So, you will not find any technology related jobs at Task Market which is a majority of all freelance jobs posted on online marketplaces like Elance and Guru.  The site does not have many projects as of now and the interface, though simple, lacks various features like private communication between the buyer and provider.

Microsoft Task Market looks like a good way for promoting Office products amongst freelancers.  Google had also launched a similar service named Google Solutions Marketplace which is focused on connecting small and medium businesses and freelance developers for implementing Google products.

The Pay Later feature from PayPal provides easy credit facility for customers through GE Money with no payment for 90 days for purchases.  If the customer makes the full payment within 90 days, no interest is charged to the customer.

All eBay sellers, who already accept PayPal payments, will be automatically enrolled for offering PayPal Pay Later option to their customers.  With the availability of deferred payment option for buyers, eBay is anticipating more sales for its sellers and ultimately more revenue for itself.

eBay is always on the lookout for ways to integrate PayPal deeply into its system.  A recent decision by eBay Australia to make PayPal as the only payment option available on the site got a backlash from both buyer and seller communities and was later reversed.

Customers always want alternatives and with PayPal Pay Later as an alternative for making payments for purchases, eBay seems to be headed in the right direction.

Learn more about PayPal Pay Later option.

Ask.com, a search engine owned by IAC/InteractiveCorp, has less than five percent share of total U.S. search market.  With the acquisition of Dictionary.com and other reference sites, Ask is planning to cater to the users looking for answers to basic questions.

It looks like a legible move for Ask as it will give some boost to its revenue as well as user base considering over 20 million visitors that Dictionary.com gets per month.

finally managed to get acquired by one of its customers, ComCast

The company will continue to operate as an independent unit post the acquisition and will report into Comcast Interactive Media.  ComCast which was using Plaxo’s addressbook service for its webmail users will integrate Plaxo’s services including the social network, Pulse, into its properties like Fancast and Fandango.

Plaxo’s universal addressbook is very useful service and has a huge user base but Pulse has failed to get traction and didn’t take off really.  We might get to see some other uses of Pulse and its effectiveness once it gets integrated in the ComCast’s suite of services.

Some of the example documents available on Real Deal Docs are Sony Playstation IP Rights License, Apple Computer Digital Music Download Agreement and Multi-Party Master Supply Agreement for Sun Microsystems.

The site allows for searching for any document free of cost but you need to be a paid member to view, download or print the documents.

Sphere which started off as a blog search engine competing with the likes of Technorati and Google Blog Search later transformed itself into a related content discovery engine by expanding its focus to other media types like videos and photos.

AOL which was already using the Sphere widget on its web properties like AOL News and myAOL will now distribute its content across the Sphere’s publisher network.  The deal also provides AOL an access to the advertising inventory across Sphere’s network.

The acquisition of Sphere marks another move by AOL in becoming a content and social network powered company supported through revenues generated from advertising.

Apart from online advertising management, Verizon will continue to use Third Screen Media, Platform-A’s mobile ad serving platofrm, to manage the sale of its mobile web advertising.  Third Screen Media currently works with Verizon for providing advanced mobile advertising options including geographic, demographic, and content targeting, display, and sponsorship opportunities on Verizon mobile portal, sections and article Web pages.

The deal will give Platform-A the right to represent all of Verizon’s advertising space on the Internet, including premium space, and majority of mobile advertising space.  Platofrm-A will exclusively represent Verizon’s ad inventory in the marketplace and will be the only organization to guarantee placement on the Verizon network.

Interestingly, Verizon had filed a lawsuit against Time Warner Cable last week for false advertising related to its broadband services.  Both AOL and Time Warner Cable are divisions of Time Warner Inc.

Since Tuesday, more than 2400 flights have been cancelled in view of the inspection ordered by the FAA.  The cancellations have affected over 300,000 passengers who are now looking for a refund.  For these passengers, the airline has given the option of ticket refunds for future travel on the airline.

Verizon has claimed in the suit, ads from Time Warner Cable’s TV ads falsely imply that Time Warner’s network is better than  Verizon’s FiOS by mentioning that the video service requires a satellite dish and does not include phone, broadband and video.  As per Verizon,

Once customers choose Time Warner over Verizon FiOS, switching costs, inertia, and the perceived inconvenience of switching providers keep many customers from changing.

Verizon has asked for an injunction from court barring Time Warner Cable from running the objectionable ads and a requirement that the cable company issue ads retracting the claims made in the previous ads.  Verizon is looking for claiming damages which include lost profits and recovery of the attorney’s fees.

Oracle will provide retail merchandising, planning and supply chain applications to Aditya Birla group for supporting the company’s growth plan in the retail sector.  It will also provide Oracle Financials, Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Database to Aditya Birla Retail.

As per Aditya Birla Group, Oracle was chosen over other competitors including SAP because of its flexibility in supporting the group’s multi-format stores chain named “more”.

Oracle, which is already strong in Indian Enterprise IT segment, has recently been making some aggressive moves in its India strategy.  Recently, i-Flex Solutions, an Indian IT company in which Oracle had a major shareholding, was renamed as Oracle Financial Services.