Archive for October 23rd, 2006
What is it about Skype that causes so many different institutions from universities to developing nations to worry? Actually, that’s not a real tough question to answer. It’s peer-to-peer telephony system is disruptive to established competitors, and its usage is difficult to monitor. The latest to jump on board this bandwagon is the country of [...]
Turn Your Images 3D For Higher eBay Sales
Most sellers agree that photographs are vital to the success of online sales whether on eBay, other auction sites, or on their own websites. Virtual Iris, an eBay certified developer, offers a product that gives your pictures that extra “wow” factor: 3D imaging. Irisize (http://www.irisize.com ) converts multiple shots of your item into 3D interactive [...]
New eBay Tool From Digonex – PriceCoaster
Digonex Technologies Inc. announced a new dynamic-pricing service for eBay Stores. PriceCoaster is an eBay-certified application that allows eBay Store sellers to change prices of listings automatically based on demand for those products. PriceCoaster uses Digonex’s recently patented dynamic pricing system and integrates with eBay Store Inventory Format items. Prices can be continuously adjusted to [...]
Hoping T.M.X. Elmo Investment with Pay-off
As soon as Pete Stollwerck of Mukilteo glimpsed the plush red T.M.X. Elmo doing his tickle-induced belly-laugh on ABC’s “Good Morning America” show, he knew he should buy a few. He ended up buying 104 on the Internet auction site eBay, not for his grandkids, but as an investment in furry, red bellies. Mattel Inc. [...]
New Rules On eBay To Sell PS3′s
Remember when eBay was shutting down PlayStation 3 auctions, even going so far as to temporarily ban user accounts for listing pre-sale items? Well, that bleak period of time for eBay scalpers has passed. Now, the gouging can continue, nearly unfettered by the overlords at eBay. So what do you have to do to sell [...]
BusinessWeek Online: Meebo, is an easy-to-use service that has solved one of instant messaging’s nagging problems: the inability to communicate with people who use an IM service other than yours. The company is going gangbusters. It has raised $3.5 million and attracts almost a million people every day, who swap more than 60 million messages. [...]
One In Eight US Adults Addicted To Internet
Times Online: More than one in eight American adults show signs that they could be suffering from some form of internet addiction after admitting to researchers that they find it hard to limit their use. A study from Stanford University School of Medicine in California found that “problematic internet use” was present in a sizeable [...]
Brothers Start LEGO Gift Business
pressconnects.com: Love for an activity is the reason why Henry Herz helped his sons, Harrison, 4, and Joshua, 7, start up their own LEGO “gift” business, J&H LEGO Gifts. The two boys loved playing with LEGOS more than anything else, so their father decided to use that passion to teach them some very basic monetary [...]
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at Blawg Review.
