NYC gets more food stamps from stimulus – BusinessWeek

Examiner.com NYC gets more food stamps from stimulusBusinessWeekPoor New Yorkers will get a 13 percent increase in their monthly food stamp grants from funding in the economic stimulus package. The increase amounts to a monthly increase of $63 for a family of three, and $80 for a family of four, …

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ebay allows third-party developers to add apps to site – VentureBeat

SYS-CON Media (press release) ebay allows third-party developers to add apps to siteVentureBeat, CAMassive auction website ebay has opened its platform to accept applications from third-party developers, adding to the range of choices for the site’s professional and casual sellers. This summer, the site will essentially open up an app store …

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Post office saving scheme shows surreality – The Herald

Post office saving scheme shows surrealityThe Herald, UKRuth Wishart, in her otherwise excellent article, makes an error when she claims that "when you think about it, even people accessing the Post Office card scheme have no choice but to take out their full whack" ("There's one bank that has savings … …

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eBay Courts Third-Party Developers (Linux World)

eBay is now officially beta testing its subscription-based Selling Manager service as a platform for third-party developers to sell their embedded tools. The space is used by close to 300,000 online merchants to manage their businesses at my.ebay.com. They have now become the target of this new campaign hoping to …

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