As always, I suspect that many of you will simply want to download the latest version now – but for the more inquisitive among you, read on to find out what’s inside. Call quality improvements 4.2 includes a brand-new call quality indicator, along with some changes behind the scenes, bot...

At CES in January we announced partnerships with Panasonic and LG to bring Skype to some of their Internet-connected HDTVs. Many of you asked if we were working with other manufacturers to do the same, and so today we’re very happy to announce a third member of the club. All Samsung LED 7000 a...

Time is running out to submit your topic for a possible eBay Developers Conference session. The Call for Papers closes Feb 26. We are looking for interesting subjects and points of view that address real world challenges and advancements in e-commerce, from both business and technical perspectives...

As of February 2010, the lowest supported Trading API version is 577. (Version 577 was released in August 2008.) Objects that were deprecated prior to version 577 no longer work, or may stop working at any time without notice. We recommend that you remove deprecated objects from your application...

By popular request, we have increased the message size in four Trading API calls. Creating messages AddMemberMessageRTQ AddMemberMessageAAQToPartner You can now create messages up to 4000 characters long using the MemberMessage.Body field. Retrieving messages GetMemberMessages For versions 653 or...

Starting Feb 25, 2010, sellers who have less then 50 feedback and want to list on the German site, are now required to provide PayPal as one of the payment options. Otherwise the listing will fail. PayPal does not need to be the ONLY payment option. The PayPal option is not required for Cars or...

As of 657 (mid-Feb), sellers registered on Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore sites will need to accept an agreement before they can list on the US and UK sites. For example, an HK seller would need to accept an agreement before listing for the first time on the US site. Otherwise t...

This morning, eBay hosted the unveiling of a new, state-of-the-art technology at its PayPal campus in San Jose. It’s called the Bloom Energy Server (or “Bloom Box”), and some are saying it will revolutionize the world. Developed by Bloom Energy Corporation, the Bloom Energy Server...

Ajit Jaokar and Chetan Sharma, eminent mobile industry analysts, have published a new white paper titled Mobile VoIP – approaching the tipping point. As Ajit says on the Open Gardens blog: The forces of technology, business models, consumer expectations, regulatory regimes, competition, and co...

Please remember to use a test environment when updating applications to use a new schema version. To find out when a version of the API will be available, see the table at the top of the Release Notes for that API. You can find the latest API documentation at the eBay Developer Documentation Center....