Read more PayPal stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/13922/paypal.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:58:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72442/facebook-sees-big-bucks-in-virtual-goods.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGaming is blowing up on Facebook, and the social networking site hopes to take a cut of the very real revenue generated by virtual interactions. Analysts think credits and other services bought to enhance the likes of “Farmville” and “Mafia Wars” will be trading at a clip of $1 billion...http://www.newser.com/story/72442/facebook-sees-big-bucks-in-virtual-goods.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 12:56:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66013/worldwide-outage-stymies-paypal-customers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOnline pay service PayPal was down for about five hours today, the Wall Street Journa l reports, potentially derailing millions of transactions. A rep for parent eBay attributed the outage to an “internal network hardware issue,” and couldn’t say how many customers were affected; PayPal has previously said it processes...http://www.newser.com/story/66013/worldwide-outage-stymies-paypal-customers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 19:00:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38384/private-firms-hope-to-haul-nasas-space-cargo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHauling crew and equipment between earth and the international space station is expensive work, and NASA is looking to private entrepreneurs to pick up some of the slack, the Washington Post reports. Among the front-runners is Elon Musk, a founder of Paypal, who has seen his three prototype shuttles crash...http://www.newser.com/story/38384/private-firms-hope-to-haul-nasas-space-cargo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 25 Sep 2008 13:10:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24749/ebay-profits-jump-22-under-new-ceo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEBay's revenue soared 24% in the first quarter, the Wall Street Journal reports, with profits up 22%. Fueled by continued success with its online auction business and PayPal, its online-payment component, the company also raised its projected 2008 earnings to $8.7 billion to $9 billion, well beyond Wall Street...http://www.newser.com/story/24749/ebay-profits-jump-22-under-new-ceo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Apr 2008 18:50:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20868/web-20-firms-taking-slower-route-to-ipos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGrowing Web 2.0 companies like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Slide are biding their time before going public, making sure to run up their value as much as possible to fetch top dollar with an IPO, reports Business Week . It’s a far different approach than companies took before the dot-com bubble...http://www.newser.com/story/20868/web-20-firms-taking-slower-route-to-ipos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Mar 2008 13:19:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/14500/gay-plays-well-for-maverick-vc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn Silicon Valley, where "like funds like," Valleywag thinks it's important to note that Peter Thiel, "the smartest VC in the world, is gay." Why mention it? Thiel's Founders Fund, which just raised a $220 million financing round, could reinvent the way entrepreneurs get paid, and Valleywag attributes his contrarianism...http://www.newser.com/story/14500/gay-plays-well-for-maverick-vc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Dec 2007 12:18:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/13846/wireless-giants-blocking-new-mobile-services.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWireless service giants AT&T and Verizon may be blocking other companies' devices and applications to defeat potential competition. Business Week reports that a discount international cell phone service, a wireless banking service, and PayPal, trying to bring its online payment service to wireless, were all obstructed by one or more...http://www.newser.com/story/13846/wireless-giants-blocking-new-mobile-services.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 11 Dec 2007 22:54:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/12246/paypal-swiping-credit-card-market.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith identity theft jumping 50% since 2003, more people are turning from credit cards to Internet-based payment services like PayPal and Google Checkout for online purchases and, increasingly, everyday transactions, Business Wee k reports. Roughly 30% of US online shoppers used an alternative payment service last year. "Consumers are afraid...http://www.newser.com/story/12246/paypal-swiping-credit-card-market.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Nov 2007 13:05:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/12097/now-paypal-is-everywhere-mastercard-is.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPayPal is offering a new way for customers to pay on sites that don't normally accept the service. PayPal Secure Card creates a new MasterCard number for every transaction and retrieves members' payment information from their PayPal accounts. "From a merchant's perspective this looks like any other MasterCard transaction," says...http://www.newser.com/story/12097/now-paypal-is-everywhere-mastercard-is.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Nov 2007 10:16:58 CST