Word: ebay
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Grinda of Zingy made the leap into cell phones from another recent tech darling, online auctions. A native of France, Grinda sold his company Aucland, a pan-European version of eBay, to the Spanish company Terra in 2000. After watching a friend make a fortune in ringtones--a business he once thought would never be more than a novelty--Grinda got into the game himself. He started Zingy and sold it to the Japanese company For-Side.com last May, but he is still running the business and pushing the company into city guides and traffic reports...
Drew Curtis, a Kentucky native, brought back the “Boston Garden” designation for one day with a couple grand from his own pocket—and a winning bid on eBay...
...While most men were in line buying chocolates and flowers for their significant others,” reads the FleetCenter website, “John was online on eBay...
Konrad, a Manhattan attorney who won an eBay auction for one-day naming rights to Boston’s FleetCenter, ignited a media frenzy when he declared his intention to rename the arena after the New York Yankees captain...
Since the eBay auction and subsequent backtracking by FleetCenter representatives—one of whom called the “Jeter” name “obscene”—the lawyer has received calls from the New York Times, ESPN, and NBC, among others...