Barrons is all breathless about Amazon getting ready to step up its game in the payments arena. Eric Savits writes:. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Derek Brown asserts in a research note this afternoon that Amazon “may soon launch a ... Go to Full Article

http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png Juan Carlos Perez / IDG News Service: EBay Boosts Fraud Protections for PayPal Users — EBay has unveiled expanded protections for those buyers and sellers in its marketplace who complete transactions using the company's PayPal online payment service....

http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily: Icahn: Corporate Democracy Is A Myth — Investor Carl Icahn's blog - the Icahn Report - is now live. There are now 7 posts on the site, one from today, and the rest dated over the last week. (Maybe he's been...

http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily: Apple: Oppenheimer Says AT&T iPhone Subsidy Is $325 — AT&T (T) is paying a subsidy of $325 for the new Apple (AAPL) iPhone 3G, according to Oppenheimer analyst Yair Reiner. He notes that the typical smartphone gets a...

http://www.techmeme.com/080619/i31.jpghttp://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png Jesse Stay / Stay N\' Alive: Developers Bailing on Twitter … I've been following various development mailing lists lately, and I'm seeing a trend of developers starting to bail on Twitter. This is a scary thought,...

http://www.techmeme.com/080619/i60.jpghttp://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png Kara Swisher / BoomTown: Facebook's Matt Cohler to Benchmark — In a move BoomTown is still trying to noodle over, longtime Facebook exec Matt Cohler (pictured here) will be leaving the social networking site to...

Pogo is a 3D web browser created in collaboration between AT&T’s business development group and Vizible. We weren’t particularly impressed when we reviewed it a few months ago, but a new version has since been released. ... Go to Full Article

MySpace, the second most popular social-networking site in the UK, will unveil a new layout on Wednesday following a major redesign.Changes will include improvements to search and navigation, a new-look homepage, improved profile editing and a better video player, including support for...

Facebook’s Matt Cohler, the 31-year old VP of Strategy and Business Operations for Facebook, has left the company and is now a General Partner at Benchmark Capital. Facebook continues to clean house - they lost Chief Revenue Officer and ... Go to Full Article

http://www.techmeme.com/080619/i60.jpghttp://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png Kara Swisher / BoomTown: Facebook's Matt Cohler to Benchmark — In a move BoomTown is still trying to noodle over, longtime Facebook exec Matt Cohler (pictured here) will be leaving the social networking site to...

http://www.techmeme.com/080619/i59.jpghttp://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: Yahoo's Executive Structure Crumbles: Lu, Garlinghouse and Makhijani To Leave — It's only been a few hours since we posted the ex-Yahoo Exec tracking spreadsheet, but it's already...

This headline looks like it came from The Onion, but it didn't. It's the real headline of an article posted on SeattlePI.com in the blogs section. The core of the story is that a man couldn't get his printer to work with Windows Vista, and ultimately, with the help of a Microsoft test manager,...

http://www.techmeme.com/080619/i39.jpghttp://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider: Citi: YouTube Can Generate $500M In 2009 (GOOG) — Either Google (GOOG) is figuring out how turn YouTube from money pit into a real business, or it's figured out how to convince...

http://www.techmeme.com/080619/i56.jpghttp://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png David Meyer / CNET News.com: WiMax Forum certifies first 2.5GHz products — The WiMax Forum has issued its first certifications for mobile-centric products that operate around the 2.5GHz frequency and said it will...

http://www.techmeme.com/080619/i44.jpghttp://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png Jeremy Zawodny / Jeremy Zawodny's blog: I'm Joining Craigslist in July — I wasn't really looking for a new job a few months ago when I received an email from Eric Scheide (see Team Bios), the CTO at craigslist. ...