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businessinsider.com - 8/4/2009

Apple Eyeing PayPal's Business, Say Wall Street Gossips

— businessinsider.com — Wall Street gossips tell us that Apple (AAPL) executives have dropped hints suggesting the company is considering... creating a service that would allow iTunes Store account holders to use those accounts to make purchases on participating third-party ... (more) Apple Eyeing PayPal's Business, Say Wall Street Gossips

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majornelson.com - 8/7/2009

PayPal now available for US Xbox LIVE Accounts - Xbox Live's Major Nelson

— majornelson.com — If you are in the United States, you can now use PayPal as a method of payment... for the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. You can use PayPal to buy Microsoft Points without having to associate your credit card information to your Xbox LIVE account. If you are new ... (more) PayPal now available for US Xbox LIVE Accounts - Xbox ...

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pcworld.com - 8/8/2009

PayPal Adds Fees, Sneakily

— pcworld.com — When it comes my personal finances, I like to stay informed, so imagine my dismay when PayPal... quietly tacked on fees for a service I'd previously enjoyed for free. As a writer, a significant chunk of my earnings come through PayPal. For all parties ... (more) PayPal Adds Fees, Sneakily

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PayPal Blames Outage on Hardware Failure
AppScout — A service interruption that took down PayPal on Monday for almost five hours was due to a hardware failure, the company said today. "At around 10:30 am PT Monday, a network hardware failure resulted in a service interruption for all PayPal users worldwide," Scott Guilfoyle, senior vice president of technology at PayPal, wrote in a blog post. Service was fully restored by about 3 PM Pacific time. "We're now working to fully understand how we can prevent such a service interruption from ever happening again," Guilfoyle wrote. "We're also reaching out to merchants to discuss the impact this ...

What Do PayPal and Cisco Have in Common? [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — Question: What do PayPal and Cisco have in common? Answer: Both suffered widespread outages over the past 24 hours, proving yet again that despite all the progress that’s been made, Internet infrastructure remains prone to human error and other random problems. Earlier this morning I heard from some of my friends in the infrastructure business ...

Rumors Suggest Apple May Compete with PayPal
WebProNews Feed — Reports have "Wall Street Gossips" talking about Apple working on a "PayPal killer". This would be in the form of the iTunes store turning into a payment system. There's no telling how much truth there is to these rumors, but the world is going to need some more options when PayPal goes down, as it did last night, causing quite a stir across the web. PayPal apologized for this by way of the PayPal blog. SVP, Technology Scott Guilfoyle wrote: At around 10:30 am PT Monday, a network hardware failure resulted in a service interruption for all PayPal users worldwide. Everyone in our organization ...