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eBay Acquires Invoicing Company in Germany

in Commerce on December 22, 2011 at 8:34 am PT

EBay has acquired BillSAFE, which serves 15 million accounts in Germany, after buying a minority stake in the company last year. Terms were not disclosed. With BillSAFE, PayPal customers will now be able to receive an invoice for an order, after items have been shipped and received. Because of its security benefits, purchasing by invoice is used heavily in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands, eBay says.

Whitman: HP Decision on webOS Coming Within Two Weeks

in News on November 30, 2011 at 4:25 am PT

In an interview with a French newspaper, HP’s CEO says a final decision on what to do with the webOS software business will come before Christmas.
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Amazon: It Was Our Hardware, Not Hackers, That Brought Us Down

in Enterprise on December 13, 2010 at 9:35 am PT

Amazon’s 30-minute European outage was caused by hardware failure, not another attack by hackers.

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iPhone 4 Hits 17 More Countries Friday

in News on July 26, 2010 at 5:05 am PT

The iPhone 4’s international roll-out begins in earnest this week. Come Friday, July 30, the device will go on sale in 17 more countries–Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Left off the roll-out roll call, much to the dismay of its citizens, is South Korea, where regulatory issues are reportedly slowing things down. By September, the iPhone 4 should be in stores in 87 countries, making its global roll-out Apple’s fastest ever.

Hello World: Apple iPad Goes International on May 28

in News on May 7, 2010 at 6:08 am PT

The international launch of the Apple iPad, which was delayed due to strong demand in the the U.S., will finally begin later this month. Apple will start accepting pre-orders for both the 3G and Wi-Fi models on Monday, May 10. And on May 28, it will begin shipping them.

T-Mobile Verkauft Eine Menge iPhones

in News on August 25, 2008 at 11:21 am PT

Apple’s iPhone 3G is selling well overseas despite some activation and delivery problems. Deutsche Telekom’s wireless division, T-Mobile has sold 120,000 of the devices since they arrived at market on July 11. “Our (sales) expectations were surpassed,” T-Mobile International CEO Hamid Akhavan told German magazine Focus.