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EBay CEO John Donahoe at D8: More Mobile Shopping and Payment Options
A few years back, John Donahoe’s position was an unenviable one. As incoming CEO of eBay, he was taking the reins of a company that, while the clear leader in the online auction space, had seen growth...
View ArticleObama Plan Would Double Available Wireless Spectrum
In a move that would provide some breathing room for burgeoning commercial wireless traffic, President Obama plans to scrounge up 500 megahertz of fresh spectrum for auction, a move that would double...
View ArticleViacom to Unload Rock Band Unit
Viacom Inc. is telling the band to pack up and go. The New York-based entertainment company is preparing to unload its Harmonix videogame division, maker of the popular “Rock Band” line of games....
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When You Wish Upon a List
It’s official, the holiday shopping season has begun and it’s time to get serious about gift lists. This week, I took a closer look at some online services that could help you—or those shopping for...
View ArticleCourt Says eBay Sales of L'Oréal Samples Breach Trademark
EBay Inc. may have to change the way it protects L’Oréal SA’s trademarks after Europe’s highest court said Thursday that the cosmetics company can prohibit the sale on the auction site of free samples...
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Who Wants Nortel's 4G Patents?
Nortel was once a cornerstone of the telecom industry. These days it’s little more than an estate sale, a now-bankrupt company auctioning off the valuables of a fallen titan. Last year, Nortel sold its...
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Proposed Spectrum Auction Could Net $36 Billion, Study Finds
Last week President Obama outlined a plan to auction off a big swath of wireless spectrum currently in the hands of TV broadcasters for over-the-air programming that could be repurposed toward creating...
View ArticleEBay Drops the Price to Free for Up to 50 Auction Listings
EBay said Tuesday that for the first time ever, it is making it free to list up to 50 items a month on its auction site and that it will be free to add the “Buy it Now” option. Prices will be effective...
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Got Any Old IP Addresses? Need to Raise Cash? You May Be in Luck
Only a select few concerned with the most arcane details of the Internet’s internal plumbing were concerned when the world ran out of IPv4 addresses. These, of course, are the Internet Protocol...
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Yahoo Bored Meeting? Not This Time!
Today and tomorrow, Yahoo’s directors are gathering here in Silicon Valley for one of their regular meetings that take place over the course of the year. While board meetings in general are usually...
View ArticleGoogle May Have Company in Bid for Nortel's Patents
Now that Nortel Networks has been given the nod to go ahead with its IP auction, new bidders are emerging for the collection of 6,000-plus wireless patents. Which means Google may have to raise its...
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Confirmed: Microsoft Will Announce Acquisition of Skype Tomorrow Morning
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier tonight that Microsoft–in what would be its most aggressive acquisition in the digital space–was zeroing in on buying Skype for $8.5 billion all in with an...
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Apple and Intel Could Raise Ante in Google's Play for Nortel Patents
Earlier this week Nortel postponed the bankruptcy auction for its collection of 6,000-plus wireless patents by seven days, citing a “significant level of interest” in them. Now the source of that...
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Nortel Patents Go to Group That Includes Apple, Microsoft, RIM and More
Nortel said late on Thursday that its portfolio of more than 6,000 patents has been sold for $4.5 billion to a consortium of tech companies made up of Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, Research In...
View ArticleBorders to Shut Down
Borders Group Inc. said it would liquidate after the second-largest U.S. bookstore chain failed to receive any offers to save it. Borders, which employs about 10,700 people, scrapped a bankruptcy-court...
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eBay Commercials Coming to Let You Know "It's Not Your Mother’s eBay Anymore"
EBay is kicking off a TV campaign in the next couple of months that is expected to help bring back consumers who may not have purchased anything on the site since the retailer was focused exclusively...
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One Start-Up's Adventure in Figuring Out the Price of a Used Chair
Priceonomics, a small company that aspires to be the Kelley Blue Book for everything, tells the tale of how it sold four used Aeron chairs to another tech start-up, for a profit of $300. The...
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EBay's Stock Jumps Thanks to Double-Digit Revenue Gains
EBay easily exceeded expectations in the first quarter, reporting double-digit gains for both revenue and income. In after-hours trading, the stock was up 7.3 percent, or $2.63, to trade at $38.50 a...
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Facebook Anti-Hype Aside, Most Consumer Tech Stocks Up Smartly for the Year
Much of the media that hyped Facebook’s public offering to the high heavens is now busy slapping it and its stock upside its social-networking head. (Riddle me this: Why did none of the breathless...
View ArticleGetty Images Auction Draws Initial Bids of Around $4 Billion
The auction for a potential sale of Getty Images Inc. has progressed to the second round, with several private-equity firms putting in initial bids of around $4 billion, people familiar with the matter...
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