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A HEARTBROKEN Perth man is pleased with early eBay bidding for everything he owns – he has received a bid for $300,000 for all his earthly posessions. More: continued here

eBay is 86ing its old search engine in favor of its newer one. Up until this point, users have been able to choose the one they prefer, but according to eBay the majority are using the new one, so you can kiss the old one goodbye. read more More: continued here

Forbes (blog) eBay's Half.com App Scans Bar Codes for Best Textbook DealsSwitched (blog)With the fall semester around the corner, eBay has launched a mobile app for its discount site Half.com, …eBay launches bar-code-scanning app for Half.comCNETeBay Launches Half.com iPhone App for StudentsiPhone Download Blog (blog)Inside EBay's New Corporate IPhone AppForbes (blog)Norwalk Reflector –TMCnet –WCBDall 42 news articles »…

AuctionBytes Blog Disconnect at eBay as It Moves toward AmazonificationAuctionBytes Blog, MA –16 minutes agoThere's a disconnect between what I'm hearing from eBay executives, and what I'm hearing from sellers and vendors, here at the eBay Live show. … More: continued here

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The following commentary comes from an independent investor or market observer as part of TheStreet’s guest contributor program, which is separate from the company’s news coverage. NEW YORK (Trefis) — eBay recently announced its first quarter 2011 earnings, in which it indicated significant year-on-year improvement in revenues and total payment volume for PayPal. eBay’s PayPal…