Dylan’s Desk: The tech industry is losing touch with the reality of working life

There's a right way and a wrong way to announce layoffs. Sadly, too many tech companies take an insensitive and shortsighted approach that shows just how out of touch they are with the rest of the world.

PayPal cans 445 workers to delight customers and get stronger (yeah, really)

Who starts an announcement that he's tossing 470 people's jobs into the meat grinder with the world "delighting?"

From $1.5B to half a trillion dollars: PayPal celebrates a 10th anniversary

Ten years ago today, eBay announced an acquisition that might rank as one of the most successful Silicon Valley purchases ever. In fact, it sits third on Ranker’s list of smartest tech acquisitions.

I’m talking, of course, about PayPal, the …

How important is mobile to PayPal? Mobile VP David Marcus is now PayPal’s new President

If you need more evidence of how vitally important mobile payments have become to PayPal, take a look at the company’s new leader.

David Marcus, previously PayPal’s vice president of mobile, has been tapped to lead the company as president, …

PayPal Here: A direct — and triangular — competitor with Square (video)

PayPal is officially a direct competitor with Square. The payments company announced a new, triangular dongle today, which will process mobile payments for small businesses internationally.

“One, this product is better…Two, this product will be backed by PayPal, which means …

PayPal aims to bring standards into the dirty world of carrier payments

Carrier payments — the ability to make mobile purchases that get charged directly to your cellular bill — are convenient for consumers, but for many merchants they can be a raw deal thanks to the big revenue bite carriers often …

Photos show the cultural difference between Black Hat and Defcon hacker events

Thousands of security professionals, hackers, federal agents and media descended on Las Vegas this week to attend the Black Hat and Defcon conferences. The two conferences exhibit the extremes of hacker and security culture, with federal agents and major corporations …

eBay buys Zong for $240M to bolster PayPal’s mobile payments

eBay announced today that it has purchased Zong, a company that lets you easily pay for purchases with your mobile phone number, for $240 million in cash.

The acquisition is clearly meant to make PayPal (which eBay owns) an even …

Here are our latest speakers for GamesBeat 2011

Today we’re revealing the fifth set of speakers for our third annual GamesBeat 2011 conference. Our slate of speakers will include Rich Wong, partner with venture capital firm Accel; Chris Bergstresser, executive vice president of online game portal Miniclip; and …