eBay’s StubHub buys Singapore startup Peekspy for undisclosed amount

Singapore startup Peekspy has been acquired by US-based StubHub for undisclosed financial terms, reported TechCrunch.

The Peekspy team will be moving from Singapore to San Francisco. The company’s site, Fanvenues, allows users to peek into concert and sports venues in 3D so as to make better purchase decisions about tickets. Read more

Enhanced services for eBay Singapore sellers exporting goods to the US

eBay and SingPost announced last week the launch of ePAC, a new shipping service for eBay Singapore sellers that offers enhanced international tracking and faster delivery times of within six to eight working days. The service applies to lightweight goods under 2kg from Singapore to United States. Read more

China Digest: eBay targets China, Govt embraces Weibo, and more

Here are some interesting startup news from China, not only in its capital, Beijing, but also other startup hubs such as Shanghai, Hong Kong, Hangzhou, and many more. Read more

Indonesia Digest – 20 Jul

Here you can find some interesting startup news from Indonesia, not only in its capital, Jakarta, but also other their tech startup hubs such as Yogyakarta, Medan, Surabaya, and many more. These listed news are taken from our partner, DailySocial, a leading blog on Indonesia’s tech startup scene. Read more

The Geek Goddess Show Episode 7: AdTech & eBay.Dev.Shack.

In the latest episode, we move back to the web 2.0 universe back in China and Singapore. First of all, Estee and Peter talk about the demise of one of the video sharing sites, 65.com in China. Following on, Peter interviews Ming Shen, co-founder of Nuffnang where he shares his recent experience in the Ad-Tech event, a conference focusing on digimarketing and online advertising. Finally, one of our producers did the uncanny job of interviewing Kevin Lau, Project Manager of eBay SEA about the eBay developer program and eBay developer challenge and also his thoughts about eBay.Dev.Shack event organized by E27 in the Arts House. Of course, do check out the other shows in Podfire.sg. Read more

Change of venue for eBay.dev.shack

Please take note that the venue for the event eBay.dev.shack organized by our partner organization, E27, has been changed due to unforeseen circumstances. It is now at The Arts House and NOT at Timbre @ The Substation. Please refer this map for details. The address of the venue is The Arts House, 1 Old Parliament Lane, Singapore 179429 and you are assured that the quality of the event has not been compromised in any sense. For more details, you can directly check out at this wiki page or in their facebook event for details.

Event: eBay.dev.shack by E27

Our partners, E27 is organizing an event for eBay called eBay.dev.shack. It’s a conference for developers interested in pursuing the development of eBay and PayPal API’s. At the end of the event, the eBay developers’ competition would be officially launched, and in the course of the event, there’ll be an auction going on as well. For more details, you can directly register at this wiki page or in their facebook event. Read more