eBay has bought social media service StumbleUpon for $75 million in cash. The deal gives eBay access to StumbleUpon’s 2.3 million users via the StumbleUpon toolbar, which allows users to “stumble” to new sites, videos, and other content within user-selected categories.
StumbleUpon’s founders and management will remain with the company, which will now be led by [...]
Ebay has appointed Albion to handle its £10m advertising business after a final shootout against Mother. The account moves from Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners, which did not repitch.
The online auction site called the review last month and originally shortlisted Albion, Mother, WCRS and Saatchi & Saatchi. However, WCRS and Saatchi & Saatchi were [...]
eBay auction control application GarageSalehas been updated, introducing support for advance features of the online auction website.
The application lets Mac OS X users create and manage eBay auctions using an intuitive interface. It offers an auction editor and imports photos from iPhoto, a digital camera, or iSight. GarageSale supports advanced eBay features such as item [...]
A HEART valve was put up for sale on eBay, it was revealed yesterday.
A UK seller tried to illegally flog the life-saving device before bosses took it off the website auction.
The £300 valve — put on the website on Valentine’s Day — contravened eBay rules and staff contacted health officers.
The incident was kept under wraps [...]
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) announced today that earlier this month the UK’s Metropolitan Police had successfully broken up a scheme in which a man facilitated the sale of digital downloads on Allofmp3.com by advertising and selling vouchers through auction sites such as eBay and the website allofmp3vouchers.co.uk.
The 25yo London male was [...]
International attempts to control the illegal supply of poached ivory are being undermined by the burgeoning market for illicit animal parts on the internet, according to a report.
An investigation by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (Ifaw) found ivory objects banned under global wildlife conventions openly for sale on eBay. Elsewhere on the internet, live [...]
