| Google and PayPal collide at the checkout
Jon Kuhlmann has had a front row seat as that competition unfolded. Kuhlmann, whose company Grapevinehill.com sells discount footwear, had been taking PayPal for years, largely to service the eBay Inc. customers that account for 80% of his revenue. And when Google Checkout came along he added that payment option to his eBay store and his own site. But eBay, which owns PayPal, was having none of it. For the first few days we took Google Checkout for some eBay transactions, but that was quickly stopped by eBay, he says. A year later, eBay was still banning Google Checkout, saying it is unproven. And Kuhlmann was on hand in Boston when Googles attempt to poke fun at that ban badly misfired. Party crashing Google invited merchants attending the annual eBay Live event in June to attend a Revolutionary War-themed party billed as a celebration of freedom of choice.
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Shane Ross wants to enact a Broadband bill
Together with roads, public transport, health our infrastructure is a joke and may well cost us dearly in the more challenging times ahead. With the level of unprecedented growth and its associated wealth that was generated over the past 15 years, we really need to be investing more in infrastructure if we want to keep competitive. Broadband penetration is still too low, and with speeds of 2/3mb per second, broadband speed is ridiculous. .
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