Jason Del Rey

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Groupon Hires Amazon Prime Boss Robbie Schwietzer

New Seller Demand Crashes Handmade Marketplace Zibbet After Etsy’s Big Changes

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, October 2, 2013 at 10:23 am PT

Staples Acquires Personalization Startup Runa to Customize Deals for Online Shoppers

Etsy Overhauls Its Seller Policies in What Could Be a Controversial Move

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, October 1, 2013 at 8:15 am PT

Square Competitor Leaf Scores $20 Million Investment From Payments Giant Heartland

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, September 30, 2013 at 4:35 pm PT

Fab Hints at More Layoffs Amid Restructuring and Profitability Push

AOL to Start Advertising on TV Again, With Commercials for New Subscription Service Gathr

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, September 30, 2013 at 12:00 am PT

Online Ad Big Shot Michael Barrett Joins Tremor Video’s Board

BlackBerry Q2 Results Just About as Awful as Expected

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Mobile, September 27, 2013 at 4:19 am PT

Before Braintree Acquisition, PayPal Was Interested in Buying Stripe

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, September 26, 2013 at 10:33 am PT

Sequoia Capital Backs Real-Time Coupon App Shopular in $6.4 Million Series A

eBay Will Acquire Braintree for $800 Million in Cash

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, September 26, 2013 at 5:09 am PT

Here’s the Bizarre Commercial From Clinkle, the Stealth Payments Startup That Richard Branson Just Backed

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, September 26, 2013 at 4:32 am PT

JustFab Raises $40 Million as It Preps Launch of New Brand

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, September 26, 2013 at 4:30 am PT

Nissan Is Selling Cars Through Amazon (Gift Cards Included)

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, September 25, 2013 at 5:19 pm PT

Solving the Mystery Around the New Facebook-PayPal Partnership

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, September 25, 2013 at 3:50 pm PT

Google Is Going to Pay You Back for Your Unused Google Offers

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, September 24, 2013 at 3:16 pm PT

Square and Intuit Play Nice With New QuickBooks Integration

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, September 24, 2013 at 9:27 am PT

Intuit Overhauls QuickBooks Online as Competition for Small Businesses Ramps Up

Posted by Jason Del Rey in News, September 23, 2013 at 12:07 pm PT

Is JustFab the Next H&M, or Direct-Marketing Black Magic?

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, September 23, 2013 at 7:30 am PT

The Fancy’s Shareholders Pocket $20 Million in Series C Round

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, September 20, 2013 at 7:51 am PT

eBay Enterprise Backs Mobile Commerce Firm Branding Brand in $9.5 Million Round

Google Wallet Finally Comes to the iPhone (With a Big Asterisk)

Posted by Jason Del Rey in Commerce, September 19, 2013 at 9:32 am PT

Spark Capital, Google Ventures, Homebrew Invest in Plaid, Maker of an API for Banking Data

Deliv Nabs $6.8 Million to Tackle Same-Day Delivery for Mall Retailers

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Just as the atom bomb was the weapon that was supposed to render war obsolete, the Internet seems like capitalism’s ultimate feat of self-destructive genius, an economic doomsday device rendering it impossible for anyone to ever make a profit off anything again. It’s especially hopeless for those whose work is easily digitized and accessed free of charge.

— Author Tim Kreider on not getting paid for one’s work