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Article | 9/05/2012 PayPal, Softbank to form Japan joint venture, launch PayPal Here service
PayPal and Softbank said Wednesday they will form a new joint venture to pursue online transactions business in the country.
Article | 8/05/2012 EBay setting up a second development center in India
EBay is hiring for a development center it is setting up in Bangalore, its second in the country.
Article | 30/03/2012 EBay taps mobile payments innovator David Marcus for PayPal president
EBay has tapped David Marcus to replace Scott Thompson as president of PayPal effective April 2, the company announced Thursday.
Article | 23/03/2012 E-commerce trade group: Mobile geolocation privacy bill is 'awful'
U.S. Senate legislation that would require mobile apps to get permission to check the geolocation of a user is among the bills that make up trade grou...
Article | 14/03/2012 Few tech issues will move in Congress for the rest of the year
As the U.S. Congress begins to gear up for November's elections, several technology-related issues remain unresolved. Lawmakers have pushed in recent ...
Article | 13/03/2012 eBay resellers cash in on iPad shortages
eBay resellers are asking an average price of $591 for the base model of Apple's new iPad, or nearly $100 above list, the online auction site said tod...
Article | 8/03/2012 Tech firms launch new QA internship program
A group of U.S. technology companies has launched an IT internship program aimed at helping low-income young people get a start in the industry throug...
Article | 29/02/2012 Public Knowledge pushes for copyright reform
Digital rights group Public Knowledge has launched a campaign to reform U.S. copyright laws and make them more friendly to the Internet, in the eyes o...
Article | 23/12/2011 EBay buys BillSafe for 'purchase-on-invoice' technology
EBay has purchased German vendor BillSafe to complement its PayPal online payment system, the company announced Thursday. Terms were not disclosed.
Article | 14/12/2011 CEA switches positions, now supports Internet sales tax
The Consumer Electronics Association has switched its position on Internet sales taxes, with the huge trade group now supporting the collection of the...
Article | 12/12/2011 Refurbished HP TouchPad fire sale is happening this Sunday
Just when we thought the $99 Hewlett-Packard TouchPad was gone forever, the tablet that refuses to die is coming back for one last sale, according to ...
Article | 3/12/2011 EBay launches Web query language
In the hopes of reducing the complexity of making data calls over the Web, eBay has launched a programming language, called ql.io, which bundles separ...
Article | 1/12/2011 Lawmakers express support for Internet sales tax
Several members of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voiced support Wednesday for legislation that would allow states to collect s...
Article | 1/12/2011 EBay finishes data center in a very hot place
Temperatures in Phoenix, Arizona -- one of the most arid places in the U.S. -- routinely exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius). That's ab...
Article | 22/11/2011 Ebay buys e-commerce recommendations service Hunch
Ebay has acquired Hunch, an online platform for customized purchase recommendations, for an undisclosed price, it said Monday.