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Skype Founders Stalled eBay's Re-Sale Deal to Get in on the Action

In October, we reported that Skype's founders were suing eBay--which acquired the VOIP service in 2005--over a snippet of code that, they say, wasn't part of the Skype acquisition. The suit gained notoriety for its astronomical ...READ»

Viral Loop Chronicles Part 1: Forget Everything You've Heard About Book Publishing

Part 1: Today's Author, Yesterday's Business Forget everything you've heard about book publishing. For instance, recently at a party to celebrate the publication of my latest book, a number of people asked, "Is your ...READ»

Will the Skype Founders Actually Win $75 Million Per Day From eBay?

Earlier this week we reported that the founders of Skype were filing suit against eBay over a piece of programming code they allege the auction site is using without permission. They're asking $75 million in damages for every day that ...READ»

Skype Founders Sue eBay for $75 Million Per Day

The ever-litigious founders of Skype, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, are suing former majority stakeholder eBay at a rate of over $75 million per day for what they say is theft of intellectual property. The companies that are ...READ»

Muutu: The eBay of Classified Ads?

The Demo Pit at the annual TechCrunch50 conference in San Francisco is filled with eager startups gunning for their shot at stardom. Most of the companies are forgettable, but every so often one catches our attention. Muutu, a company ...READ»

Skype Sold for $1.9 Billion, Back in Private Hands

Skype's management just announced that the rumors are all true: Ebay is selling Skype, and the paradigm-breaking VoIP company is back in private hands. What'll this mean to the millions of Skype users? Not much. Skype's president ...READ»

GM to Start Selling Cars on eBay: Now, the Auto Industry Should Reinvent the Dealership!

I applaud GM's move to start selling cars on eBay, but it doesn't go far enough; let's reinvent new car dealerships from scratch, turning them into experience and servicing centers. Move ALL new car transactions to the Web ...READ»

GM Emerges from the Rubble of Bankruptcy. Now What?

GM returned from the black hole of bankruptcy today with promises of impending change in its corporate structure and products. The company's press release is, as expected, filled with nonspecific ideas like "a fresh lineup of ...READ»

Is Buying a House on Ebay a Good Idea?

Canadian Funding Corporation wonders if buying a house on Ebay is such a good idea.READ»

Five Brilliant Ways to Use Google Voice

The public launch of Google's new Voice service is imminent, and it's going to change the way you use the Web (to sign up for an invitation, click here). If you're currently a beta user, you already know how flexible and robust the ...READ»

Skype Set to Go Public

According to the Associated Press, eBay plans to jettison Skype from its corporate holdings by holding an initial public offering for the company in the first half of 2010. Ebay paid $2.6 billion for Skype in 2005, confusing analysts ...READ»

Pay By Cellphone? Sounds Great. So Why Don't We Do It?

Obopay is an payment system that works on your cell phone--kind of like a mobile PayPal. The service is cheap, easy to use, and fantastically convenient. Not only that, it's well-backed; today Nokia [NOK] announced it would funnel ...READ»

USPS Announces Price Increase

The USPS will soon announce an increase in First Class rates. After the last increase, my shipping rate remained the same. Based on the increase, I will decide whether to raise my shipping rates.READ»

7 Essential Steps to Surviving a Post-Layoff Existence

So you're one of the unlucky ones. The entire economy is crumbling around us, and with every single company in existence looking to cut costs and become more efficient, you were deemed to be expendable. It's a lousy situation, to be ...READ»

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The Frenemy Relationship in Business

The friend-enemy relationship (aka friend-foe, or "froe") has become essential to business -- a thrillingly intricate dance that would impress even Bruno and Carrie Ann. Imagine Apple without the record labels, Google without Yahoo, and Harvey Weinstein without everyone else. The relationship can be so baffling, we humbly offer this field guide.READ»

The Perils and Promise of the Reputation Economy

It's not easy doing business in the reputation economy.READ»

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Tech Watch: Ebay Bans Ivory Sales; Hulu Now on Boxee; Motorola Takes on Nokia

In a move to protect elephants, Ebay bans selling items containing ivory on its site; Hulu comes to Boxee; and Motorola launches luxury phone Aura to take on Nokia's Vertu.READ»

EBay Cuts 1600 Jobs

EBay [EBAY] is shaking things up in its corporate offices after making a series of changes to its site to keep usership high. The auction site announced today that as a result of this re-strategizing, it will be cutting 1600 jobs, ...READ»

The Power of the Brand Story.

Those of us in the daily grind of advertising work in brands all day; brand personality, brand voice, brand building, brand positioning, brand equity, yadi yadi yah.   But in all the day-to-day monotony, how often do we remember the ...READ»

Ebay's Fair-Trade MarketPlace

A new partnership between eBay and an unusual social enterprise aims to give the world's artisans access to a bigger market -- and a fair share of the revenue.READ»

Knocking off the Knockoffs

Ebay has built an empire through the sale of second-hand items by private sellers, but as an increasing amount of retailers offer new brand name products, the online auction site finds itself in the legal crosshairs. The New ...READ»

The Email Trail

Missives between a hacker and a would-be buyerREAD»

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The Black Market Code Industry

Inside the shadowy underworld where rogue employees sell holes in their companies' software. The buyers: security firms, mobsters, and -- surprise -- the U.S. government. READ»

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The King of 100% Match Pay!

  Please explain what that means...I see that statement on the pay plan section of the affilates page?    READ»

Why the Ebay Strike shouldn’t have happened!

Brand yourself, not Ebay! In the beginning Ebay was used by the average person looking to get rid of that item that has been lingering around the house for a while. A nice fit, if you think about it. Ebay supplied a great tool ...READ»