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Rocky climb for mobile IM

Insight Efforts by the mobile industry to close the interoperability gap in the instant messaging (IM) market could prove futile.

Thursday, December 14 2006 11:42 AM

Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Instant messaging, Strategy

Cisco's new acquisition talisman

Insight Can Ned Hooper keep the magic of Cisco's acquisition machine alive? A lot depends on the answer to that question.

Tuesday, June 26 2007 10:54 PM

Tags: Routing/switching, TCP/IP, VoIP/IP telephony

Yahoo makes push for Net-enabled TVs

News The Internet giant hopes to spur new options for TV watching and advertising, and it is joining Intel to try to gain a foothold in the consumer electronics market.

Thursday, August 21 2008 11:25 AM

Tags: Web services, Web 2.0, Web sites, Internet advertising, Intel Corp., TV, Yahoo! Inc., Advertisement, software, processor

Skype legal settlement clears path for expansion

News Skype's change of ownership will allow company to return its focus to implementing new features and finding new ways to make money.

Monday, November 09 2009 10:20 AM

Tags: Lawsuits, VoIP/IP telephony, VoIP, Founder, Marc Andreessen, Joost, Lawsuits, Joltid, Andreessen Horowitz, Acquisition

Former Joost CEO ousted as chairman

News Mike Volpi has been removed from the board by a shareholder vote and Joost is investigating his actions during his time as chairman and CEO, according to the company.

Monday, September 14 2009 10:55 AM

Tags: Leadership, Video, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., intellectual property, chairman, board of directors, Video, board, Leadership

Skype founders pull out the stops

News The men who launched the Internet-calling service are redoubling their legal efforts after a failed last-minute bid to buy back the eBay unit.

Thursday, September 24 2009 10:06 AM

Tags: VoIP, VoIP/IP telephony, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., networking company, financial, founder, Internet, VoIP/IP telephony

Joost bows to YouTube, gives up consumer video

News It's the first bust for Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, the duo that gave us Skype and Kazaa. Joost is dropping consumer service to focus on video platforms.

Wednesday, July 01 2009 09:39 AM

Tags: Business plans, Content management, Web services, Skype Technologies S.A., Telecommunications, Video, P2P, Cable, Kazaa, YouTube Inc.

Facebook Connect: Your 8,000 hidden friends

News Do Facebook Connect users understand how extensively their profiles and activities are used by third parties?

Thursday, April 02 2009 12:53 PM

Tags: Privacy, MySpace, Site, Google Inc., User Data, Advertisement, social networking, movie, Facebook, network

Skype founders name new video start-up Joost

News Company aims to a provide a fast, efficient and cheap distribution method to transmit high-quality video over the Internet.

Tuesday, January 16 2007 10:40 AM

Tags: Peer to peer, Video, Copyright

Cable still best for video on demand

News Last week's announcements from Google and Movielink illustrate just how far online video has to go before it is ready for prime time.

Tuesday, August 14 2007 08:53 AM

Tags: Video, Personal applications

BitTorrent to open digital media store

News If the notorious file-sharing software BitTorrent was once the class bully, a version set to debut this week is more like the teacher's pet.

Monday, February 26 2007 10:15 AM

Tags: Web sites, Peer to peer

eBay's skype bubble bursts

News The shakeup and US$1.43 billion charge confirm eBay's irrational exuberance as well as Skype's struggling Web-calling business model.

Monday, October 08 2007 10:14 AM

Tags: VoIP, VoIP/IP telephony

eBay: What to do with Skype?

News eBay has been forced to take a charge for its US$2.6 billion acquisition of Skype, throwing into question the future strategy for the VoIP service.

Tuesday, October 02 2007 02:29 PM

Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, Mergers, Merger integration teams

Report: Hong Kong gazillionaire increases stake in Facebook

News Li Ka-shing, who acquired a US$60 million stake in Facebook last year, announced in a company earnings call that he has invested another US$40 million.

Friday, March 28 2008 11:15 AM

Tags: Investments