Facebook is looking for platform developers to test a payments system, an administrator Why the frenzy of end-of-year redesigns at Google? Last week we noticed that Google was launching a Like thousands of people around the world right now, Mark Jackson is peeved at eBay about some purchase gone sour. A Nintendo DS Lite, to be precise. Jackson was so peeved that he sent an email to several U.K. press outlets, copying eBay and demanding a response. This is only notable because Jackson is a high-ranking executive at Hill and Knowlton. And eBay does business with Hill and Knowlton all around the world -- but substantially cut its budget in the last month. Here's Jackson's screed -- and more about its curious timing.

eBay spokeswoman Shannon Stubo confirms that Hill and Knowlton still works for eBay, though not on as many projects as it did before last month, and never in the UK, where Jackson works. eBay, she notes, never authorized this particular press release. Jackson, however, was managing director of Hill and Knowlton's UK tech practice Maybe Jeff Bezos does have a hit on its hands. TechCrunch Those beautiful days of sipping tea along the Garonne whilst ordering books that will arrive in a week's time, free of charge, are over. The high court in Versailles has forbidden Amazon.com to Amazon.com has taken a minority stake in Bill Me Later, according to reports. Why? Likely, it has something to do with the 217 percent year-over-year increase in traffic to BillMeLater.com, where users sign up for new accounts. As part of the deal, Amazon will join Wal-Mart and Overstock.com in adding Bill Me Later as an online payment option.