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eBay Hosts Unveiling of Groundbreaking New “Bloom Box” Fuel Cell

By Richard Brewer-Hay

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 is an SUV-sized box that corporations install outside their buildings... »

Behind the scenes with the eBay Garden Team

By Richard Brewer-Hay

You can see my initial coverage of the “Garden by eBay” by clicking HERE. Given the opportunity to spend some time with the entire team behind the eBay Garden project, I thought it would be great to capture some candid conversations about their time together, the project they’ve been working on, and what it means... »

eBay Plants “Garden” & Opens It Up To All. Meet the team behind it…

By Richard Brewer-Hay

eBay has launched a new initiative to help “sow the seeds of innovation” with community input on new products and features before they go live on the site. The “Garden by eBay” is a new area on eBay.com that allows community members to try out new products and features and give the team working... »

Registration now open for eBay: On Location Events

By Richard Brewer-Hay

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 together to network and gain practical knowledge... »

eBay and RecycleBank Join Forces to Reward Green Consumers; 5 Minutes with… Morley Ivers

By Richard Brewer-Hay

eBay has teamed up with RecycleBank, the country’s premier recycling and loyalty program, to reward consumers for recycling and reusing what already exists in the world today. RecycleBank rewards people for positive green actions (currently the recycling of trash and electronics) and seeks to create a greener economy with key partners across the U.S.... »

VIDEO Interview with Lynda Talgo regarding eBay Buyer Protection

By Richard Brewer-Hay

I was also able to spend some time with Lynda Talgo, Senior Director of Resolutions at eBay, to discuss the eBay Buyer Protection news coming out of today’s Seller Release in more detail. What follows is a 3-part, face-to-face with Lynda in the lobby of the Community building at San Jose HQ. Again, like... »

VIDEO Interview with Dinesh Lathi about eBay Seller Release

By Richard Brewer-Hay

I was able to spend some time with Dinesh Lathi, VP of Buyer and Seller Experience at eBay, to discuss the news coming out of today's Seller Release (eBaySR) in more detail. I did my best to anticipate some of the more challenging questions that may be on Ink reader's minds and posed them... »

eBay Inc Reports Q4 2009 Earnings

By Richard Brewer-Hay

eBay Inc. announced earnings for Q4 and full year ended December 31, 2009. Fourth-quarter revenue was $2.4 billion, up 16% from the same period last year. This includes the $112 million in revenue from Skype during the period that we still fully owned it. The year-over-year increase was attributed primarily to “excellent growth in... »

CNBC Cyber Monday video interviews with eBay CEO and PayPal president

By Richard Brewer-Hay

I wanted to share a couple of videos that ran today on CNBC. The first features eBay CEO, John Donahoe, discussing eBay’s take on Black Friday activity in the marketplace and PayPal’s role in that. He also talks about m-commerce, and the early successes of the eBay Mobile application… The second features PayPal president, Scott Thompson,... »

eBay Launches new “Deals” iPhone app; Adds social networking integration to existing eBay Mobile app

By Richard Brewer-Hay

eBay has released a new “Deals” application available now for free from the iTunes app store. The new app provides a constant stream of the best deals across hundreds of millions of ebay.com listings and features simple navigation, customizable search features and PayPal integration that makes check-out fast and easy. The Deals app is the... »