Archive for October 17th, 2006

New PayPal Phishing Scams

It asks me to restore full access to my account by logging in to Paypal. When I click on the link provided in the email, I am sent to a website that looks exactly like the PayPal login page. But the link does not go to Paypal. This is the link displayed in the email [...]

 

Great Tips For Selling on eBay

Whatever your merchandise, selling by using an eBay auction is profitable, simple and fun. Selling through eBay can be a one-time sale or a second income. People enjoy searching through online auctions to find rare collector’s items or unusual furniture and clothing. The selection at an eBay auction is limitless. Try eBay to sell your [...]

 

Symbian Mobile Phone For Skype

Skype software compatible with the Symbian mobile phone operating system will hit the market by the end of the year, despite rumors that Skype had halted development of the product, an executive said during the Symbian Smartphone Show in London. “Hopefully before Christmas we can satisfy a lot of questions about where Skype is on [...]

 

Free Classifieds May Open Windows for Online Sellers

AuctionBytes.com: Microsoft’s recently launched Windows Live Expo bills itself as “a dynamic social listing service.” It is a free classifieds-style site with categories including Autos, Events, Housing, Jobs, Merchandise, People, Pets and Services. The two categories of particular interest to eBay and online sellers are Merchandise and Services. eBay Trading Assistants can place a listing [...]

 

5 Super-Obvious Ways To Improve Your Life

43Folders: When I was up in Toronto, I was interviewed by Samantha Grice from the National Post about 43 Folders, productivity stuff, and the sad sorry state of my own day-to-day productivity. As a sidebar to the little profile she wrote, Samantha also asked me to draft a few words on my favorite fast tips [...]

 

“Vetrepreneurial” Opportunities “Vetrepreneurial” Opportunities

Small Biz Mentor: According to G.I. Jobs, franchising is a hot target for veterans who want to put their strengths to work on the civilian market as small business owners. With millions of veterans living across the nation and several hundred thousand transitioning out of the military each year, business ownership is, statistically speaking, an [...]

 

Niche Biz: Fixing iPods Niche Biz: Fixing iPods

Central Coast Tech: Identify a niche market and sell to that market only via the Internet. It’s an efficient business model. Recent Cal Poly graduates Kyle Wiens and Luke Soules have successfully employed the strategy with the company they started in 2003. iFixit sells Macintosh and iPod parts and upgrades via the Internet. “We are [...]

 

Email Credited With Public Mailbox Deaths

WebProNews: Email is being credited with the murder of the sidewalk mailbox, joining cell phones in a plot to destroy public communication hubs. The United States Post Office has removed 42,000 street mailboxes in the last six years, and nobody’s really noticing. Like superheroes losing a place to change in public, some are equating the [...]