Technology and Innovation – Archives
A picture is worth a lot more than just words
Friday, August 29th, 2008
Well, the trip is almost over with just a visit to the Skype offices today on their 5th birthday to wrap it all up. My last day in Berlin was probably the most informative in terms of the different meetings I attended. It all started with the best picture of the trip so far. I [...]
S2: The new 3 Skypephone now available in UK
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
The new 3 Skypephone was introduced in the UK this week and Peter Parkes gives a full run down of the S2’s particulars over on the Skype blog.
I’ve never used a Skypephone but might see if I can get a demo while here in the UK (the S2 is currently only available in the [...]
I have something in common with Carmelo Anthony?
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
And no, it’s not that we’re both athletes - far from it (he boasts a 6-pack; I boast a keg).
And it’s more than the fact that we’re both blogging (he is a regular contributor to the New York Times Olympics blog this month).
No, it’s the fact that he’s traveling for his career right [...]
Comment Preview now live
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Starting today, those of you who take the time and energy to get involved in the conversation here on Ink are now able to preview your comments before making them live to the world.
In a nut shell, when you have completed drafting your comment in the text box at the foot of a comment [...]
Happy Birthday PayPal!
Monday, August 4th, 2008
PayPal is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this year and has created a website dedicated to the milestone at www.paypal-10.com. PayPal president, Scott Thompson, talks more about the anniversary over on the PayPal Blog
With a 10-year proven legacy, outlasting now-defunct online payment services such as C2IT, bitpass (even eBay’s own Billpoint) it’s going to be [...]
SEC Boards the Blogging Bandwagon
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted unanimously yesterday to provide new guidance to public companies about how to comply with the securities laws via websites and blogs.
“The last time the SEC issued guidance in this area, the idea of ’social networks’ hadn’t yet been developed, and creating a social network where shareholders could [...]
“Take off” Paying until after you Land
Friday, July 25th, 2008
It has been a year since Northwest Airlines became the first airline to accept PayPal payment for online ticket purchases. It was announced today that Northwest is the first airline to accept PayPal Pay Later.
The service lets passengers buy tickets on Northwest’s Web site, and then defer payments for 90 days, and is available [...]
eBay Motors Driving Social Media
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
I managed to spend some time this afternoon with Danny Chang, Manager of Buyer Strategy for eBay Motors. We had actually connected via Twitter when I first set up the eBayInkBlog Twitter feed. Check out and “follow” the eBay Motors Twitter feed here: http://twitter.com/ebaymotors.
Danny wanted to talk about ways in which Motors could use social [...]
Presentation Alternative
Friday, July 18th, 2008
All,
Last time I used a presentation tool on Ink it slowed a few reader’s computers down. I think we may have found an alternative to avoid that problem but wanted to run it by you first.
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Please let me know in the comments if this one is posing problems for you or not. Really want [...]
eBay Desktop Turns 1 Million; Steve Jobs likes “Meat and Potatoes” eBay iPhone App
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Earlier this week, the eBay Desktop application was downloaded for the 1,000,000th time… not bad for staying fairly under the radar since it was first launched back in February. According to Alan Lewis over on the eBay Desktop Blog, this is more than double what was expected at this point of the year. Congratulations to [...]
