The following is the first ever post I made to eBay Ink on April 2, 2008: I thought I’d try and address two questions many of you have already expressed (or likely will) about this blog, its purpose and, well, me. 1. Why are we doing this? It’s pretty simple really — we need to become bet...

PayPal is being introduced as a way to pay in two important areas of Facebook: Facebook Ads and Facebook Credits. According to the PayPal Blog: Advertisers around the world will soon be able to pay for Facebook Ads with PayPal… PayPal will also become a payment option for Facebook’s vi...

Even though I am married to the true love of my life, I have to confess that I’ve actually been engaged twice in my lifetime. Obviously that fact has become irrelevant over time, however, it does mean that I had to learn and act upon the “four Cs” when buying a diamond ring, not on...

Next week in Barcelona is Mobile World Congress – the world’s biggest mobile industry event. We’ll be there in force, and will have a couple of exciting announcements to make. Russ Shaw, VP and GM of our mobile business, gives a few hints in the video above. You can also join us a...

eBay today announced the dates and locations for its new program, eBay: On Location — a series of events aimed at helping eBay sellers accelerate their businesses on the platform. eBay: On Location, which kicks off March 19-20 in Atlanta, will bring small-business and part-time eBay sellers toge...

eBay today announced the dates and locations for its new program, eBay: On Location — a series of events aimed at helping eBay sellers accelerate their businesses on the platform. eBay: On Location, which kicks off March 19-20 in Atlanta, will bring small-business and part-time eBay sellers toge...

All, I’m still answering specific questions through email and comments here on Ink but in the meantime, I wanted to share a little sneak peak into what is happening behind the scenes. In addition to our usual Customer Service call center and PR efforts around news like this, we have also esta...

One of the more interesting sessions I attended at the Pacific Telecommunications Conference (PTC) in Honolulu this week was a panel discussion called “The Content Providers Speak”. It included technical eaders from Google, Yahoo, and Facebook, who were talking about their perspective on...

Yesterday, I gave a keynote address at the Pacific Telecom Conference (PTC) in Honolulu. I talked about the current state of the IP communications industry and where its going in the future. The IP communications industry has been around a long time - around 15 years or so. During that time, there a...

eBay released more figures today regarding transactions made on the online marketplace over the Black Friday / Cyber Monday shopping period. The number of transactions on Cyber Monday increased by approximately 35% over Black Friday with each day yielding more than 1 million transactions. Communitie...