets $1.9 Billion Cash Up Front

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:36:16 +0000

eBay ( NSDQ: EBAY ) has closed its deal to sell VoIP service Skype for roughly $2.75 billion. The group of buyers—including Joltid Limited, Andreessen Horowitz and others—are paying $1.9 billion in cash up front, with $125 ...

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EBay Gets Onboard With Delta for Holiday Promotion

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:48:42 +0000

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- EBay is taking its holiday marketing plans to new heights -- literally. The online retailer is partnering with Delta Air Lines to provide free WiFi to passengers on nearly 300 airplanes with domestic destinations for seven days, beginning Nov. 24. EBay and Delta plan to ...

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Found on eBay: An original Apple-1 with wonderful documentation

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000

A few months ago, we provided details of an auction that featured a Mac that had been given to Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry by Apple. If you missed your chance to pick up that prime item, now you have an opportunity to own an Apple that is even more rare: an Apple-1 (also known as the ...

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Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman Defends Skype Buy

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:38:51 +0000

Meg Whitman, former chief executive officer of eBay, defended her decision to buy Skype in a radio interview with KTKZ’s Capitol Hour featuring Eric Hogue. Whitman is running for the office of the Governor of California on a Republican ticket , and is currently leading in the Republican ...

Digital Daily found this 12 days ago on gigaom.com

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Banned Xbox 360s Flooding Craigslist, Ebay

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:27:32 +0000

Craiglist, Xbox 360 Modded & Banned Beware of banned Xbox 360s loosed in ballooning numbers on auction sites and distribution lists featuring online classified ads. In the wake of Microsoft's ban of between "a small percentage" or "around 600,000" or "up to one million players" (depending ...

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eBay Search Down

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:10:44 +0000

Troubled online auction giant eBay can add a new problem to their ongoing issues today (Nov 21) with eBay search going completely down for all users. The issue, as the name suggests, results in eBay search not working by simply failing to deliver any results from the search box. A notice ...

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