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eBay Has High Hopes For The Apple Watch

BUZZFEED - Apr 1 - eBay hopes the Apple Watch will help accelerate its transition to the new online shopping era. To get customers to buy things from their wrists is the challenge for RJ Pittman, eBay’s head of product, who came to eBay in late 2013 from Apple, where he worked on the company’s e-commerce platforms. For now, the vast majority of eBay’s activity will be on screens considerably larger than even the 42 millimeters the largest Apple Watch provides. Of the $83B transacted through eBay’s marketplace in 2014, $28B (34%) came through mobile devices, up from ~$20B in 2013.

by Matthew Zeitling
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eBay Is Betting On Bringing Commerce To Wearables

TECH CRUNCH - Apr 8 - eBay has formed a brand-new group of engineers and designers internally, as part of its Innovation and New Ventures group, that focuses on creating ways to incorporate commerce into anything with a screen. Last year, the group began building an app for a potential smartwatch and thinking through what a commerce app would look like on a user’s wrist. A few weeks ago, eBay debuted its app for the Samsung Galaxy Gear, and an app for the Pebble smartwatch.

by Leena Rao
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