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eBay Set to Outline Its Future, and It Looks Nothing Like Amazon

in Commerce on October 11, 2011 at 10:59 pm PT

At eBay’s developer conference today, it will unveil its biggest nonconsumer-focused push yet, by announcing a tech platform aimed at developers.
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EBay Buys Magento to Boost Small Business E-Commerce Services

in Commerce on June 6, 2011 at 8:58 am PT

EBay has purchased Magento, a “software as service” company that helps small retailers run their online shops. EBay won’t disclose terms, but says the deal won’t be material, and that it had already purchased a minority stake in the company last year as part of a $22.5 million funding round. Magento will get folded into X.Commerce, eBay’s new “integrated open commerce platform group,” which is targeting small retailers that might otherwise be working with Amazon.

Kara Visits Under the Radar!

in News on March 21, 2008 at 12:43 am PT

Yesterday, I was a judge on a three-person panel at the Under the Radar: The Business of Web Apps conference, held at Microsoft’s (MSFT) Mountain View, Calif., campus in Silicon Valley. The event, sponsored by Dealmaker Media, was a very good version of many such conferences held often around the region, where start-ups come to [...]