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Ecommerce

eBay continues to flog dead horse by challenging no PayPal only ruling
By: Stan Beer

eBay has issued a statement on its Australian website expressing its disappointment that Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has blocked its plan to enforce the use of PayPal on the eBay Australia site. However, with just about everyone outside eBay agreeing with the ACCC decision, eBay has incredibly decided to challenge the ruling. Does eBay know the meaning of the expression flogging a dead horse?


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ACCC kills eBay's PayPal only plan
By: Stan Beer

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has effectively quashed eBay Australia's attempt to corner the local auction and online transactions markets by enforcing a PayPal only policy on the Australian eBay site. While the battle is not necessarily completely over, a huge blow has been dealt to eBay's Australian ambitions.


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Phishers target iTunes users
By: Stephen Withers

Most of us are used to ignoring emails that seem to come from banks and similar organisations asking the recipient to "confirm your details" or "reactivate your account". Now it's time to add another business to that mental list: Apple's iTunes Store.


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XBRL the word on everyone's lips
By: Stuart Corner

XBRL - eXtensible Business Reporting Language - which provides a standardised approach to tagging the financial information in company reports is set to become a term as well known as HTML and GAAP, according to Deloitte's 2008 Technology Predictions.


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Mayday! eBay raises white flag over forced PayPal in US
By: Stan Beer

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
By: Stan Beer

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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iTunes gets movies on DVD release day
By: Stephen Withers

Major studios have allowed Apple and other movie download companies to begin offering movie purchases at the iTunes Store on the same day the title goes on sale on DVD - but only if you live in the US.


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"Would you buy..?" Maybe!
By: Stephen Withers

Stuart Corner posed the question "Would you buy the DVD if you could watch a movie free online?" My answer is that there's no simple answer.


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Ebay Australia: we’re not a faceless entity and PayPal better than Paymate
By: Stan Beer

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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PayPal action from ACCC to be watched globally
By: Stan Beer

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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Updates return to new look Playstation Store
By: Stephen Withers

After a two-week hiatus for a major refurbishment, content updates will resume on Sony's Playstation Store tomorrow, April 15.


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iTunes tops music retailer chart
By: Stephen Withers

After running second behind Wal-Mart for seven months, Apple's iTunes Store has made it to the top of the US music retailer rankings.


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Amazon squeezes on-demand publishers
By: Stephen Withers

New terms imposed by Amazon appear to be aimed at pushing publishers towards Amazon's BookSurge subsidiary in place of competing print-on-demand services.


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South Park: online, free and legal
By: Stephen Withers

Full-length episodes of the popular - if sometimes controversial - South Park animated series are now available on the web with the backing of the copyright holders.


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Apple's iPhone App Store on its way
By: Stephen Withers

As widely predicted, Apple is setting up an electronic marketplace for iPhone and iPod touch software developers.


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DIY ticketing for Melbourne Motor Show
By: Stephen Withers

Outsourcing has almost become a religion in some quarters, but sometimes it's better to do a job in-house even if it's not a core activity.


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eBay moves Haddad to head Shopping.com
By: Stephen Withers

Shopping.com, an eBay operation, has appointed Andre Haddad as its new CEO.


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eBay sellers strike extended yet again
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

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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