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Not too long ago, eBay’s CEO, Jon Donahoe sent an email out to some of the site’s users, urging them to help them fight the Internet sales tax law. Now, the site launched a tool that anyone can use to send a message to the members of Congress.
“Big retailers and state tax collectors are pushing fo... |
27 May 2013
03:49 GMT |
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As Twitter, Facebook, and Google proved, releasing projects to open source can enhance a company's profile and improve its public perception. That's probably why the eBay dev team released RaptorJS a couple of months back, joining in the open source carousel.
RaptorJS is a very advanced, high-end JavaScrip... |
21 May 2013
12:01 GMT |
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Prepare to have your eBay experience on iOS improved tenfold, as the American e-commerce company has released an updated app for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad users who like to sell, as well as bid online.
“We've been hard at work on version 2.3 of eBay for iPad and we hope you like it,” says the com... |
17 May 2013
15:41 GMT |
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Some people paint flowers and happy sceneries, while others like to paint disaster scenes. That seems to be the case with this artist who wants to sell an airplane crash scene on eBay. On July 25 2000, 113 people died when Air France’s Concorde jet bound for New York crashed in France. The scene was then de... |
14 May 2013
09:59 GMT |
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Jon Donahoe, eBay CEO, says that despite his opposition to the Marketplace Fairness Act, he isn’t against the broader idea of Internet sales tax.
Donahoe states that eBay would support a national Internet sales tax plan as long as it worked, but that the company isn’t confident that the Marketplace Fair... |
1 May 2013
18:21 GMT |
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As every year goes, some industrious people have attempted to sell their WWDC tickets on eBay, charging almost ten times the original asking price to give them away. “With tickets selling out in less than 2 minutes, this is one of the most coveted tickets in the world. Ticket shall be transferred onsite at the... |
26 April 2013
04:13 GMT |
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eBay is trying to convince some of its users to stop a national legislation that would give authorities the right to collect sales tax from out-of-state online retailers.
The message sent by John Donahoe, eBay’s CEO, reached both users and sellers in the eBay Marketplace. According to the email, the proposed l... |
22 April 2013
10:48 GMT |
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An eBay phishing scheme targeting French users has been spotted by experts from MX Lab.
The emails, entitled “Question sur l’ objet #2091501444 – Répondre maintenant” (Question on item #[number] – Answer now), are well designed so they might trick unsuspecting eBay customer... |
15 April 2013
18:21 GMT |
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The official eBay app, the one that allows users to check eBay listings and purchase products without actually leaving the Modern UI of their Windows 8 device, has recently received a new pack of improvements, some of which allow users to easily report found bugs. The official release notes point to three different ... |
11 April 2013
17:01 GMT |
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Since Pope Francis' election just two days ago, hundreds of domains including the pope's name have popped up. Listed on eBay is just one of those domain names, on sale for the ungodly amount of $39,999 (€30,600), which I guess the seller thinks would be just pennies for the Catholic Church, if they de... |
15 March 2013
11:19 GMT |
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eBay for Windows 8 has been around for a while, but the developers behind this project have rarely updated the app, even though it’s one of the most popular items in the Windows Store.
Well, a major update is now waiting for your download, coming with new features and performance enhancements.
First of all, t... |
22 February 2013
01:49 GMT |
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The Surface Pro with 128 GB of storage space is still unavailable at Microsoft stores and at its partners in the United States and Canada, but those who want this particular model still have one more option left.
Neowin.net has found that a few units are currently available on eBay, obviously at a much heftier price... |
16 February 2013
04:47 GMT |
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Independent security researcher David Sopas has identified a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on eBay’s careers website (ebaycareers.com).
The expert has revealed that the security hole affected the search section of the website, more precisely the field from “Search Openings.”
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8 February 2013
07:10 GMT |
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An offering for a dress on eBay went from £15.99 ($19 / €25) to almost 10,000 times the amount, because of the picture of the product.
The ad was for a yellow ASOS skater dress, pictured above. It looks appealing enough, but not exactly worth the £150,000 ($238,000 / €180,000) it was offered by... |
18 January 2013
09:57 GMT |
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Online shoppers, but particularly the sellers using the handy eBay app on their iPhones and iPads may want to look into the latest update rolled out by eBay Inc. this week.
The new eBay 2.7.0 brings a new listing flow that makes it “faster and easier to sell,” according to the developers. Users get categ... |
8 January 2013
03:42 GMT |
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Auction site eBay has launched a new web-store exclusively designed to market and sell refurbished Apple products, including iPads, Macs, and iPod media players.
