Facebook is going after PayPal. CNET Update explains the hidden payments feature of the Facebook Messenger app:
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- PayPal will split from eBay into a separately traded company.
- Hewlett-Packard will also split up into two companies.
- HTC will show off selfies at an event Wednesday, which could be related to this Re Camera teaser or the leaked Desire Eye smartphone.
- Sony hopes to win some mobile fans in the US with an event Thursday.
- Tesla’s late Thursday.
- Reports say Apple will show off new iPads and Macs next week.
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