techradar.com - 15 days ago
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Anyone concerned that the rumbling battle over Skype between its builders, current owners and potential buyers would lead to the threatened service shutdown can rest easy now that the feud has been settled. Founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have agreed to drop their legal action against ...
Could SIP Really Save Skype? [GigaOM]
gigaom.com 22 days ago — Global Index, a technology owned by Skype co-creators Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis via their company JoltID, is the fulcrum of leverage in their ongoing dispute with current Skype owner eBay and its potential purchasers . If you were either the ...
End to a Fight Over Skype May Be Near
nytimes.com 20 days ago — SAN FRANCISCO The bitter battle over the future of the Internet calling service Skype appears to be nearing an end. A resolution of the litigation surrounding the service, which is owned by eBay , could be announced as soon as this week, according ...
Skype Starts to Roll Out Those Click-To-Call Ads
techcrunch.com 10/6/2009 —
Over the past few months, Skype has been testing click-to-call ads on the Web, partnering with local-business directories who pay for the calls. Tomorrow, Skype is set to announce the official roll-out of its click-to-call advertising service with ...
Skype Says Next Generation Platform Will Embrace Developers
techcrunch.com 9/14/2009 — I’ve had a couple of conversations with Skype exec Jonathan Christensen over the last few days to get a better understanding of just what directions the company plans to go with regard to third party developers. The recent announcement of the ...
Skype In Negotiations To Acquire Gizmo5
techcrunch.com 10/13/2009 —
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'class="snap_nopreview shot" alt="" />Litigation-beleaguered Skype is in negotiations to buy peer-to-peer VoIP startup Gizmo5 , say multiple sources. The price tag is said to be in the $50 million range, but the deal is far from ...
Skype Shutters Skype Extras Developer Program
eweek.com 9/11/2009 — Skype shuttered its Skype Extras third-party application development program due to lack of interest in the applications programmers created. The Skype Shop Extras Website claims the program includes dozens of applications, which programmers submit to ...
Skype, Founders Settlement in the Works? [GigaOM]
gigaom.com 21 days ago — 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 ...
Skype open source
share.skype.com 21 days ago — Hopefully this will make headless Skype on Linux possible. This has been too long in development on your end. It seriously limits how Skype is used, especially on the chat front. Without at least a headless client and later on server API's, it's ...
Skype Doubles Connection Fees
wired.com 9/1/2009 — The recession might be global, but Skype — the world’s largest international phone company — wants more pennies from the pockets of its customers who place overseas calls to landlines and mobile phones.
Starting on September 6, Skype is ...
Skype’s Plan B to Stay in Business: Buy Gizmo5 [GigaOM]
gigaom.com 10/14/2009 — Folks at Skype might be getting a tad desperate in their prolonged fight with JoltID, the intellectual property company controlled by the Skype founders — Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis. And that’s why they might be looking to buy ...
Skype founders drop licence threat against eBay —
The Register 17 days ago
Bluff pays off for European duo A legal row that threatened the existence of Skype has been settled, with the free net phone service's founders regaining a significant portion of the firm from eBay.… The power of collaboration within unified ...
Skype's legal storm clears —
Latest from Computerworld 17 days ago
Skype's cofounders, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, have agreed to transfer ownership of the remaining Skype technology that eBay didn't own, paving the way for eBay to complete its sale of a majority stake in Skype to an investor consortium.
EBay, investors reach deal with Skype founders —
SFGate: Technology 16 days ago
EBay Inc. said Friday that the investor group buying a majority stake in Skype has reached an agreement with the founders of the online calling service, clearing the way for the deal to proceed. Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis sold Skype to eBay in ...
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