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eBay Launches ‘The NYC Edit,’ Revealing What New York’s Most ‘In-the-Know’ Tastemakers Are Selling and Buying
26 Mar 2026
From 1999 Tom Ford Gucci to L.L.Bean Boat and Totes, 10 New Yorkers share what’s moving from their own closets to the marketplace, and what they’re making room to buy next.
eBay Launches 48-Hour Livestream Shopping Event Featuring Celebrities, Rare Finds, and $1 Starting Bids
26 Mar 2026
“48 Hours of Drops” delivers nonstop access to pre-loved fashion, collectibles, and exclusive inventory on eBay Live.
eBay Appoints Brian Sharples to Board of Directors
25 Mar 2026
New independent director brings proven technology expertise with decades of experience building and scaling category-defining companies
Old Earth Vintage: Where Music, Fashion, and Community Meet
11 Feb 2026
How eBay seller Tristan Thompson turned a Berkeley storefront into a creative hub and built a business around what he loves.
eBay Brings Football’s Biggest Game to Life with Real-Time Shopping, Epic Collectibles, Fashion Finds, and Star Athletes
02 Feb 2026
Fans can join the action in person or on eBay Live all weekend to score curated pre-loved fashion & watches, trading cards, and other sports memorabilia from top sellers at eBay’s End Zone shop.
eBay Introduces its Inaugural Climate Transition Plan to Advance Sustainable Commerce
20 Jan 2026
The plan provides a clear roadmap to align eBay’s business plans and operations with ambitious climate targets and a low-carbon future.
eBay Expands Circular Fashion Fund Across Europe and North America
20 Jan 2026
Returning for its fourth year, the program continues to underscore eBay’s commitment to circularity in the fashion industry on a global scale.
How a Seller Leveraged eBay's Seller Capital to Scale
14 Jan 2026
eBay’s cash advances helped a Filipino immigrant’s gig selling sneakers turn into a lucrative business.
This Kawaii Seller Sends ‘Happy Mail’ Around the World
17 Dec 2025
Danielle Craun delights her customers with cute Japanese finds and a personal touch.
eBay Reveals the Collectibles that Defined 2025
15 Dec 2025
From Labubus to breakout rookie athletes, eBay’s annual eBay Collected report spotlights the trends that shaped global collecting culture this 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.
