Want to show your fellow Aussies that you have more dollars than sense? Then you’ll be in the running to buy the FACEBK and PAYPAL number plates from Tai Tran, a Ballarat-based web-savant wanting a pretty penny for stamped car plates of metal.

Following the reporting of a dispute as to the authenticity of an antique violin, PayPal demanded the buyer destroy the item and provide photographic proof.  At least it wasn't a goldfish or a puppy.

After a four month search, Yahoo has finally announced their new CEO.

The Australian cloud computing and public cloud storage company, Ninefold, has further extended its cloud booster program by including the Sydney-based not-for-profit Fishburners community of startups.

This week and in the lead up to Christmas, Australians are expected to go on an online shopping spree in a big way, with predictions that a piece of women’s clothing will be sold every 6 seconds, a piece of fashion jewellery sold every 12 seconds, a pair of women’s shoes every 40 seconds and a watch will be sold every 46 seconds, helping to take Australia’s online commerce revenues to $30 billion by the end of the year.

MYOB and PayPal are aiming to make it easier for Australian small businesses to get involved with ecommerce.

Research by the Australian Centre for Retail Studies suggests retailers need to get their act together in terms of responding to changing pre-purchase habits among their customers.

  Research from Nielsen provides insight on online and mobile shopping behaviour.  

  Today is One Dollar Day, and the fundraising campaign is being backed by PayPal which is covering administration costs so that 100% of donations reach the charity.  

Australian consumers and their smartphones are driving the country’s ecommerce growth, with a new study predicting online commerce will grow at 12.2 percent throughout 2012.