Similar to Apple’s Special Deals section, eBay’s Refurbished Outlet sells “Apple Certified Refurbished Products,” which means that ... |
19 November 2012
07:01 GMT |
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eBay is now selling state-of-the-art, greener-than-green gadgets that will change your life forever: pieces of cardboard shaped exactly like iPhones. The specialists who designed and manufactured these environmentally-friendly gadgets have worked long and hard and have finally come up with the state-of-the-art feat... |
8 November 2012
07:40 GMT |
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Kindle Paperwhite is available to purchase on Amazon for a little over two weeks, but it seems that the first replacement parts have started to pop up on Ebay. It's not uncommon for devices to get replacement parts, but two weeks after a launch is considered to be a short window, especially because Kindle Paper... |
17 October 2012
12:31 GMT |
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In order to ensure that their malicious campaigns record a success, cybercriminals must always keep up with the changes made by the companies whose names and reputations they leverage. That’s exactly what a group in charge of an eBay phishing scam has done.
eBay has recently changed its logo and while the new ... |
15 October 2012
10:33 GMT |
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A rubber depiction, meant to be worn as a mask, of alleged mass murderer James Holmes, surfaced last week on eBay, at auction for a starting price of $500. ABC News reports the listing was taken down by mid-Friday, not without causing a fair amount of controversy until then. Witnesses claim Holmes is responsible fo... |
8 October 2012
13:21 GMT |
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eBay listed security researcher Rafay Baloch in its hall of fame after the expert managed to identify a “very unusual” non-persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
“There was a WAF/IPS in place which was filtering out the html and JavaScript being embedded into the page. I managed to b... |
28 September 2012
06:53 GMT |
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Following another big redesign of an iconic logo, the new Microsoft logo, eBay is doing the same. What's even more interesting is that eBay seems to be taking the same route Microsoft took, the new logo is just minimalistic at best. It's basically just the eBay name with all the letters in different colors.... |
13 September 2012
12:42 GMT |
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This coming October the online community is to become acquainted with a brand new website, whose goal is that of promoting recycling by making sure those selling and those wishing to purchase used petroleum and plant-based oils can get in touch with each other.
To cut a long story short: the working principles behi... |
13 September 2012
05:10 GMT |
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Love potions, spells, curses and haunted items have been available on eBay since its launch in '95. Although popular, this section has been removed from the high-ranking auction website on September 1st, 2012.People can no longer use eBay to profit off the occult, even though the section was generating substanti... |
6 September 2012
02:48 GMT |
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An iPhone prototype has hit eBay with an asking price of $4,500, or just above €3,600, with the seller suggesting the item should make a fine collector’s piece. Eager buyers can secure the phone now for $10K / €8,000.
Titled “Apple iPhone 4 32GB N90AP PROTOTYPE UNRELEASED SWITCHBOARD TESTER UNIT&rdq... |
22 August 2012
05:31 GMT |
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eBay is experiencing somewhat of a second youth. Granted, it's mostly fueled by PayPal, but the old site is not doing so bad either. Maybe in an effort to present a more serious look or because its wishes weren't granted, the site is now banning the sale of any type of spells, potions, voodoo and similar.Be... |
21 August 2012
15:31 GMT |
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eBay Inc. has released an updated version of its iPad application for on-the-go shoppers, which brings some user interface tweaks, the ability to review a seller’s feedback, bug fixes, and more.
eBay subscribers are promised a new rich search experience with seamless transitions to buy and pay for items, all o... |
14 August 2012
15:21 GMT |
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An original iPhone, just like the one Steve Jobs introduced in 2007 at Macworld, is now selling for 10,000/8,155 € on eBay, with another sealed unit up on auction with four days remaining and a current price tag of $6,100/5,000 EUR.
The seller describes the item as a “Stunning, rare collector’s choi... |
10 August 2012
10:41 GMT |
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Version 2.6.0 of the eBay shopping app is now out for iPhone and iPad delivering a bunch of new features on smaller screens, and the usual bag of fixes and tweaks on the 10-inch tablet. The iPhone version of the official eBay app gets an improved selling flow and landscape support for easy typing of eBay item descri... |
10 July 2012
19:41 GMT |
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Latest news from eBay representatives inform us that the company just closed a deal with fuel cell specialist Bloom Energy. The terms of the agreement: the latter is to help EBay in having its Utah facility powered by 30 fuel cell units.
For those unaware, fuel cell units are devices that generate electricity by me... |
22 June 2012
05:14 GMT |
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Following an internal leak, Apple has failed to stop the sale of a first-generation iPad prototype unit featuring not one, but two dock connectors, as well as internal test software. On several occasions, Apple has stopped the sale of leaked prototype devices, but this one didn’t catch the eye of the Cupertino... |
29 May 2012
03:53 GMT |
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Online auction and shopping website eBay has announced a huge update to its iOS application for iPad customers: “With this many new features, fixes, and user requests, it's hard not to be excited!,” eBay said. “With your feedback, we've made an app we know you'll love,” said the... |
4 May 2012
07:11 GMT |
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We've been talking about the upcoming Intel Ivy Bridge central processing units, and how their motherboards won't make it easy to use three displays with them.
Now, though, we've come across some information that will surely make the day of people interested in getting one of the CPUs early.
