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SilkFair - Socialized Web 2.0 Shopping and Selling, E-Bay Rival and Alternative | Tech2All | Gadgets

Ruhani Rabin of Tech2All reviews new ecommerce startup SilkFair.com highlighting unique search features and SilkFair.com's sandbox where the curious can try out all the features before signing up. more...
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SilkFair: An eBay Alternative that Shines - AppScout

Alan Henry of AppScout reviews www.SilkFair.com an ecommerce startup that launched in March. Mr. Henry gives high marks on the sites design and functionality and discusses SilkFair as an alternative to more...
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Startup Fididel offers live online auctions

Hal Wendell, CEO and founder of Fididel says that he was fed up of losing the bids on the current auction sites like eBay and others and therefore decided to create one of his own so that he could participate more...
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Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn Founder has golden touch

Reid Hoffman, the founder of LinkedIn has about 1500 connections and has the Midas touch when it comes to start-ups. A college friendship led Hoffman to PayPal and his first windfall when eBay Inc. bought more...
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Another Startup Lists on eBay

YouAreTV, one of the community video sites that tried and tried to do something significant is finally calling it quits and has listed itself on eBay. It claims a fairly weak 19,000 monthly uniques, 56,000 more...
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SourceForge opens eBay-like marketplace

With slightly less than 700 listings right now, SourceForge's open-source, project-hosting Web site now has an eBay-like marketplace, where users can offer support services for sale. It does claim more more...
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Skype Founder says eBay Overpaid for Skype

Niklas Zennstrom was speaking at a tech conference in Budapest and said that eBay had over-estimated the valuation of Skype in the first place and that is a surprisingly candid comment to make. more...
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Zipidee aims to become EBay of digital stuff

San Francisco-based Zipidee aims to become EBay of digital content. It came out of stealth mode to let companies sell videos, music tracks, ebooks, mobile ringtones, software, games, and podcasts through more...
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Skype Co-Founder Resigns as CEO

Niklas Zennstrom, who co-founded Skype and had served as CEO since eBay acquired the company, has resigned. He will remain as the non-executive chairman of Skype’s Board of Directors. Michael van Swaaij more...
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Sujjest Offers Visual eBay Search

Sujjest (think “suggest” with the letters “j” instead of “g”) is a new search tool that’s getting its web legs by building an eBay search from its introductory technology. This all occurs more...
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