Microsoft’s purchase of Skype helps bolster eBay earnings eBay reported strong fourth quarter earnings Wednesday, driven largely by the sale of Skype to Microsoft last May for $8.5 billion.… Read More
Infographic: Amazon versus Apple, PayPal, Dropbox and the rest of the tech world We’ve been watching in amazement over the past 18 months or so as Amazon.com has risen to prominence as one… Read More
Amazon vs. eBay: Opposing views on sales tax legislation An Amazon.com executive today told Congress that the company supports federal legislation providing a constitutional framework for states to collect… Read More
Microsoft vet Ken Moss lands at eBay, plans to grow Seattle office Ken Moss, who spent 20 years at Microsoft before going on to co-found the Seattle startup CrowdEye, has landed a… Read More
Holiday e-commerce sales are already off to a very fast start Americans appear to be a giving mood this holiday season — at least when it comes to buying items on… Read More
Amazon says it supports federal bill for online sales tax collection Amazon.com has been striking deals with states over the collection of sales tax, but the Seattle online retailer’s bigger goal… Read More
eBay growing in Amazon’s backyard Online giant eBay is aiming to expand its operations in the Seattle region — becoming the latest Silicon Valley company… Read More
eBay to compete with Amazon fulfillment with new shipping service Amazon.com has long battled with eBay, but now the competition is getting even more serious. The Wall Street Journal reports… Read More
Skype + Microsoft? Why a deal could make sense … for Skype Microsoft’s name emerged this weekend as a potential suitor of Skype, following a report last week that Facebook and Google… Read More
Court grapples with ‘cast of thousands’ in Paul Allen suit vs. Google, Apple and others With more than a dozen lawyers looking on — representing Google, Apple, eBay, Yahoo, Facebook and other Internet titans —… Read More
Seattle geek wins eBay ‘speed hack’ contest at SXSW Seattle software developer Evan Jacobs wasn’t really looking to spend his Sunday afternoon building a new app on the back… Read More
