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Watch the Keynote Videos from the 2008 eBay Developers Conference

Posted by Gail Bower in Developers Conference
Wednesday, Aug.06.2008, 7:12 PM

Now you can check out the eBay Developers Conference 2008 industry keynotes virtually, complete with applause, laughter, and lots of thought provoking ideas about where our industry is headed. These industry speakers have a real point of view and deliver it with unique insights and the WOW factor - all from the developer’s perspective.

Even if you attended these keynotes at DevCon they’re worth another viewing:

Max Mancini, eBay, Senior Director of Platform and Disruptive Innovation and Rolf Skyberg, Disruptive Innovator, give a detailed demo of Project Echo, the opportunity for our developers to integrate their applications where sellers manage their businesses on eBay.com. Don’t miss this one.

Rajiv Dutta, eBay, President of eBay Marketplaces, will pump you up with his passion which he backs up with facts about the strong economic force that is driven by our third-party developers. He really grasps what the developer community means to us.

Tony Hseih, CEO of Zappos.com, will make you rethink (or think!) about customer service and how the exponential affect of the returning customer can rock your bottom line.  He'll tell you, in plain English, how it's done.

Adam Gross, Vice President, Platform and Developer Marketing at Salesforce.com makes the case for cloud computing with 3 key concepts that sound like a dream development environment. Here’s the first one, “Power Law of Web APIs”. If you’re intrigued, and you should be, then watch the video for the other two concepts and find out how cloud computing changes the game.

-Gail

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August 2008 Item Specifics Changes

Posted by Laurel Kline in Categories and Item Specifics
Tuesday, Aug.05.2008, 5:28 AM

We plan the following eBay Item Specifics updates in August:

  • Crafts: Fabric (adjustment of 44" width to 45" and addition of 'By the Yard' to Length)
  • Antiques: Asian Antiques
  • Antiques: Decorative Arts
  • Antiques: Antique Furniture
  • Antiques: Silver
  • Travel: Airline
  • Travel: Luggage
  • Travel: Lodging
  • Travel: Vacation Packages
  • DVD & Movies: DVD
  • DVD & Movies: VHS
  • DVD & Movies: UMD
  • DVD & Movies: Other Formats

Condition values will also change from "New" and "Used" to "Brand New", "Like New", "Very Good", "Good" and "Acceptable" in these media categories:

  • Fiction, Non-Fiction, Cookbooks, Children's Books, Textbooks and Audiobooks
  • DVD, VHS, VHS Non-US (PAL), UMD and Other Formats
  • CDs, Cassettes
  • Video Games

Please refer to Seller Central for upcoming Item Specifics changes.