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 [...]
Yahoo testing their new homepage
Internet media giant Yahoo has started testing a new layout of their Yahoo.com portal.
Yahoo.com continues to remain one of the most visited websites on the internet.
The new user interface features more customization along with better connectivity to their other services.
The new Yahoo.com comes loaded with a dashboard on the left [...]
Amazon launches Checkout by Amazon and Amazon Simple Pay
Online retailing giant Amazon has now entered into direct competition with both eBay PayPal and Google Checkout.
The company has launched two new payment services named: Checkout by Amazon and Amazon Simple Pay.
Checkout by Amazon as per the company is their complete checkout solution. It has features like [...]
Klausner Technologies settles lawsuit against Apple, eBay and AT&T
Klausner Technologies has revealed that they have now settled their lawsuit filed against Apple, eBay and AT&T related to their visual voicemail technology.
They did not reveal the financial aspects of their deal with the involved companies.
Klausner added that they are also currently in talks with Comcast and [...]
Wal-Mart gets into online classifieds services
Wal-Mart is taking on Craigslist and eBay Kijiji with the launch of their online classified advertising site.
This new service is being managed through Oodle.com.
Walmart.com spokesman Ravi Jariwala spoke about this new initiative: “This free, community-based resource allows customers to buy and sell items locally, find local jobs and learn [...]
eBay sellers can no longer leave negative feedback for buyers
Online retailing service eBay has finally implemented the changes they had announced sometime ago.
Starting today, eBay sellers are no longer allowed to leave negative or neutral feedback on customers.
While this is good news for buyers on the service as bad sellers would not be able to [...]
MySpace to allow members to share their information to other services
Internet’s most popular social networking destination MySpace has said that they are now going to allow their members to share their public profile information on other online services.
They would have the power to decide to share their personal information like pictures, videos, and text on [...]
Craigslist and eBay face each other
Online auction service eBay owns a minor stake in the classifieds service Craigslist. They are also the operator of a rival service Kijiji.
eBay recently filed a lawsuit against Craigslist saying that the company is trying to dilute their stake in it by following illegal practices.
Craigslist has now responded by saying [...]
Skype to launch a $9.95/month international calling plan
Skype is scheduled to launch a new international calling plan for its users today.
This plan would cost USD 9.95 a month and would allow the users to make unlimited calls to land-line phones in 34 countries.
This plan would cover major countries including most of the European countries in [...]
eBay considering selling off Skype
John Donahoe CEO of eBay has been quoted as saying that the company is considering selling off their Skype division if they fail to find a user for it to support their core e-commerce business.
Ebay had paid around USD 3.1 billion for Skype and later on went to wrote down the [...]
