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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.
How eBay Creates a Town Square for Seller Concerns
14 Aug 2026
Good policy starts with good conversations. eBay’s Government Relations team brings together sellers and policymakers to make both happen.
Blair Ethington on Recommerce and Solving the Hard Problems
12 Aug 2026
The eBay VP for buyer, seller, and C2C shared the ideas driving her work in a Retail Brew interview.
eBay Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results
06 Aug 2026
Q2 Revenue of $3.1 billion; GMV of $22.4 billion.
eBay Completes Acquisition of Depop
30 Jul 2026
Today eBay announced it has completed its acquisition of Depop, a leading consumer to consumer fashion marketplace with a highly-engaged Gen Z and Millennial customer base.
eBay Statement Regarding Agreement with Ina and David Steiner
28 Jul 2026
eBay has reached an agreement with Ina and David Steiner pertaining to the 2019 misconduct by former eBay employees.
eBay Returns to The National Sports Collectors Convention with Its Biggest Presence Yet: the eBay Arena
27 Jul 2026
The eBay Arena brings together 60+ eBay Live streams, athlete appearances, premium collectibles, immersive fan experiences and new innovations for The Hobby.
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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.
