Neowin News Feed for: Ebay

Apple offers up to $100 off products through "secret" eBay store

Max Slater-Robins — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:03:01 +0000

A new, and unclaimed, eBay outlet appears to be run by Apple and offers refurbished products at large discounts to Apple's official refurbished stores, hinting at a new path for the company. Read more...

eBay app for Windows 8 gets major update

John Callaham — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:02:18 +0000

eBay has launched a major new update for its Windows 8 app in the Windows Store, with a number of new features and improvements along with a pledge to continue to add new features. Read more...

eBay users offloading 128 GB Surfaces for a steep premium

John Callaham — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:46:03 +0000

With the 128 GB version of Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet in scarce numbers in retail stores, some eBay users are selling the Windows 8 Pro tablet at much higher prices than its current $999 price. Read more...

What's Cyber Monday? Sunday was eBay's biggest mobile shopping day

John Callaham — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:04:42 +0000

People are apparently continuing to shop a lot online and via mobile devices well after Cyber Monday, as eBay and PayPal announced that Sunday, Dec. 2nd was their biggest mobile shopping day ever. Read more...

Steve Ballmer-signed Surface being auctioned for charity in Germany

John Callaham — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:10:00 +0000

One of Microsoft's new Surface tablets, signed by company CEO Steve Ballmer, is being put up for auction at the German eBay web site, with proceeds going to charity. Read more...

IBM: Big Black Friday 2012 online shopping increases

John Callaham — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 18:45:31 +0000

IBM has released a new infographic that shows, according to its data, online shopping for Black Friday 2012 increased by 20.7 percent compared to sales in 2011, thanks in part to mobile devices. Read more...

Shocker: Lots of people shopped online Thanksgiving Day

John Callaham — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:45:00 +0000

New data shows that Thanksgiving Day was a busy one for online retail stores, with one report claiming that traffic to retail websites increased by 71 percent compared to 2011. Read more...

DNS change puts 284 Pakistani websites at mercy of hackers

Paul Ferson — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:16:04 +0000

A DNS change has put 284 webpages at a weakness to hackers. Among the pages defaced by a group of seemingly Turkish hackers are the eBay, Microsoft and Google sites. No groups claim responsibility. Read more...

Nintendo Wii U sold out in US; eBay prices start around $300

John Callaham — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:06:20 +0000

As expected, Nintendo's new Wii U game console is now sold out in regular retails outlets in the US since its launch on Sunday, and eBay prices for the console start around $300. Read more...

HTC's 8X could be $79 through Best Buy

Paul Ferson — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:32:44 +0000

It's not often you come across a brand new phone for good money, but HTC's 8X handsets could be as little as $79 through Best Buy and eBay (excluding the contract), which we'll admit is enticing. Read more...

eBay gets new logo; keeps the same colors

John Callaham — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:35:27 +0100

The online auction website eBay has just revealed its first new corporate logo redesign since the company launched 17 years ago, with a new font while keeping the same colors. Read more...

Next generation Xbox development kit with Blu-ray drive sold on eBay

John Callaham — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 18:45:13 +0100

A person that claims to have a hardware SDK for the next version of Microsoft's Xbox game console is attempting to sell the hardware, with the code name Durango, on eBay. Read more...

Legend of Zelda prototype on eBay for $150,000

Rob Schorman — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 08:38:59 +0100

If you want to own a piece of video game history, this could be your chance because a prototype version of Legend of Zelda for the Nintendo Entertainment System is up for sale on eBay for $150,000. Read more...

Official Windows 8 Metro app for eBay released

John Callaham — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:15:12 +0100

eBay has launched its official Windows 8 Metro app via the Windows Store, letting Release Preview users find listings of eBay's online auctions along with more features. Read more...

Another facepalm for humanity; "God Particles" on eBay

Steven Parker — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 11:55:09 +0100

Yesterday while Americans were celebrating Independence Day, Cern scientists at the LHC confirmed existence of the Higgs boson Particle. Of course this means it has to go on eBay right? Read more...

iPad prototype with two dock ports sold on eBay

John Callaham — Tue, 29 May 2012 08:32:37 +0100

A prototype for the first iPad from Apple, made with two dock ports along with older software, was put on sale on eBay and was sold earlier this morning for $10,200. Read more...

Sony Ericsson Windows Phone now available ...on eBay

Andy Weir — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:00:28 +0000

While we're unlikely to see new Windows Phones being launched by Sony anytime soon, an early Sony Ericsson prototype handset running Microsoft's mobile OS is now available to purchase on eBay. Read more...

Suspects arrested for selling sample Intel CPUs on eBay

John Callaham — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:18:18 +0000

Four engineers from Taiwan that worked for Intel's OEM makers have been arrested for allegedly trying to sell sample engineering CPUs on eBay, The suspects could face up to five years in jail. Read more...

Refurbished HP TouchPads to go on sale on eBay Sunday

John Callaham — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:37:55 +0000

HP plans to sell refurbished versions of its discontinued HP TouchPad tablets starting on December 11 on eBay, alone with an optional accessory pack, at fire sale prices. Read more...

Rumor: HP could dump its current CEO

John Callaham — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:18:04 +0100

A new rumor claims that HP's board of directors will meet soon in order to decide whether or not to fire its current CEO Leo Apotheker, with former eBay CEO Meg Whitman as a possible successor. Read more...