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Auctionbytes eBay Puts Magento In The Cart For It's X.Commerce PlatformNetwork WorldeBay announced today that they are acquiring the leading open source e-commerce platform, Magento. Magento will serve as a key component of eBays new open commerce platform, X.commerce. Terms of the acquisition where not announced, but eBay already …EBay …
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eBay will acquire Magento , an open-source ecommerce platform, in which it had acquired a 49% stake last year for $22.5 million. eBay also launched a branding effort called X.Commerce located at X.com , which was formerly the home of the PayPal Developers program. More: continued here
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Read More »Schoolboy Invents Burglar-Deterring, Post Office-Friendly Doorbell
He may have just started his teenage years, but Laurence Rock’s future is looking pretty good after inventing an ingenious doorbell device called Smart Bell. He’s already sold 20,000 units to telecoms giant Commtel Innovate , and is securing a second deal with an unidentified company that will land him …
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