PayPal begins trading on NASDAQ as split with eBay becomes official

PayPal has parted ways with parent company eBay and is now trading on NASDAQ (Nasdaq : PYPL). The online payments pioneer, which is now expanding to micro-payments, peer-to-peer payments as well as mobile solutions and is out to expand.

In 2014, PayPal processed $235 billion in total payment volume and generated more than $8 billion in revenues. Also last year, PayPal processed $46 billion in mobile payment volume.  The company serves more than 169 million active customer accounts in 203 markets around the world.

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Sony Computer Entertainment America new PS4 Games for PlayStation Store’s annual PLAY Summer event

Sony Computer Entertainment America announced the lineup of games for PlayStationStore PLAY 2015, its annual summer program featuring brand new game launches and special offers.

PLAY returns July 14 when this year’s lineup – Journey, N++, GALAK-Z and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture – becomes available for pre-order on PlayStationStore. PlayStationPlus members who pre-order PLAY 2015 titles will receive a 20 percent discount. 

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HTC Desire 626s is coming to Canada as a budget smartphone option

 

The new  HTC Desire 626s brings many of the same features found in its flagship HTC One M9 to a more affordable yet still premium and modern design. Featuring HTC Sense 7, the new HTC Desire 626s smartphone can be customized with HTC Themes, HTC BlinkFeed and HTC Sense Home applications. 

 “At HTC, we don’t think you should have to sacrifice or settle if you are looking for an affordable smartphone. That is why we are bringing the absolute best affordable smartphone to market with the HTC Desire,” said Jason Mackenzie, president of HTC America. “Our Desire 626s smartphone brings the premium experiences, performance and style of our flagship smartphone at an incredible price.” 

This smartphone features LTE capability and a quad-core processor, a 5-inch, HD 720 pixel screen and a 2000 mAh battery and expandable memory.

The Desire 626s will be available in Canada on Bell, Videotron, Virgin and WIND Mobile. Carriers will announce pricing and availability in the coming weeks.

Amazon.ca's first ever Prime Day hints great online shopping deals

Starting July 15, Amazon Prime member on Amazon.ca (also on Amazon.com) will have the chance to shop for great deals as well as take advantage of free shipping. Prime Day is a one-day shopping event on July 15, 2015, which Amazon.ca promises will have more deals than Black Friday.

Prime members can shop exclusive deals from electronics, toys, video games, movies, clothing, patio, lawn and garden, sports and outdoor items and more. Non Prime users are invited by Amazon to Try Prime and get immediate access to deals on July 15.

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