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more about #ebay more comments → Tart of Darkness: We spent Black Friday totally off the grid. Didn't even miss my 'puter which shocked me. more » Claire Buoyant: I'm also curious how this data is aggregated. Zoom in to Chicago, for instance, and you'll see it has practically no activity, which makes no sense at... more » Claire Buoyant: The linked site says the color corresponds to transaction activity (yellow = light, red = heavy). How did you get from there to sellers vs. buyers? more » Swifter: This is interesting because usually the sale of a Bill of Goods goes the other way. more » senatormayer: I don't think I could be more confused. more » TableNein: I can die a happy troll now. more » Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: And on the seventh day Lacey ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. more » raincoaster: Not ONE "the lurkers are with me?" #skype more » Tremonius: This is exactly like the notes we passed in junior high! Exactly! Somebody said something and somebody else scoffed and that one came back and roared ... more » SpyMagician: Who gets severance packages nowadays? Oh yeah, investment bankers who lose money and no longer have jobs. more » miss_msry: "A rumor also spread that laid off workers would get no severance. Who said greed was a thing of the past. more » BowlingForDollars: I would like to also add that if the morons responsible for poor business decisions like the ones "executed" at eBay were fired immediately, instead o... more » BeeGee: "Jack: This is GE! Davon: It’s just G now, Jack, I sold the E. To Samsung. They’re Samesung now" Bay? more » BowlingForDollars: Yeah, well, when they starting jacking up user fees and running PayPal like an online loan shark/mafia outfit, you could pretty much see this coming. more » BxgrlJeri: I used to love eBay (in the early days) but it's become increasingly horrible and the shipping rates are outrageous. So sad. more » -
#ebay
The United States of Consumerism, Interactive Edition
This is eBay's rendering of transaction activity on Black Friday; notice how the seller-heavy rural areas (yellow) are offloading their juno on the coast elites (red). What was the flow of crap to your neighborhood. More » -
#art
Hannity, Limbaugh, Maddow, Olbermann, Beck, Obama, Palin, Unicorns, Pancakes
Here, the latest masterwork (suggested by you) from pancake painter-to-the-stars Dan Lacey: a horrific apocalyptic tableau of talking heads and politicians doing who knows what. He expounds on his vision, below. More » -
#hackfights
Writers Brawl After Nerds Stop Brawling
You'd think tech bloggers would learn from the peacemaking founders of Skype, who just dropped lawsuits holding back the $2.8 billion sale of their former company. Instead the writers are calling one another inaccurate, spineless "toddlers." More » -
#shakeups
eBay Layoffs: Fewer Than 60, Company Says
eBay has quantified the layoffs we've been writing about, saying the online auction company's upcoming restructuring will "impact fewer than 60 positions," in the words of a spokesman, with details provided internally within the week. More » -
#rumormonger
eBay Layoffs Rumored for Thursday
eBay has already confirmed it is planning a round of layoffs. Now a company tipster tells us the internal reckoning is slated to come on Thursday. More » -
#shakeups
Layoffs Loom at eBay
Two weeks ago, eBay announced a restructuring. As any Silicon Valley trouper knows, that means layoffs will soon follow. And that, in fact, is what's happening. More » -
#businessmodels
How eBay Surrendered Its 'Religion'
Here's an extraordinary video of eBay CEO John Donahoe bragging about how the company has sidelined what was once a core competency: Online auctions. Why solve a hard business problem when you can run away from it? More » -
#nerdfight
Jealous Geeks in $2 Billion Wrestling Match Over Skype
How did a group of private investors snag Skype for $2 billion+ when big public corporations like Google were too scared to bid, thanks to lawsuits? With stolen computer nerd sorcery, allegedly. More » -
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#wannabes
Meg Whitman To Silicon Valley: Drop Dead
Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman wants to be California's next Governor. But, alas, she can't seem to find time for the good people of California and will be skipping an an upcoming event in Silicon Valley. Um, really?! More » -
#remembrances
Let the Bizarre Ted Kennedy Memorials Begin
When any beloved public figure dies, everyone comes out to share their grief. Some come to make some money, others just to show their crazy. Get ready, Teddy, it's now your turn. More » -
#politics
Meg Whitman's Big Gay Jolt
We've always said Meg Whitman flip-flopping on gay rights would come back to haunt the former eBay CEO. And now, amid her campaign for California governor, it has. Whitman's reaction? Flip-flop again. More » -
#foundonebay
GM Partners With EBay To Auction New Cars
We always hear complaints about the new car buying process being antiquated and "old n' busted." GM's apparently seeking to change that as it emerges from bankruptcy by partnering with eBay for new car auctions. [Jalopnik] -
#controversies
Joe Jackson Pancake Painting a Little Too Intense For Corporate America
Speaking of important Michael Jackson news, pancake-painter-to-the-stars Dan Lacey has some! He painted this moving portrait of "Joe Jackson with a Michael Jackson memorial ticket and a pancake upon his head." Ebay is censoring it! More » -
#salvation
Kitschy Portfolio Cufflinks Will Save the Media
Some brash "can-do" entrepreneur is selling a historic pair of ugly Portfolio cufflinks bearing the nonsensical slogan "Linking Business and Pleasure," which describes "Gossip" much better than "Portfolio" or "cufflinks." Please use this priceless item for the good of mediakind! More » -
#kariferrell
The Hipster Grifter's Myspace Page: 'Sylvester Stabone'
The magical internet has coughed up a cached version of hipster grifter Kari Ferrell's painstakingly quirky Myspace page. And Kari Ferrell detritus has already hit Ebay! Click through for more aggressisexual grifter crapola.
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#twitterati
The Twitterati Get Run Over by a Google Street View Car
No one can escape Google's roving eyes — not even the Twitterati! Pierre Omidyar, Ryan Block, John Byrne, and others used Twitter to rid themselves of whatever scraps of private dignity remained: More » -
#buybacks
How eBay Can Have $3 Billion in the Bank and Still Be Broke
Look at eBay's books and it wouldn't seem to have money problems. But it's running a garage, unloading would-be Digg competitor StumbleUpon, and hopes to sell Internet phone service Skype. Why? More » -
#politics
Meg Whitman's Business Plan to Become California Governor Makes No Sense
In a Fortune interview, billionaire former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, who hopes to be the next Republican governor of California, shows she has more money than sense, an excellent recipe for entering politics. More » -
#auctionsinhell
Bid on the Right to Do Something(?) With Julia Allison and Friends
Why not spend your hard-earned money on a charity eBay auction to "Spend an Evening with NonSociety.Com Girls in New York"? I cannot think of a single reason. Current price: $102.50. Plenty of fringe benefits: More »
