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The eBay developer’s program is expanding its reach with a new platform, new APIs and a new way for developers to get in front of eBay sellers. The new initiatives come as eBay kicks off its annual developers conference in Chicago this week. More: continued here

eBay is throwing open its Selling Manager tool to external developers building high-volume businesses based on its online platform. More: continued here

Adam Gross, Vice President of Platform and Developer Marketing for SalesForce.com, gave a keynote address at the eBay Developer’s Conference on Monday on the importance of platform-as-a-service to the ecommerce industry. In an interview after the talk, Gross shared his thoughts with AuctionBytes about eBay’s announcement made during the keynote …

Brothers Einstein Beat eBay Media Auction Model with Smart SyndicationPR Web (press release), WA –13 minutes agoSmart Syndication reverse auction media model from the Brothers Einstein succeeds where $50000000 dollar eBay media auction model fails. … More: continued here

eBay To Require US Sellers To Take PayPal If They Ship GloballyWebProNews, KY –9 hours agoeBay is requiring global sellers to increasingly accept its PayPal payment service. In the US eBay is forcing sellers who ship internationally to accept … More: continued here

InformationWeek – The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission suggested that it would likely block eBay’s effort to require all Australian trades to use PayPal for payments. More: continued here

The world’s largest online auction house, eBay, has announced plans to let third-party developers integrate applications directly onto eBay by giving their applications more direct access to the site’s 700,000 professional sellers. The company revealed the details at its seventh annual eBay Developers Conference Monday in Chicago to approximately 700 …

Palluxo! – Mac Dose of All Things Apple UPDATE 1-Apple, others license Klausner voicemail patentsReuters –5 hours agoSeparate settlements and licensing deals had been reached with AT&T, the US carrier for Apple's iPhone, and with eBay and its Skype Web-cased calling …Apple, others license Klausner voicemail patentsWashington PostApple settles patent suit …

Ebay shares rise; upgraded to buy at Stifel NicolausTrading Markets (press release), CA –8 minutes ago"We have been pushing for EBay to better market products to consumers and this is now happening with Best Match integration on the home page and query … More: continued here

Up to now, the online tool for managing and tracking listings on eBay, called eBay Selling Manager, has only offered sellers direct access to applications that the e-commerce giant developed in-house. But that’s about to change. More: continued here