blogs.zdnet.com - 7/23/2009
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eBay today reported second quarter financial results that were slightly better than Wall Street’s expectations but revenue growth of PayPal and Skype was offset, in part, by declines in the Marketplaces business.
For the quarter ending June 30 (statement), the company reported net income ...
share.skype.com - 7/20/2009
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We ve just released the final version of
Skype 2.8 for Mac it s ready for you...
to download now . Those of you who have already been using the beta version won t notice any new features, but we ve fixed a number of bugs. Raul s post on the Garage blog ...
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Skype 2.8 Gold for Mac out now - Skype for Mac
twitpay.me - 7/23/2009
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twitpay.me —
All you need is a Twitter account and
a PayPal account. If you don't have a Twitter...
account then go sign up now at Twitter and come on back. We'll wait for you.
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news.cnet.com - 7/23/2009
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PASADENA, Calif.--PayPal is just over a third of
eBay's revenue at the moment, but the online payment...
service will ultimately be bigger than the company's flagship e-commerce site, its chief executive said Thursday. "PayPal is a business that will ...
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PayPal will be bigger than eBay.com, CEO says
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... (Nasdaq: EBAY)'s second-quarter results slightly exceeded analyst expectations yesterday, with PayPal and Skype driving growth . Overall second-quarter revenue was $2.1 billion, down 4 percent from last year, but the Payments business unit, which includes PayPal and Bill Me Later, boasted an 11 percent increase, and the Communications business unit, which includes Skype, saw a 25 percent jump from last year. Apparently there's an intense rivalry going on between two competing iPhone apps, iFart and Pull My Finger, The Daily Show reported on Tuesday. In case you missed ...
The Online Payment Wars Continue: PayPal Officially Announces Flexible API
TechCrunch —
... While Ebay’s Q2 earnings yesterday showed that its marketplace business was slow, the company’s revenue was boosted by continued growth in its online payments business, including PayPal and BillMeLater. Both businesses saw 11 % growth in revenue in the quarter, compared to a year ago, and saw a 20% increase in registered accounts from last year, with 75.4 million accounts. On the heels of this good news, today PayPal is officially announcing the launch of its flexible payments API, called Adaptive Payments (which we scooped a few weeks ago ...
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EBay profit dips; PayPal, Skype growth no help —
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The recession continued to hurt eBay Inc. in the second quarter, as earnings and revenue fell amid a drop in sales in the main online marketplace, overshadowing growth in the PayPal online payments and Skype communications units. The online auction ...
EBay profit dips; PayPal, Skype growth no help —
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PayPal moves to embed self in everything —
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Shares APIs with developerland PayPal has officially told the world it will open up its worldwide net payment platform to outside developers, offering a new set of APIs for embedding payment tools into third-party applications and, well, other ...