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Is Skype up for sale, again?

News Rumors swirl after CEO says Skype is "great standalone business". Experts say Skype is a bright spot in eBay's portfolio and will take a hefty offer for company to sell.

Wednesday, January 28 2009 06:28 AM

Tags: Acquisitions, Web sites, Internet advertising, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., Cowen and Co., phone, AT&T Corp., Consumer Electronics Show

Skype adds new features to business-oriented service

News Enterprise clients now offered greater central control and IT management, plus optional tools and services.

Friday, January 26 2007 10:02 AM

Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, VoIP

Mobile Wi-Fi battery issues solved?

News Truphone founder James Tagg claims the latest generation of smartphones avoids battery-draining problems associated with previous Wi-Fi handsets.

Tuesday, March 13 2007 02:30 PM

Tags: Wireless e-mail devices, Smart phones, 802.11/Wi-Fi, PDA phones

Truphone adds Skype, Twitter to iPhone client

News The internet telephony company has turned its client for the iPhone and iPod Touch into an aggregator for Skype, Twitter, Google Talk, MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger.

Wednesday, January 07 2009 06:28 AM

Tags: Mobile commerce, Web sites, Skype Technologies S.A., Twitter, Voice Chat, Internet telephony company, telephony company, Apple iPod, flat fee, IM

Google buys Gizmo5 for Google Voice

News Terms of the deal for the VoIP software company were undisclosed, but Google's second acquisition of the week will be used to help Google Voice.

Friday, November 13 2009 10:30 AM

Tags: VoIP, VoIP/IP telephony, Google Inc., Skype Technologies S.A., Gizmo5, Phone, Internet telephony company, telephony company, Voice, TechCrunch

Nokia buys social travel firm Dopplr

News Dopplr founder Marko Ahtisaari says Nokia shares his company's vision of improving the travel experience through social location data.

Tuesday, September 29 2009 09:02 AM

Tags: Web 2.0, Business Strategies & Functions, IP Telephony, telephony company, London, Flickr, handset company, Internet, acquisition, Web 2.0

eBay jettisons Skype for US$2.8B

News E-commerce giant eBay announces it is selling Skype unit for US$2.75 billion to an investor group that includes Marc Andreessen's new venture.

Wednesday, September 02 2009 08:53 AM

Tags: E-business, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., IP Telephony, Marc Andreessen, co-founder, CEO, founder

Mobile Skype grinds to a halt

News Skype says it has no timetable for the roll out of Mobile Skype, due to technical difficulties and a lack of suitable handsets.

Monday, October 02 2006 12:50 AM

Tags: Cellular phones, VoIP/IP telephony

Salesforce.com launches AppExchange

News The move marks an effort by Salesforce.com to expand its footprint in the growing arena of hosted business applications.

Wednesday, January 18 2006 10:06 AM

Tags: Business applications, App servers

MediaRing.com to offer e-coupons

News Local Internet telephony company MediaRing.com will be streaming electronic discount coupons from advertisers to its Singapore subscribers come November 1.

Friday, June 01 2001 02:50 PM

MediaRing lets users send voice messages using Outlook

News PC users utilizing Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express can now send voice messages directly from their desktops using their email programs, with VoizMail 3.0 by Internet telephony company MediaRing.com.

Friday, June 01 2001 04:11 PM