BumeBox Threw eBay A Social Media Party And 14M People Saw ItTechCrunchIts latest success story: eBay. Not that you actually need BumeBox to engage fans on social networks, but the service helps put together special, limited-time events, which can then be aggregated and embedded — so fans could participate directly on … More: continued here
TameBay eBay's latest ad campaign shies away from the company’s auction heritageFresh Business ThinkingBy Ben Simmons eBay is launching a new UK TV advertising campaign which highlights a wide selection of new products available on the site as 'buy it now' items, rather than auction. The campaign uses the tag line 'eBay: your shopping universe'…
eBay's latest ad campaign shies away from the company's auction heritageFresh Business ThinkingBy Ben Simmons eBay is launching a new UK TV advertising campaign which highlights a wide selection of new products available on the site as 'buy it now' items, rather than auction. The campaign uses the tag line 'eBay: your shopping universe' to…
msnbc.com (blog) Camilla pulls a Kate, dons an affordable (mail-order) dressmsnbc.com (blog)28. By Rachel Elbaum Duchess Kate is not the only royal who shops for affordable fashion these days. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and the wife of Prince Charles, wore a mail-order dress earlier this week to a reception at her home, Clarence House.Kate Middleton…
Toronto Star It's called a tramp stamp, but I call my lower back tattoo a sign of the timesToronto StarIn Canada, the term is “tramp stamp.” Mine is rather larger than the usual flower or Disney character, but it still qualifies. And 10 years after first getting inked, I simultaneously love and am embarrassed by…
Globe and Mail Canada's two biggest banks' profits higher than estimatesVancouver SunAnalysts said the first-quarter results from Royal Bank of Canada and Toronto-Dominion Bank showed dour predictions for sluggish revenue growth in the Canadian banking sector have yet to take hold. “It seems to be that at today's low level of interest …The Globe and…
Some Port Royal residents may not be getting the mail they were expecting after a fender-bender Wednesday involving a mail truck escalated into a full-blown fire. More: continued here
ZDNet UK (blog) Post Office hit by 'national' IT failureZDNet UK (blog)The Post Office's IT systems have failed, with branches unable to deal with anything that requires a computer, according to a Post Office employee. "It's national, when one computer goes down, they all go down," the employee told ZDNet UK on Thursday.computer failure hits…
Postal services in Northern Ireland have been affected because of a UK-wide problem with the Post Offices computers. More: continued here
GreenBiz.com (blog) eBay's Arizona data centre gets Green Grid stamp of approvalITBusiness.caOnline auction site eBay has slashed costs and maximised energy efficiency at its enormous new Arizona data centre, after employing best practices from The Green Grid. Temperatures in Phoenix, Arizona – one of the most arid places in the US – regularly …eBay Cools…