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Telstra Trading Post in uphill battle against eBay: Ovum
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Commerce
2008-05-29 07:23:28
The newly announced Trading Post auction site launched by Telstra's directories arm Sensis will be hard pressed to threaten eBay Australia's dominance, according to telecoms research group Ovum. Analyst Steve Hodgkinson believes eBay's first mover e-commerce advantage in Australia will probably be too much to overcome unlike the case in New Zealand but eBay could still be under threat from its own overconfidence.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Commerce
2008-05-29 07:23:28
The newly announced Trading Post auction site launched by Telstra's directories arm Sensis will be hard pressed to threaten eBay Australia's dominance, according to telecoms research group Ovum. Analyst Steve Hodgkinson believes eBay's first mover e-commerce advantage in Australia will probably be too much to overcome unlike the case in New Zealand but eBay could still be under threat from its own overconfidence.
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Sensis' Trading Post to take on eBay in online auctions
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-05-26 19:34:05
At a time when eBay is attempting to cement its dominant position in Australian market, Telstra's directories arm, Sensis intends to turn its Trading Post classified ads business into an online auction site. Sensis hopes the new www.tradingpost.com.au website can successfully compete with eBay and with free listings and low fees it has thrown down the gauntlet to its international rival.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-05-26 19:34:05
At a time when eBay is attempting to cement its dominant position in Australian market, Telstra's directories arm, Sensis intends to turn its Trading Post classified ads business into an online auction site. Sensis hopes the new www.tradingpost.com.au website can successfully compete with eBay and with free listings and low fees it has thrown down the gauntlet to its international rival.
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Mayday! eBay raises white flag over forced PayPal in US
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-05-12 21:02:11
The public outcry over eBay Australia's intentions to introduce mandatory use of its PayPal online payment system has forced the US office of eBay onto the back foot. eBay, through a spokesperson on the company's official blog has stated publicly that the world's dominant online auction site will not try to introduce PayPal-only transactions on the site in the US.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-05-12 21:02:11
The public outcry over eBay Australia's intentions to introduce mandatory use of its PayPal online payment system has forced the US office of eBay onto the back foot. eBay, through a spokesperson on the company's official blog has stated publicly that the world's dominant online auction site will not try to introduce PayPal-only transactions on the site in the US.
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RBA joins chorus against eBay PayPal exclusivity claim
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Commerce
2008-05-09 04:04:00
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has joined a growing throng of PayPal and eBay competitors and detractors opposing eBay's push to have the Australian Competitition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) look the other way while it seeks to enforce PayPal exclusivity on the Australian arm of the world's largest auction site.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Commerce
2008-05-09 04:04:00
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has joined a growing throng of PayPal and eBay competitors and detractors opposing eBay's push to have the Australian Competitition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) look the other way while it seeks to enforce PayPal exclusivity on the Australian arm of the world's largest auction site.
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Fifteen global telcos team to take on Skype - not such a daft idea
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-05-08 19:45:45
The most spectacular rumour doing the rounds of telecoms and IT news sites right now must be that 15 of the world's biggest carriers - AT&T, BT, Deutsche Telecom, NTT etc - are planning to launch their own free VoIP service to compete with, and hopefully destroy, Skype. Does this have any legs?
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-05-08 19:45:45
The most spectacular rumour doing the rounds of telecoms and IT news sites right now must be that 15 of the world's biggest carriers - AT&T, BT, Deutsche Telecom, NTT etc - are planning to launch their own free VoIP service to compete with, and hopefully destroy, Skype. Does this have any legs?
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Put your MySpace profile in your other online spaces
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-05-08 16:35:18
In a move that appears to be aimed at making it the heart of the growing world of social networking, MySpace has made it possible for users to share their MySpace public profile data to websites of their choice automatically: initially Yahoo!, eBay, Photobucket, and Twitter.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-05-08 16:35:18
In a move that appears to be aimed at making it the heart of the growing world of social networking, MySpace has made it possible for users to share their MySpace public profile data to websites of their choice automatically: initially Yahoo!, eBay, Photobucket, and Twitter.
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Microsoft better for Web 2.0 development than Google, eBay, Yahoo, Facebook, or PayPal
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-05-05 16:06:12
Software developers active in Web 2.0 development have ranked Microsoft’s MSN/Live Windows Developer Program higher than developer programs offered by Google, eBay, Yahoo, Facebook, or PayPal.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-05-05 16:06:12
Software developers active in Web 2.0 development have ranked Microsoft’s MSN/Live Windows Developer Program higher than developer programs offered by Google, eBay, Yahoo, Facebook, or PayPal.
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Shame, eBay, Shame!
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-04-28 06:18:08
A few days ago, my wife, who is an occasional eBay user and purchaser, completed a survey on payment habits. She doesn’t have a PayPal account and thus has never used it. Oddly, today, she received an email inviting her to use PayPal and be entered in a draw for one of a bunch of iPod nanos.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-04-28 06:18:08
A few days ago, my wife, who is an occasional eBay user and purchaser, completed a survey on payment habits. She doesn’t have a PayPal account and thus has never used it. Oddly, today, she received an email inviting her to use PayPal and be entered in a draw for one of a bunch of iPod nanos.
