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eBay Foundation Backs Community-Led Entrepreneurship with $3M in Grants
19 Sep 2025
eBay Foundation is proud to announce its 2025 Global Give grantees.
eBay Opens the ’95 Shop, Celebrating 30 Years of Cultural Icons
03 Sep 2025
Curated by Sarah Michelle Gellar, the shop marks 30 years of eBay as the destination for cultural must-haves — from Jordan XI and Pokémon to Gucci and a ’97 Land Rover Defender.
eBay Celebrates 30 Years of Creating Economic Opportunity for All as it Reinvents the Future of Ecommerce
03 Sep 2025
eBay opens Nasdaq with bell-ringing ceremony and launches immersive ‘95 experience in New York City.
With the eBay Ambassador Program, Everyone Can Be an Affiliate
01 Sep 2025
Share what you love, earn as you go.
eBay Watchlist Trend Report is Back for Fall, Curated by Resident Stylist Brie Welch
21 Aug 2025
From layered lace to architectural shapes, the latest eBay Watchlist reveals this fall’s trending styles and brands — and how to shop them on eBay.
eBay Launches Free Returns for Vehicle Parts & Accessories
21 Aug 2025
The new offering lets buyers return a part or accessory for any reason, at no cost.
Sixth Annual Up & Running Grants Recipients Announced at eBay Open
21 Aug 2025
This year’s recipients were awarded $500,000 in grants and resources to help small businesses scale their operations and impact.
eBay Returns to Fashion Month with Pre-loved Runway Shows and an Open Invitation to Designers Worldwide
14 Aug 2025
With a slate of designers including ERDEM and Altuzarra spotlighting pre-loved looks on their runways, eBay redefines what belongs at Fashion Month.
eBay Seller Capital Integrates Open Banking to Make Financing Easier and More Accessible for Sellers
14 Aug 2025
eBay integrates Open Banking into Seller Capital, enabling a more holistic way to access growth capital for sellers.
eBay Launches Seller Tools to Save Time, Boost Profits, and Build Trust
13 Aug 2025
From AI-assisted replies to automated feedback, we announced new innovations to thousands of excited sellers at our biggest seller event of the year.
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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.
