There’s a new kid on the blogging block… The eBay Tech Blog (http://ebaytechblog.com) was launched earlier this week and I for one am very excited at the possibilities. Partner this with our eBay Developer Blog and I think we’ve got some pretty cool information on cutting edge innovation coming out of our company. I realize…

eBay Inc. announced today that is has successfully completed the previously announced sale of Skype. The deal values the business at $2.75 billion. The buyer is an investor group led by Silver Lake and includes the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Andreessen Horowitz, and Joltid Limited.

I’ve spent the majority of today catching up on outstanding items on email and figuring out what’s coming up for me in the next couple of weeks (I just realized it’s June already… sheesh). I wanted to double check the details around the eBay DevCon later this month, and noticed that the keynote speaker lineup…

Things are starting to heat up over on the DevCon blog and the eBay Developer blog because early-bird registration for this Summer’s eBay and PayPal Developer’s Conference is open and will be through April 30.

I spent this morning with Chris Kasten, Sr. Manager of Data Access & Cache Frameworks, eBay, and James Barrese, VP of Systems Development, eBay, at the MySQL Conference & Expo opening keynote. Chris and James were there to accept an award on behalf of eBay for Application of the Year in the eCommerce Category. According…