Business & Tech Briefs
E-bay seller becomes first to reach one million in feedback
Issue date: 12/7/08 Section: Business
Just in the past two months, 33 year old Jack Sheng and his company have received more than one million feedback points from items they have sold on the well-known, online auction website eBay.
Sheng began selling electronics on eBay after starting his own company EForcity Corp in 2000 in Los Angeles. With the aid of two of his childhood friends, the company quickly boomed, leading the race with a 246,000 point lead.
EBay sellers obtain these positive feedback points by quickly sending items to customers and being willing to quickly resolve any issues that surface after customers have purchased the items.
These positive customer points help offset the negative ratings and make consumers more comfortable in buying products.
Ebay along with its Chief Executive John Donahoe held a ceremony Dec. 4 at its headquarters in San Jose, Calif to honor Sheng for a job well done.
Behavioral screening may soon be the future of airport security
Waiting in long lines, removing jewelry and shoes and walking through metal detectors at airports may soon be a thing of the past.
According to security experts, focusing on analyzing passengers' intentions and emotions are far more important and beneficial than focusing on the contents in ones' carry-on.
Due to Israel's constant security threats, the country has turned its primary focus on ensuring the safety of its citizens by greatly improving its security technology.
Numerous technology companies mainly based in Israel are developing systems which will detect signs of emotional anxiety and red flag security officials to further investigate the suspect.
Other companies such as WeCU, plan to utilize a combination of infra-red technology, remote sensors and imagers, which will flash subliminal images such as photos of Osama bin Laden. The technology intent is to rule out terrorists by detecting the suspect's reaction to certain stimuli by reading ones' body temperature, heart rate and even respiration.
Quicker and less invasive than metal detectors, these systems may ultimately reinstate some efficiency in the airplane boarding process.
British couple divorces after an alleged online affair
After being married for five years in a virtual world called Second Life, a British couple calls it quits after one was accused of an alleged virtual affair.
Twenty-eight year old Amy Taylor said that she caught her husband, 40 year old David Pollard, having sex online with a prostitute. The couple met in an online chat room in 2003, and married in real-life in 2005.
However, the virtual world sort of eclipsed the relationship, and the couple often used the Second Life as if it was the real world.
After Taylor found her husband cheating online, she immediately filed for a divorce saying although it is in the virtual world, it is still cheating.
Pollard admitted to the online relationship, but stated he never cheated. Taylor, on the other hand, begs to differ, and is now dating a new man she met in an online game called World of Warcraft.
Compiled by Shannon Cohen•
Sheng began selling electronics on eBay after starting his own company EForcity Corp in 2000 in Los Angeles. With the aid of two of his childhood friends, the company quickly boomed, leading the race with a 246,000 point lead.
EBay sellers obtain these positive feedback points by quickly sending items to customers and being willing to quickly resolve any issues that surface after customers have purchased the items.
These positive customer points help offset the negative ratings and make consumers more comfortable in buying products.
Ebay along with its Chief Executive John Donahoe held a ceremony Dec. 4 at its headquarters in San Jose, Calif to honor Sheng for a job well done.
Behavioral screening may soon be the future of airport security
Waiting in long lines, removing jewelry and shoes and walking through metal detectors at airports may soon be a thing of the past.
According to security experts, focusing on analyzing passengers' intentions and emotions are far more important and beneficial than focusing on the contents in ones' carry-on.
Due to Israel's constant security threats, the country has turned its primary focus on ensuring the safety of its citizens by greatly improving its security technology.
Numerous technology companies mainly based in Israel are developing systems which will detect signs of emotional anxiety and red flag security officials to further investigate the suspect.
Other companies such as WeCU, plan to utilize a combination of infra-red technology, remote sensors and imagers, which will flash subliminal images such as photos of Osama bin Laden. The technology intent is to rule out terrorists by detecting the suspect's reaction to certain stimuli by reading ones' body temperature, heart rate and even respiration.
Quicker and less invasive than metal detectors, these systems may ultimately reinstate some efficiency in the airplane boarding process.
British couple divorces after an alleged online affair
After being married for five years in a virtual world called Second Life, a British couple calls it quits after one was accused of an alleged virtual affair.
Twenty-eight year old Amy Taylor said that she caught her husband, 40 year old David Pollard, having sex online with a prostitute. The couple met in an online chat room in 2003, and married in real-life in 2005.
However, the virtual world sort of eclipsed the relationship, and the couple often used the Second Life as if it was the real world.
After Taylor found her husband cheating online, she immediately filed for a divorce saying although it is in the virtual world, it is still cheating.
Pollard admitted to the online relationship, but stated he never cheated. Taylor, on the other hand, begs to differ, and is now dating a new man she met in an online game called World of Warcraft.
Compiled by Shannon Cohen•
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