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Ebay Australia: we’re not a faceless entity and PayPal better than Paymate
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Commerce
2008-04-22 04:04:00
After the recent controversy over auction site eBay Australia’s plans to enforce eBay-owned PayPal as the exclusive payments clearing system for users, eBay Australia contacted iTWire to answer its critics. eBay Australia spokesperson Daniel Feiler presents the company’s case in a telephone interview with iTWire editor Stan Beer.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Commerce
2008-04-22 04:04:00
After the recent controversy over auction site eBay Australia’s plans to enforce eBay-owned PayPal as the exclusive payments clearing system for users, eBay Australia contacted iTWire to answer its critics. eBay Australia spokesperson Daniel Feiler presents the company’s case in a telephone interview with iTWire editor Stan Beer.
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eBay + PayPal = Restraint of Trade
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2008-04-21 07:06:57
By referring their proposed action to the ACCC and seeking exemption from specific sections of the Trade Practices Act, eBay has thrown up an impressive smoke-screen to hide a much bigger problem – it's called "Restraint of Trade."
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2008-04-21 07:06:57
By referring their proposed action to the ACCC and seeking exemption from specific sections of the Trade Practices Act, eBay has thrown up an impressive smoke-screen to hide a much bigger problem – it's called "Restraint of Trade."
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Why ACCC cannot grant eBay Australia request for PayPal only payments
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-04-18 20:23:07
The role of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is to regulate for free and open competition in the marketplace and to protect consumers. There is a viable competitor to PayPal that protects eBay consumers. That is just one reason why the ACCC cannot allow the intention of eBay Australia to accept payments only through its PayPal subsidiary.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-04-18 20:23:07
The role of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is to regulate for free and open competition in the marketplace and to protect consumers. There is a viable competitor to PayPal that protects eBay consumers. That is just one reason why the ACCC cannot allow the intention of eBay Australia to accept payments only through its PayPal subsidiary.
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PayPal action from ACCC to be watched globally
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-04-16 18:05:44
When auction site eBay Australia announced last week that it would only accept online payments through its PayPal system from June 17 it set the global blogosphere alight - for all the wrong reasons. Global eBay users, both sellers and buyers, worried that Australia is just a test market for a worldwide rollout, are thus watching keenly as regulator the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) examines the eBay action.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-04-16 18:05:44
When auction site eBay Australia announced last week that it would only accept online payments through its PayPal system from June 17 it set the global blogosphere alight - for all the wrong reasons. Global eBay users, both sellers and buyers, worried that Australia is just a test market for a worldwide rollout, are thus watching keenly as regulator the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) examines the eBay action.
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Stolen military equipment offered on eBay, Craigslist
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-04-14 02:39:39
US government investigators have found stolen pieces of military materiel up for sale on eBay and Craigslist.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-04-14 02:39:39
US government investigators have found stolen pieces of military materiel up for sale on eBay and Craigslist.
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eBay moves Haddad to head Shopping.com
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people
Category: Shakers & Breakers - People
2008-02-26 00:13:14
Shopping.com, an eBay operation, has appointed Andre Haddad as its new CEO.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people
Category: Shakers & Breakers - People
2008-02-26 00:13:14
Shopping.com, an eBay operation, has appointed Andre Haddad as its new CEO.
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New CEO for Skype
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people
Category: Shakers & Breakers - People
2008-02-26 00:09:05
Skype has appointed Josh Silverman as its CEO.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people
Category: Shakers & Breakers - People
2008-02-26 00:09:05
Skype has appointed Josh Silverman as its CEO.
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eBay sellers strike extended yet again
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-02-25 19:46:25
eBay sellers, horrified by rising fees and changes to the feedback system, have decided to extend their eBay boycott until March 9, with the boycott already having already caused a 13% drop in eBay sales.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-02-25 19:46:25
eBay sellers, horrified by rising fees and changes to the feedback system, have decided to extend their eBay boycott until March 9, with the boycott already having already caused a 13% drop in eBay sales.
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Skype hype to soar as 100 billion minute milestone reached
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-18 00:35:27
Skype, the p2p Internet phone company that has put the fear of God into just about every telecommunications company on Planet Earth, has reached a milestone that will have those telcos quaking in their boots even harder – 100 billion Skype-to-Skype calls that were, effectively, free – while also winning an award for their ‘paradigm shifting’ 3 Skypephone.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-18 00:35:27
Skype, the p2p Internet phone company that has put the fear of God into just about every telecommunications company on Planet Earth, has reached a milestone that will have those telcos quaking in their boots even harder – 100 billion Skype-to-Skype calls that were, effectively, free – while also winning an award for their ‘paradigm shifting’ 3 Skypephone.
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Acquisition of Fraud Sciences Ltd helps to Secure PayPal.
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-01-29 15:37:38
eBay’s transaction processing business unit PayPal has agreed to purchase the Israeli company Fraud Sciences Ltd for $US 169M to enhance the detection of fraudulent transactions. Fraud Science’s technology allows the automated analysis of transactions to determine unusual, and hence possibly fraudulent, usage.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-01-29 15:37:38
eBay’s transaction processing business unit PayPal has agreed to purchase the Israeli company Fraud Sciences Ltd for $US 169M to enhance the detection of fraudulent transactions. Fraud Science’s technology allows the automated analysis of transactions to determine unusual, and hence possibly fraudulent, usage.
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eBay's new broom makes sweeping changes
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Commerce
2008-01-29 13:28:37
eBay's new president and CEO-elect, John Donahoe, has unveiled fundamental changes to eBay's fee structure, seller standards and feedback mechanism, including lower listing fees, higher minimum selling standards and incentives and discounts for the best sellers.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Commerce
2008-01-29 13:28:37
eBay's new president and CEO-elect, John Donahoe, has unveiled fundamental changes to eBay's fee structure, seller standards and feedback mechanism, including lower listing fees, higher minimum selling standards and incentives and discounts for the best sellers.
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