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While it’s still got some distance to make up, BlackBerry has swiftly reached a milestone of sorts — its first 100,000 apps. According to the announcement, BB10 has notched up over 30,000 new games and apps over the last seven weeks, all before it’s even entered the USA. Notable new additions include the Kindle reader, Continue Reading →

eBay is eliminating listing fees and simplifying rates in hopes of bringing Amazon sellers to its doors. In addition to a new fee rate system, eBay will let sellers list many items for free, the company announced today. eBay said the changes, which begin rolling out in April, are the online marketplace’s first major update Continue Reading →

Google is stealthily preparing to launch an Amazon Prime competitor called “Google Shopping Express.” According to one source the service will be $10 or $15 cheaper than Amazon Prime, so $69 or $64 a year and offer same-day delivery from brick-and-mortar stores like Target, Walmart, Walgreens and Safeway (though no specifics were mentioned by our Continue Reading →

Dozens of major U.S. companies have come out in support of marriage equality, including Apple, Facebook, eBay, and Intel. In legal briefings submitted to help overturn California’s ballot initiative, Proposition 8, which made same-sex marriage unconstitutional, the companies argue that “recognizing the rights of same-sex couples to marry is more than a constitutional issue. It Continue Reading →

eBay just got a major makeover. Starting today, a new eBay homepage is available to everyone. What can you expect? Well, for one thing, bigger pictures, more pictures and a clearer sense of what you’re looking at. If you’re familiar with Pinterest, you’ll know how nice it is to be able to look at large Continue Reading →

Venture capitalists often say that they don’t like to invest in sole founder started tech companies. Paul Graham (Y Combinator) famously told Dropbox’s solo founder Drew Houston that he needed to find himself a cofounder or he wouldn’t look at his application to the funding pool. Houston found a co-founder, Arash Ferdowski, and now the Continue Reading →

You got a new iPad Mini and a new iPhone 5 for Christmas. Awesome!!! What are you going to do with your old iPad and your old iPhone? If you’re thinking about selling them privately on eBay or trading them in, you’re not alone. No matter what condition your devices are in, there are dozens Continue Reading →

On eBay’s earnings call this past week, CEO John Donahoe revealed that the company’s Square competitor, PayPal Here, had landed its first U.S. retail deal. PayPal Here is now being sold at 1,800 AT&T stores across the US. Previously, PayPal only had an international retail deal in Japan with Softbank. PayPal Here, which allows anyone Continue Reading →

Wednesday at its “Future of Shopping” event in New York, eBay has announced a redesigned site and a new Pinterest-like product Feed, as well as the public debut of eBay Now in San Francisco with NY coming soon. eBay’s newly refreshed site certainly feels cleaner than ever before, with refinements to the company’s search, product Continue Reading →

Preorders for Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U sold out at every major retailer almost immediately after they were first offered in mid-September, but you can still guarantee yourself access to the system just after its November 18 launch. You’d better be ready to pay quite a bit extra for the privilege, though. Completed eBay listings dating Continue Reading →