eBay
eBay Foundation Board Taps Three New Leaders to Drive Impact
19 Mar 2025
Alex Kazim, Julie Cheng, and John Feldmeier bring diverse, strategic leadership expertise to the Board.
eBay for Charity Raised Over $192 Million in 2024
07 Mar 2025
Revisit the moments that made 2024 our greatest year of charitable commerce yet.
eBay Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Results
27 Feb 2025
Q4 Revenue of $2.6 billion; GMV of $19.3 billion.
eBay Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Results
27 Feb 2025
Q4 Revenue of $2.6 billion; GMV of $19.3 billion.
eBay Unveils Limited-Time Eevee Shop in Celebration of Pokémon Day
25 Feb 2025
Exclusive “Evolving Shop” drops rare Eevee collectibles and trading cards starting at 9 cents
eBay Closes Acquisition of Caramel Expanding Access to Seamless Online Vehicle Transaction Experience
07 Feb 2025
Caramel’s innovative platform provides a secure and seamless digital transaction experience for every vehicle sale.
eBay Enters Into Agreement to Acquire Caramel Providing a Simplified, Safe Online Vehicle Transaction Experience
13 Jan 2025
Caramel’s end-to-end online automotive transaction platform enhances safety and convenience to every vehicle sale through a modern ecommerce experience.
Recognizing our Top Sellers of 2024
21 Dec 2024
We awarded top sellers across the globe for their outstanding achievements.
eBay Foundation Board Gains New Expertise to Drive Social Impact
18 Dec 2024
Rebecca Spencer and Scott Andrews bring deeply held commitments to service to eBay Foundation.
eBay and Klarna Expand Partnership, Bringing Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) to New Markets
13 Dec 2024
Partnership expansion enhances buyer choice and affordability on the marketplace.
Featured
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.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
