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eBay's 2026 Recommerce Report is here
07 Oct 2026
Secondhand shopping is rising worldwide as consumers seek value and stretch budgets.
How eBay CEO Jamie Iannone turns feedback into ideas
06 Oct 2026
In an interview with Fast Company, Jamie Iannone made it clear that listening is central to his management style.
How Salt Lake City eBayers Welcome New Neighbors
06 Oct 2026
For years, Changemakers in Utah have volunteered with the International Rescue Committee in support of new Americans. A 2026 Global Give grant deepens that relationship and supports IRC’s entrepreneurship work.
How AI, eBay Live, and personalized discovery are shaping eBay
28 Sep 2026
In a new interview with Retail Gazette, eBay's Eve Williams discusses the evolving marketplace and why nothing replaces community.
How eBay and law enforcement work together to combat illegal ghost gun sales
28 Sep 2026
eBay investigators work with law enforcement to keep the marketplace safe. One was just recognized for his role.
eBay Announces American Fashion Retrospective and Auction
09 Sep 2026
Curated by Carlos Nazario and hosted by Jenna Lyons, the experience brings decades of American fashion history to life and gives collectors the chance to bid on pieces from the Archive
eBay Community: Where Connection Drives Commerce
27 Aug 2026
The new eBay Community experience gives buyers and sellers across 11 markets a more connected place to learn, share expertise, and stay informed.
The Power of Knowing a Product Was 'Used in Japan'
24 Aug 2026
There’s a lot of weight behind that phrase — especially on eBay.
eBay Expands Authenticity Guarantee to Collectible Coins
24 Aug 2026
Authenticity Guarantee now covers eligible U.S. and World Coins priced at $500+, bringing expert authentication to a new collectibles category.
eBay Foundation’s 2026 Global Give Grants Bring Support Closer to Home
24 Aug 2026
This year’s Global Give grants support more than 30 nonprofits in 10 countries to empower inclusive entrepreneurship.
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Typewriters, the office machines that preceded computers
By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
Donald Trump may be many things, but a good economist he is not. Accustomed to dictating terms to people he has worked with,
The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
