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Paul Lilly - Tue, Sep 30, 2014
Online auction site eBay announced today that its board of directors approved a plan to split eBay and PayPal into independent publicly traded companies in 2015. By spinning PayPal off into its own business, the board feels both companies...
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Rob Williams - Mon, Sep 01, 2014
The unveiling of Apple's next iPhone is expected to take place next Tuesday, but despite that, the rumor train surrounding the device refuses to slow down. Late last week, we reported that the iPhone 6 could include an NFC chip under its...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Jun 10, 2014
With only so much top level talent available in the technology industry, it's not uncommon for high ranking employees to change firms. Such is the case for David Marcus, president of eBay's PayPal division, who is joining Facebook to...
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Paul Lilly - Sat, Jun 07, 2014
Have you ever found yourself yelling at Sony's PlayStation Network (PSN), "Hey, just take my money!"? Neither have we, but in case you've been frustrated with the available payment options, you'll be happy to know that you can use PayPal...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, May 16, 2014
You can now use eBay's PayPal service to pay for purchases made through Google Play, the search giant announced. The new feature went live in a dozen countries, including the United States, Canada, and Germany. If if you live in one of 12 countries being served by the new feature, you'll find...
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Seth Colaner - Tue, Feb 11, 2014
Making lemonade out of a situation wherein his credit card info was stolen in the UK and the thief went on a shopping spree, PayPal president David Marcus took the opportunity to preach the gospel of PayPal. “My card (with EMV chip) got skimmed while in the UK. Ton of fraudulent txns...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Sep 26, 2013
In an attempt to bolster its online payment system, eBay today announced that it has agreed to buy Braintree, a full-stack payments platform that allows companies to accept payments in mobile apps and websites. The deal will cost eBay $800...
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Rob Williams - Sat, Sep 14, 2013
It's hard to believe that this is a headline in 2013, given IMAP has been around for decades and is extremely useful, but when the company in question is wrapped into its own email protocol, it becomes a little less surprising. Simply put: If you use Outlook.com as your email provider, you now...
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Seth Colaner - Fri, Sep 13, 2013
If you’ve read this site even casually lately, you know that crowdfunding is here in force. Sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo offer entrepreneurs, startups, and otherwise unfunded techies with a prototype and a dream the chance to engage the world and excite backers to front some...
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Rob Williams - Thu, Aug 15, 2013
Look out, PayPal: Here comes Facebook. In what seems like a rather common-sense move for the company to make, Facebook will be launching its own payments service next month, with flash-sales site JackThreads becoming the pilot partner. The...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Jul 17, 2013
We've heard of going from rags to riches before, and in Monopoly, we'd occasionally pluck the "Bank Error" card from the Community Chest and collect $200. But even winning the lottery doesn't come close to the good fortune that temporarily...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, May 28, 2013
Bug bounties are a great way for budding programmers and developers to earn a bit of extra cash. Companies that offer them pay hundreds and even thousands of dollars per bug, depending on the severity of the security vulnerability that was discovered, resulting in a more secure product by the...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Apr 10, 2013
PayPal seems like a natural fit for Smart TV platforms, so why haven't the two fully meshed until now? Good question, and though we don't have an answer, we can report that they've finally come together. LG couldn't be more proud, either, pointing out that it's the first to offer PayPal on its Smart TV software (though not the first to offer...
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Joshua Gulick - Sun, Jan 27, 2013
U.S. PlayStation owners have access to a new online content store today: the Sony Entertainment Network App Store. The Web-based store has been available in Europe since late last year, but just launched in the U.S., Brazil, Canada, and Mexico. The store has movies, TV shows, games, and other...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jan 21, 2013
Hey U.S. gamers, would you like a side of PayPal with your PlayStation Network (PSN)? You can have it, now that Sony is extending the same courtesy to PSN subscribers living in North America as was already available to those who reside in Europe. It's more of an end-around process to use...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jul 28, 2011
Depending on who you talk to, Apple overcharges its customers all the time. It's known as the "Apple Tax," an unofficial designation given to the perceived markup Apple applies to its products. This isn't about the so-called Apple Tax and whether or not it exists -- been there, done that --...
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Michael Santo - Fri, May 27, 2011
On the same day that Google unveiled its mobile payment service, Google Wallet, it was sued by PayPal. The suit claims trade secret misappropriation related to (what else) mobile payment systems. Reportedly, the timing of the lawsuit was coincidental, in terms of Google's announcement. The...
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Jennifer Johnson - Sat, Aug 07, 2010
PayPal recently launched a new version of its mobile application for the Android platform. The new PayPal for Android app supports Bump technology, which lets users transfer money from one user to another by simply tapping two phones together. Of course, both phones must have a Bump-enabled PayPal application in order to enable this feature....
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Ray Willington - Fri, May 14, 2010
PayPal started the credit card revolution, and Craigslist empowered regular people with the ability to clean out the garages without forking over fees to eBay. Now, the next movement is about to begin, with Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey beginning to ship out hundreds of free credit card dongles that plug into the headphone jack of an iPhone,...
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