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31 March 2012
06:08 GMT |
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Cybercriminals have taken the body of a legitimate eBay identity verification email and began using it in a malicious campaign designed to steal the accounts of unsuspecting users. “You're signing in from a computer we're not familiar with. That's no problem, but we need to take a few moments ju... |
26 March 2012
07:54 GMT |
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A rare Bell & Howell MICRO Computer Apple II Plus that was assembled specifically for educational purposes is now available on eBay where it’s currently fetching around 400 bucks for its lucky owner.
If you want a piece of Apple history, seller christique1 says “it is a model that was built for education... |
14 February 2012
08:40 GMT |
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Bitdefender researchers came across a Facebook scam that promises 10,000 eBay gift cards worth $200 (140 EUR) for users who complete a few “easy steps.” Unlike other schemes, where a simple Like and a Share are enough, in this situation the crooks request much more than that. They urge the unsuspecting ... |
14 February 2012
05:46 GMT |
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Raspberry Pi, a miniature computer with an estimate cost of just $25 (€18.5) and that will most probably run a Linux distro or RISC OS, has entered mass production, according to one of its creators, Eben Upton. Raspberry Pi is being developed in UK and build in China and the first shipment should number in the... |
17 January 2012
10:12 GMT |
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PayPal is hardly the most beloved company on the web, but there aren't any real alternatives to it and it gets the job done, most of the time. But the web doesn't reserve any good faith for the company and it certainly hasn't now that an allegedly antique violin got destroyed, seemingly at the instruct... |
5 January 2012
05:41 GMT |
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The seller of the iPod shuffle signed by Steve Jobs has contacted us with clarification as to why his auction was pulled from eBay. The reason was: none.“I am writing in regards to the orange/gold Steve Jobs signed iPod that had appeared on eBay a couple of weeks ago,” says Ian Macdonald.“With well ... |
5 January 2012
03:37 GMT |
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A developer who has grown tired of paying $99 in annual fees for iTunes Connect access, only to see Apple take a 30% cut from the profits generated by his app, has decided to pull out of the game and sell 'Buckshot' to whomever wants the responsibility of maintaining it.
Buckshot takes you on a scavenger h... |
4 January 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Yahoo has had a confusing past few months. Ever since it got rid of its CEO in September, the company's future has been unclear, to say the least. On the one hand, it has been looking for a replacement. On the other, it was looking for buyers as well, either for the whole company or just for its valuable Asian a... |
4 January 2012
08:10 GMT |
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Nokia and T-Mobile announced a few weeks ago plans to bring to the market in the United States the Nokia Lumia 710 smartphone, and the Windows Phone device can already be seen on eBay.
T-Mobile’s customers will not be able to get a taste of the new handset until January 11th, when the phone officially goes up... |
30 December 2011
02:01 GMT |
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With the holidays approaching fast and people desperately searching for the perfect presents to buy for their loved ones and for themselves, crooks began setting up fake eBay sites that promise fabulous deals on some really cool gadgets. Trend Micro researchers found such a website which perfectly replicates a legit... |
21 December 2011
15:01 GMT |
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While searching for her name on Google, an Australian user came across a database that contained close to 800 customer transactions made by an eBay merchant called shahizanhashim.
“I found that my personal details have been comprised and are floating around in Internet land for all to see,” said the cust... |
16 December 2011
14:31 GMT |
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There sales and there are super sales, and then there's the sort of event that HP hold yesterday (December 11), when it sold TouchPad tablets for just $99 (74 Euro or so).
We already saw how the sale lasted for the entirety of several minutes before they all got ordered off.
The traffic was so big and fast, in... |
12 December 2011
14:11 GMT |
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You'd think an abandoned project would stay abandoned, but the HP TouchPad tablet is definitely not ordinary in that regard and will prove it on December 11.
Apparently, refurbished TouchPad webOS tablets will be sold for $99, or 74 Euro, through HP's eBay store.
Both 16 GB and 32 GB models will be incl... |
8 December 2011
02:30 GMT |
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The busiest shopping day of the year is a great opportunity for cybercriminals to launch their malicious campaigns in which they try to lure users into handing over account credentials.MalwareCity reports a series of messages that advertise great eBay deals, all pointing to a page that perfectly replicates the legiti... |
26 November 2011
07:00 GMT |
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News sources in France are reporting that about 6,000 copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the highly anticipated first person shooter from developer Infinity Ward and publisher Activision, have been stolen from a truck in France and are now fetching record prices on eBay.TF1 News says that sources close to the ... |
7 November 2011
05:49 GMT |
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Online auction and shopping website, eBay has launched RedLaser, an “mpossibly accurate barcode scanning” solution for iDevice owners.RedLaser is marketed as the fastest and easiest to use solution of its kind: “It has everything you loved in RL Classic and more of the functionality you have told us... |
4 November 2011
05:50 GMT |
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eBay has posted strong financial results for the third quarter of 2011, helped, once again, by PayPal. The company posted a 32 percent revenue growth, on a year-over-year basis, helping it achieve a record quarter.
"Revenue for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011, increased 32% to $3.0 billion [2.17€ b... |
20 October 2011
05:52 GMT |
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