Strap yourself in. Race car driver-turned-TV presenter Justin Bell is back for a third season of “The World’s Fastest Car Show,” the web and mobile video series dedicated to all things automotive. The program — available exclusively on the eBay Motors app and the Motor Trend YouTube channel — returns this Friday and will feature 25 original…

eBay said Thursday it was releasing updates to its iPhone and iPad apps, as the company continues to take the best of its desktop experiences and bring them to mobile. New features within the updated apps include the introduction of  multiple search views so iPhone app users can see search results in table, grid or tile view, and an…

eBay’s “Thanks You” campaign, which celebrates the eBay community of buyers, sellers and non-profits, won the ecommerce company its first CLIO Award Wednesday night. Created in partnership with brand agency Digitas last October, the video series shared stories of buyers being re-united with items they once considered long-lost, sellers building their own brands and businesses,…

eBay is ready to rock out. eBay Celebrity has partnered with the inaugural BottleRock Napa Valley Festival to host a series of auctions on behalf of Autism awareness. The first wave, which concluded April 25, featured VIP packages and meet & greets. The second wave began yesterday and includes a collection of items and experiences…

Just in time for Mother’s Day! Online flower retailer ProFlowers said Tuesday it was launching a branded store on eBay. Customers can now order fresh flowers, plants and chocolate-and-vase bundles directly from Stores.ebay.com/ProFlowers and have the festive arrangements delivered, with a free personalized message, on a day specified by the buyer. eBay-specific customers will also have access to…

The United States Senate passed the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would subject online shopping to state sales taxes, on Monday afternoon by a margin of 69 to 27. The proposed bill would require small-business merchants to collect sales taxes nationwide from more than 9,600 tax jurisdictions across the US. The bill will next head to…

Last Friday, eBay officially opened its newest facility in Draper, Utah to much local fanfare. Over a dozen reporters came out to see Utah Governor Gary Herbert, eBay Chief Executive John Donahoe, eBay Vice President of Customer Service Scott Murray, and many more cut the green ribbon to the environmentally friendly building and speak about…

Gwen Ifill looks at the Internet sales tax debate with Brian Bieron of eBay Inc. and the National Retail Federation’s Rachelle Bernstein.

Dozens of female technologists geeked out at PayPal’s campus Wednesday night as part of the monthly Bay Area Girl Geek Dinner series. Raji Arasu, the chief technology officer of StubHub, gave the keynote address, while Karina Guillot, a senior UI engineer at StubHub; Erin Moore, a senior product manager at eBay; and Connie Yang, a…

Today at the 2013 Future Insights conference in Las Vegas we’re unveiling yet another PayPal innovation that helps solve real customer pain points – in this case making it easier to shop online. My colleague John Lunn will present the latest version of our commerce identity system, Log In with PayPal (formerly known as PayPal Access) in a session…