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- Stephen Stokols: Real-Time Video Networking
- Stephen Stokols is CEO of WooMe, an Internet introduction platform where people meet in speed sessions via real-time video. To launch his site, Stokols had new technology developed, which is now regarded as the highest quality real-time video technology on the Internet. Stokols talks about his experiences in developing, funding...
- Videos 2008-03-08
- Boingo's David Hagan: World Wide WiFi
- Before David Hagan became President of Boingo Wireless, he spent 15 years bring Sprint from obscurity to a 600 million dollar a year business. Boingo Wireless, a Hot Spot wifi travel service for laptops and dual mode handsets, does partnerships with 150 operators including Nokia and Skype and...
- Videos 2007-12-17
- Skype eyes VoIP startup to replace disputed technology - Rumour
- Internet calling firm Skype is reportedly in negotiations to buy voice-over-IP VoIP startup Gizmo5 in a bid to substitute Gizmo5’s technology for its current peer-to-peer (P2P) system. Skype’s P2P technology is the subject of a legal wrangle between the company and its founders, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, who...
- Articles 2009-10-13
- 3 launches Facebook phone
- 3 is partnering with Facebook to launch a handset aimed at social network users. The phone, called INQ1, features a 'live contact book' that lets users see their contacts' Facebook profile picture and online status. Users can receive live updates from Facebook on the front screen of their handset...
- Articles 2008-11-14
- eBay to sell Skype – Rumour
- Industry insiders say that eBay is gearing up to sell internet telephony firm Skype, which it bought in 2005 for USD2.6bn, a price the auction site has since admitted was too high. Speculation over a possible deal emerged after eBay CEO John Donahue described Skype as a ?great standalone...
- Articles 2009-01-26
- Nokia to bundle Skype with new handsets
- Skype has signed a deal with Nokia to integrate its VoIP internet call technology onto Nokia handsets. The agreement promises to cause headaches for mobile operators, which are dependent on call charges and marks the latest push by Skype into the mobile space. ...
- Articles 2009-02-17
- Skype founders aim to buy firm back from eBay - Rumour
- The founders of internet call service Skype have secured the backing of four private equity firms in a bid to buy back the company from eBay. KKR, Warburg Pincus, Providence and Elevation Partners are reported to support the bid by Niklas Zennstrom and Jannus Friis to...
- Articles 2009-04-13
- PayPal head quashes spinoff rumours
- PayPal president Scott Thompson is denying rumours that the firm will be spun off by parent company eBay. Talking to BusinessWeek, Thompson commented ?I think we’re going to be part of the eBay family for a long time to come.? Analysts are speculating that eBay would sell PayPal...
- Articles 2009-06-17
- eBay sells majority Skype stake for USD1.9bn
- eBay is selling a 65% majority stake in internet call service Skype for USD1.9bn in a deal that values the firm at USD2.75bn. A consortium of investors led by technology-focused investment firm Silver Lake is buying the shares. eBay is retaining a 35% stake in the firm. ...
- Articles 2009-08-31
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- Skype, Founders Settlement in the Works?
- The ongoing legal scuffle between Skype, a division of eBay, and its founders, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom may soon see a resolution, according to someone familiar with the situation. The various parties are in discussions to resolve the various issues. The talks are described to be at sensitive stage...
- News items 2009-11-03
- Skype's Independent Future
- In his Tuesday blog post outlining eBay's agreement to sell 65% of Skype, Skype President Josh Silverman called the deal "a new chapter" for the popular Internet calling service. So, what's next for Skype? Skype's management won't change, according to people familiar with the situation. That means Silverman, who joined...
- News items 2009-09-01
- EBay Will Sell Majority Stake in Skype to Private Investors
- EBay plans to sell 65 percent of its stake in Skype, the popular Internet-calling service, to a group of private investors that include Marc Andreeseen's venture-capital firm. Although the acquisition of Skype by eBay was originally intended to produce synergies, a lawsuit and other issues prevented the original deal from...
- News items 2009-09-01
- EBay, Skype Settle IP Suits With Joltid, Sans Index Ventures
- eBay Nov. 6 settled lawsuits with Joltid Limited and Joost N.V. in a $1.9 billion deal that gives Skype ownership over all software previously licensed from Joltid and paves the way for a group of investors to acquire the majority of the company. Joltid and Skype founders Niklas Zennstr?m and...
- News items 2009-11-06
- Skype's Troubled History With Ebay, in Links
- Skype’s four year run under Ebay has been beset with troubles, and finally that is about to come to an end, as it gets sold to an investor group. The history of the marriage and pending divorce, in links ascending chronological order:—eBay Acquires Skype For $2.6 Billion In Cash,...
- External links 2009-09-01
- Skype 2.8 for Mac: Your Online Demo Is Calling
- Here at ReadWriteWeb, we're not usually in the "report it before you've tried it" camp, but a couple of trusted sources - Dan York and Rafe Needleman - are reporting that the latest version of Skype for Mac - Skype 2.8 - will include the ability to share your screen...
- News items 2009-08-07
- As Skype Sale Nears, Why eBay Shareholders Should Be Mad
- If you are an eBay shareholder it is time for your to get mad for the sheer incompetency of the management. First they paid the top dollar for Skype back in 2005, making billionaires out of Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis. And, now instead of waiting for an opportune time...
- News items 2009-09-01
- eBay sells 65% stake in Skype for $1.9bn
- Online auction house eBay offloads majority stake in internet telephony group Skype to investment consortium Online auction house eBay has sold a 65% stake in Skype to an investment consortium that includes the founder of Netscape, in a deal that values the internet telephony group at...
- News items 2009-09-01
- My Thoughts on the Skype Settlement: Winners & Losers Scorecard
- The final results are in: eBay and private investors led by Silver Lake Partners have struck a deal with Skype founders and JoltID, the technology company controlled by Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. They are also transferring the ownership of intellectual property needed to make sure that Skype...
- News items 2009-11-06
- Skype Prime is the Wave of the Future
- Just announced Skype Prime allows you to charge a caller for speaking with you. All calls start out as free and then go to a paid basis when and if the caller agrees to the rate you want to charge. Rates can be either on a time basis...
- Blog posts 2007-03-14
- Skype Founders' New Court Filings Include 'Smoking Gun' E-Mails From Ex Joost CEO
- [With Staci D. Kramer] For weeks, Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have claimed in legal filings and through representatives to have evidence that former Joost CEO Michelangelo “Mike” Volpi put together an investment group to acquire the virtual phone company by promising access to a technology workaround....
- External links 2009-10-15
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