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SKYPE

Skype is one off the first online applications to allow user to make voice calls over the Internet. In 2005, the company was purchased by eBay for $2.6 billion. On September 1, 2009, eBay announced that it was trading control of the company for $2 billion. This topic covers the latest news and information on Skype and its voice over internet protocol technology.

Skype is part of Business Exchange, suggested by Peter Elstrom. This topic contains 803 news and 681 blog items. Read updated news, blogs, and resources about Skype. Find user-submitted articles and reactions on Skype from like-minded professionals.

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VoIP Reduxmore

VoIP is back in to the big league, and who else to be in the spotlight, other than Skype

Skype, Founders Settlement in the Works?more

The ongoing legal scuffle between Skype, a division of eBay, and its founders, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom may...

Is Marc Andreessen becoming Bill Gates of Social Networking?more

When you mention the name Marc Andreessen, the very first thing that comes to mind is Netscape Inc and Netscape...

Skype Antagonists Joost, Joltid and Index Ventures Hire PR Firms | Kar...more

Perhaps the sides in the ever-escalating war over the Skype deal will work out their differences and settle–which is...

Skype's Plan B to Stay in Business: Buy Gizmo5more

Folks at Skype might be getting a tad desperate in their prolonged fight with JoltID, the intellectual property company...

Voice chat coming to Facebook | Geek Gestaltmore

The new Vivox voice chat system for Facebook will allow any user to start a conversation with anyone on their friends...

Will Skype acquire amid Joltid suit?more

Skype may spend $50 million on an acquisition as it faces a lawsuit that targets the very foundation of the...

PrettyMay Skype PBX for Windows v4.0 released - Telecommunications and...more

SUZHOU, China, Sept. 28 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- PrettyMay, the Windows Skype PBX vendor, today announced its new Skype...

Skype Lawsuit May Complicate Salemore

Skype Lawsuit May Complicate Sale Posted by: Douglas MacMillan on September 16 Four years ago, Swiss venture capital...

AT&T, Apple backpedal on iPhone VoIP appsmore

They'll now allow voice over IP applications, presumably including Skype and Google Voice, in the wake of an FCC probe.

Skype Starts to Roll Out Those Click-To-Call Adsmore

Skype has been testing click-to-call ads on the Web, partnering with local-business directories who pay for the calls.

EBay Sells Skype, Keeps 35% Stakemore

BW's Doug MacMillan on eBay's deal to sell the bulk of its stake in VoIP service Skype to a group of investors.

Skype Plans to Dominate Business Telephonymore

Skype, a division of eBay, is likely to announce tomorrow that the beta version of its Skype for SIP offering will...

EBay to unload big stake in Skype in $2.75 billion dealmore

EBay announced a deal Tuesday to sell most of its Skype Internet phone unit to a group of investors for $2.75 billion.

Skype founders sue eBay, sale in dangermore

Tech M&A may be resurgent, but that doesn't make doing deals any easier. Take eBay Inc.'s (NASDAQ:EBAY) sale of 65%...

Skype Founders Sue eBaymore

Skype co-founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have sued eBay, the company that acquired their Internet telephony...

EBay's Skype Sale Looks Like a Win-Winmore

EBay Chief Executive Officer John Donahoe says there's no downside to his company's plan to sell most of its Skype...

Skype Founders Sue eBay, Investment Groupmore

Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, through their company Joltid, filed suit against Skype in the Northern...

CPPIB joins deal for Skypemore

Board joins private investors in buying 65 per cent stake in online telecommunications service for $1.9-billion

Skype Sale Nears: Why eBay Shareholders Should Be Madmore

If you are an eBay shareholder it is time for your to get mad for the sheer incompetency of the management.

Google Tried To Buy Skype (GOOG, EBAY)more

Buried in the New York Times' scoop about eBay announcing a Skype deal today: That Google, long a rumored suitor for...

UPDATE 1-EBay to sell 65 pct of Skype for $1.9 blnmore

EBay Inc (EBAY.O) plans to sell a 65 percent stake in its online phone unit Skype for $1.9 billion to private investors...

EBay Sells Most of Skype to Private Investorsmore

EBay announced a deal Tuesday to sell its Skype calling service to a group of private investors, led by Silicon Valley...

EBay Sells Skype to Investor Groupmore

EBay Inc. said Tuesday it will sell a 65% stake in its Skype Internet phone business to private investors in a deal...

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