insert_link Home Improvement Expert Tips on Navigating High Lumber Prices for your DIY Home Improvement Projects Better Homes & Gardens reports that with many people taking advantage of historically low interest rates and building new homes, plus high demand for remodeling projects causing a shortage in lumber, many are finding that their projects are taking longer to finish. And for those with plans to do DIY projects that use lumber, setting a budget is a challenge. Over the past year, the cost of lumber has increased 430%—from $259 […] todayJuly 6, 2021
insert_link Tech Made Simple Ebay begins rolling out a new plan to disable your selling ability if you don’t have a Bank Account In 2002, eBay bought PayPal for $1.5 billion, turning it into the way you’d buy and get paid for items you sell on the ginormous auction site. But the once-happy couple has been breaking up for years — and as of Valentine’s Day, some sellers may no longer be able to sell items on eBay at all without connecting an old-school bank account instead. Currently, many sellers are receiving warnings […] todayFebruary 18, 2021
insert_link Fashion eBay Launches Michael Jordan Store to coincide with ‘The Last Dance’ As basketball fans eagerly await the premier of “The Last Dance,” a 10-part documentary series on NBA icon Michael Jordan’s final championship season with the Chicago Bulls, eBay is giving watchers at home the chance to buy anything with his name attached to it. The company announced last Friday that it has a new hub for Jordan’s biggest fans, eBay.com/MJcollectibles, where they can buy items such as a game-worn […] todayApril 22, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple Facebook temporarily Bans ads for Medical Face Masks to prevent Coronavirus Exploitation Facebook is temporarily banning ads and commerce listings for medical face masks amid growing concern over coronavirus-related exploitation, CNBC reports. “We’re monitoring COVID19 closely and will make necessary updates to our policies if we see people trying to exploit this public health emergency,” Facebook director of product management Rob Leathern tweeted. “We’ll start rolling out this change in the days ahead.” The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said people […] todayMarch 9, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple Why Visa and Others are Bailing on Facebook’s Libra Project When Libra launched last June, it seemed like an alarming new front in Facebook’s megalomaniacal expansion. Having captured billions of users and tens of billions of dollars in annual profits, the company would now be taking over currency itself. The company’s head of blockchain, David Marcus, laid out his plan for Libra in a detailed white paper, with some of the financial world’s most powerful companies already signed on to […] todayOctober 16, 2019
insert_link Home Improvement One-Of-A-Kind Furniture Leads 2019 Home Design Trends At the onset of 2019, online marketplace 1stdibs polled its trade community and developed a report on industry insights. Working with research firm Surveys & Forecasts, LLC, 1stdibs polled more than 700 designers around the world to get a sense of how and what they're buying—and synthesized those findings into predictions of what's to come in the year ahead. Rather than relying on the deluge of pics on places like […] todayMarch 29, 2019
insert_link Tech Made Simple Best Tech Deals for President’s Day Shoppers Presidents’ Day is on Monday, February 18th. Across the Nation, banks will be closed as will some other stores and institutions, so check before you make the trek out if you have the day off. The biggest retailers, like Amazon, Best Buy, eBay, and Target, are all on the clock, though, and some of the best deals of the year are happening Monday or even Tuesday in some cases, but […] todayFebruary 18, 2019
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