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The Anti-EBay? Yardsellr Closes $5 Million Series A Round

in News on November 22, 2010 at 7:00 am PT

Yardsellr is announcing today that it has closed a $5 million Series A funding round led by Accel Partners. Harrison Metal, which is run by investor Michael Dearing and gave the social listings and transactions site seed financing last year, also participated in the round. Yardsellr says it uses “social plumbing to power all interactions between buyers and sellers, although users create listings and consummate transactions.” Welcome to eBay, Facebook-style!

Bing Hearts Android

in News on August 30, 2010 at 11:48 am PT

You got your Android in my Bing–no, you got your Bing in my Android. If you can’t beat them, well, you know…. That’s now the official policy of Microsoft, it seems, as its Bing search engine offers an app for Google Android for Verizon customers.

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Niche Sites Going After eBay

in News on December 9, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

A host of Web start-ups are gaining traction based on the premise that they make it easier for people to buy and sell online than the company that invented the idea: eBay Inc. Second Rotation Inc.’s Gazelle.com site, which offers people a set price to take used gadgets like iPods and laptops off their hands, last month more than doubled the number of products, to 18,000, that it took in compared with a year earlier.

The Yahoo-Microsoft Deal: Tick, Tick, Tick…Boom?

in News on July 28, 2009 at 4:49 am PT

Things are as tight as a tick over at Yahoo and Microsoft about the deal the pair have been discussing over the last months–as execs shuttle back and forth and forth and back and their boards deliberate on what will surely be one of the most important decisions for either company for the near-term future in the digital space. As various reports debate the terms of the deal, it is critically important to remember that, done badly or with too much haste, this massive and extremely complex deal is one with even greater potential to tank. “It could be game-changing or it could be one the biggest bombs ever,” said one exec close to the situation. “So, obviously, everyone is treating this very delicately.”
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