EBay offers peek at Black Friday hotspots
A map showing minute-by-minute online sales activity across the country was posted on Saturday by eBay Inc.
The map shows where sales were made using the San Jose company's (NASDAQ:EBAY) online marketplace throughout the big shopping day.
As could be expected, the big population centers on the East and West Coasts glow red throughout almost the entire day, while some other regions twinkle on and off in shares of yellow and orange.
EBay launched a "12 days of Deals" shopping promotion on Black Friday in which it is showcasing special deals each day. It also launched an app for Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone and iPod touch, saying it believe it will sell about $500 million in merchandise via mobile devices by the end of the year.
On Friday, eBay's payment processing subsidiary PayPal Inc. said it saw a 30 percent jump in online transactions on Thanksgiving Day, compared to a last year.