Despite fresh competition from Amazon's recently-launched marketplace for handmade goods, e-commerce website Etsy continues to grow. But that expansion also means the software team at the marketplace ...

Ben Fox Rubin was a senior reporter for CNET News in Manhattan, reporting on Amazon, e-commerce and mobile payments. He previously worked as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and got his start at ...

8:30am: I wake up to the sound of my digital alarm clock. Resisting the urge to check my iPhone for any unread messages, I enjoy a few minutes of doing nothing before my day begins. I’m much happier ...

Ten years ago, only 6% (three) of Etsy’s software engineers were female. Two years later, the company increased the percentage to 22%. Today, more than 30% of Etsy’s engineering team is female, almost ...

After borrowing Facebook open source code for running PHP programs more efficiently, Etsy won’t need to grow its data center footprint this year, saving it from a significant expense. By using ...

More than 15,000 of the site's 5.3 million sellers signed a petition decrying the growing costs of selling on Etsy. Laura wrote about e-commerce and Amazon, and she occasionally covered cool science ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link In 2019, there were nearly 1.5 million software engineering jobs in the United States, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. BLS projects ...