Google might have acquired Gizmo5
Industry sources are hinting that the search engine giant Google might have acquired VoIP company Gizmo5.
Ebay was said to be interested in this company previously but their deal with the Skype founders meant that the need to acquire Gizmo5 is no longer there.
Ebay needed Gizmo5 in case they [...]
Skype founders settle differences with eBay
US based online retailing giant eBay has settled their legal differences with the founders of the Skype service which is now owned by them.
Skype would now get the ownership of the technology that power its engine. This technology was originally licensed by eBay from Joltid which was founded by [...]
PayPal goes down for almost an hour!
Wall Street Journal has reported that eBay owned online payment service PayPal went down for around an hour on Monday.
The report said that the problems started at around 10:30 AM Pacific Time. Most customers had regained access to the services in around four hours.
PayPal is one of [...]
PayPal opens up to third party developers
eBay owned financial service PayPal has announced their Adaptive Payments System which enables third party developers to use their APIs to create new tools and services.
PayPal announced this at the Platform Preview Event in San Jose, California.
The company said: “PayPal will be the first and only global payment service [...]
Steven Madden suing eBay for fake merchandise sale
Steven Madden has announced that they are launching a lawsuit against online auction website eBay.
Steven Madden claims that eBay allows their members to sell fake watches on their store.
This latest lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan. The lawsuit accuses eBay [...]
Amazon not accepting eBay Bill Me Later anymore?
Online reports are claiming that US based online store Amazon.com has stopped accepting eBay’s Bill Me Later service for payments.
Market analysts believe that Amazon waited for the end of the holiday season for blocking this rival payment method.
eBay had acquired Bill Me Later service last year. The deal [...]
Brian O’Shaughnessy leaves Google for Skype
Google loses another high profile individual to a relatively smaller company.
Brian O’Shaughnessy is a well known face in Google Public Relations department.
He is now leaving the search engine giant to work for eBay owned VoIP service provider Skype.
O’Shaughnessy would be moving to Luxembourg to join his new position in Skype.
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Microsoft Live Search Cashback offering huge discounts
Microsoft is getting more aggressive with its Live Search Cashback offer.
The company is now offering discounts as high as 25% on items purchased from eBay
Users are required to search for products on the company’s Live Product search service to get these discounts.
eBay has been a Microsoft partner on [...]
EBay acquiring Bill Me Later and Danish classifieds sites
US based online auction service eBay has announced that they are now acquiring online payments site Bill Me Later and two Danish classifieds services.
The company would be paying $820 million in cash and $125 million in options to acquire Bill Me Later. They expect this deal to [...]
TechCrunch: eBay considering selling off StumbleUpon
Popular technology blog TechCrunch has stated that as per their sources eBay is considering plans to sell off their StumbleUpon unit.
Incidentally, eBay had acquired this company just around a year ago for $75 million.
The report said that eBay has hired the services of Deutsche Bank to find a buyer for [...]
