Archives for the "Integration" tag
Ebay to Acquire PayPal
Today, Ebay announced that it will acquire Paypal for $1.5 billion in stock. The acquisition makes sense as it merges two successful Internet businesses and turns the online auctioneer into an end to end shop for online transaction. Sizing up the businesses Ebay is primarily in the auction business. Everyday, millions of people buy and sell products [...]
Tags: Acquisition, Integration, Yahoo, eBay
In Business
The Convergence Game
This week, Microsoft launched the Xbox, a new gaming system that takes the Redmond giant into another market. Today, Nintendo is unveiling the GameCube, their new entry in a battle they have fought with Sony for many years. With these new gaming stations entering the market, a new war is starting and in the end, [...]
Tags: AOL, Broadband, Connectivity, Customer, Integration, Internet Explorer, MP3, Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, Strategy, Video, Wireless
In Business, Technology
Boo.com Goes Bust
As many of you may have heard already, Boo, the company for which I used to work, has closed its doors. I’ve been looking at the press coverage and it seems that some of the coverage does not work out. For starters, Boo.com’s failure is not an example of why B2C E-commerce will fail, it’s an [...]
Tags: Content, Currency, Europe, Integration, Languages, Process, Software, United States, e - commerce
In Business, Technology
