Communicate.com buys e-commerce startup Auctomatic, to relaunch top domains
Communicate.com, a domain registrar turned e-commerce network that at least one analyst thinks is seriously undervalued, is making some rebranding and technology moves today.
The fourteen year old company owns popular domain names like Perfume.com, Cricket.com, Brazil.com and Vietnam.com and now its going to build destination sites to match, under a new brand, Live Current Media. Until now, it has not offered more than a bare minimum of services. Perfume.com, for example, is a rather shabby… Continue Reading
Auctomatic launches better tools for eBay powersellers
Auctomatic wants to make it easier for eBay’s most active sellers to manage sales. The San Francisco-based company launched its public beta yesterday.
So-called “powersellers” range from self-employed individuals to large firms like Dell. EBay doesn’t offer all the tools needed to manage the process of selling a lot of merchandise at once.
A range of third parties provide software tools designed to streamline the process. The largest, ChannelAdvisor, raised $30 million in May from New Enterprise… Continue Reading
Roundup: China subs, Microsoft opens, MySpace rules, WeShow and more
Here’s the latest action (updated):
Google exposes China’s new submarine — Google Earth has exposed China’s new ballistic missile submarine, revealing its large missile compartment. Strategic Security Blog has the scoop. These sorts of images are usually kept secret by governments, and the Chinese are likely to be unhappy. It comes after Google offended India for exposing its air force bases and parliament, fearful as it was of exploitation by neighbor and enemy Pakistan.
Microsoft opening Internet services… Continue Reading