Amazon is introducing booklovers who embraced its Kindle ebook reader to the boob tube. It’s widely believed the company will announce a TV set box top akin to Roku but looking like Google’s Chromecast USB device, possibly at a press Read more
eBay Enterprise will open a new fulfillment center in Ontario, Canada in the second quarter of this year, bringing the total number of warehouses to eight. The company currently has five fulfillment centers in the U.S., one in Canada, and Read more
eBay’s battle to fend off Carl Icahn is benefitting other tech firms, from Twitter to Google. Aside from the fodder the proxy battleprovides tech reporters (CNBC has been on a roll with its coverage), there are now “dualing hashtags” on Twitter, Read more
Responsible email marketers have for years provided methods within their messages for recipients to unsubscribe from future mailings. But Google made a change recently to its Gmail service that puts an unsubscribe button at the top of all emails it Read more
Amazon.com customers who purchased certain Kindle ebooks between April 1, 2010, and May 21, 2012, received a credit for future purchases on Tuesday. That’s thanks to a settlement reached between plaintiffs and five publishers in a class action lawsuit. The Read more
eBay sellers in Australia are getting some bad news: eBay will extend its commission to include shipping costs, meaning higher selling fees. eBay has already rolled out the policy change in the U.S. in 2011 and in the UK last Read more
Hall of Famer. Multiple-time NBA MVP and champion. All-time league scoring leader. And of course, comedic actor. What’s next for Kareem Abdul Jabbar? Why not ecommerce, as the sporting legend embarked on a partnership with online selling giant Amazon.com to sell Read more
eBay CEO John Donahoe along with members of the eBay Board will face shareholders on May 13th. eBay is holding its annual shareholder meeting a little later this year, perhaps because it finds itself being targeted by investor shareholder Carl Read more
eBay is running a major seller promotion in order to stock the shelves for Mother’s Day shoppers. eBay will kick off a marketing campaign next week and said the May holiday is the 4th largest retail holiday of the year. Read more
Calling it one of the best ecommerce business models seen in a long time, Silicon Valley guru Sramana Mitra said Auctionata is succeeding where eBay could not: high-end online auctions. Mitra interviewed Auctionata CEO Alexander Zacke recently to find out Read more
