Auction site eBay might be the kind of the online auction business, but the global economic downturn means fewer people are spending money online—even when trying to snap up good deals via auctions. So, in a move to increase both customer loyalty and encourage folks to conduct transactions via the site, eBay has started quietly testing a beta version of eBay Bucks, a rewards program that gives participants a 2 percent reward when purchasing certain items using eBay’s online payment service PayPal The rewards comes in the form of gift certificates that can be used to purchase other items through eBay within 30 days.
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Kodak Ships First WiFi Digital Camera
With WiFi capabilities, you can e-mail, upload, view and share pictures anywhere there is WiFi internet access, this means at home, Star Bucks or any Hotspot area. Thos that purchase the newEasyShare One camera will receive a complimentary trial service with Hotspot provider T-Mobile which has more than 12,000 hotspots world-wide. The EasyShare One is a 4-MegaPixel digital camerawhich features a 3X optical zoom lens, 256MB of internal memory and a 3-inch rotating touch screen (pretty cool eh) that looks similar to the Olympus m:Robe touch screen, only the EasyShare One flips out like you would see on a digital camcorder. Other features include VGAmovie resolution capable of 640×480 pixels at 30 frames-per-second, selectable sound themes and a SD/MMC card expansion slot. The integrated WiFi radio is only 802.11b compliant for the timebeing, so make sure your images aren’t too big or you will spend some quality time uploading them. But since the WiFi radio is added via a card, there could possible be faster WiFi optionsavailable down the road – but don’t quote us on that. The EasyShare One has an MSRP price of $599 which includes the WiFi card. More information is available on theKodak website. Make sure to check out our images above.

