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PayPal

Icahn now in favor of eBay having partial custody of PayPal

Let the custody battles begin. Shareholder activist Carl Icahn reversed course today, saying he no longer supported the idea that… Read More

Icahn’s reasons for eBay-PayPal spin-off still missing, yet ranting continues

Shareholder activist Carl Icahn continues a daily stream of threats aimed at eBay and PayPal, and yet has failed to… Read More

EBay Issues ‘The Truth About Skype’ in response to Icahn’s Accusations

The Skype spin-off has become a core piece of evidence in Carl Icahn’s campaign to force eBay to spin-off PayPal into… Read More

Amazon takes aim at PayPal with new ‘Login and Pay With Amazon’ service

You may be seeing more “Pay with Amazon” buttons around the web starting today. Amazon announced today that it’s rolling… Read More

Burgers, fries and PayPal: Internet payment system rolling out at restaurants

Cash and credit cards are so last year. Kirkland-based Viableware today announced a partnership with PayPal, allowing customers to make purchases with… Read More

Nerd Notes: Gay marriage and sushi, printable guns, and a 5-year-old’s $2,500 iPad spending spree

Editor’s Note: Nerd Notes is GeekWire’s roundup of random geekiness from around the globe. National Day of Unplugging (NDU): Beginning tonight… Read More

Turning coins into digital currency, Coinstar expands PayPal trial

The digital and physical worlds are colliding, and Coinstar is poised to take advantage of the trend. The latest example… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Inside the world of pinball

We get to explore one of our favorite activities on this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, talking in the… Read More

A faster way to pay for your haircut at Rudy’s

Mobile technologies are changing the way we do a lot of things, from reading books to taking photos to consuming… Read More

Ignition leads $10M round in online payments provider WePay

Ignition Partners is leading a $10 million venture capital round in WePay, a Silicon Valley online payments company. The money… Read More

Yahoo picks PayPal president Scott Thompson as new CEO

Well, at the end of the day and after weeks of speculation, Yahoo didn’t go with a former Microsoft or… 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

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