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Wed Oct, 2011 by Derek Mehraban
Janus Friis, Skype’s founder, is preparing to launch a new video streaming service to rival Netflix. The new service is Vdio and reports are that it will function like Rdio. As of now Vdio operates just a landing page promising great things, but there is evidence about what is to come. It has been operating [...]
Thu May, 2011 by Derek Mehraban
Microsoft unveiled new features in the update, called Mango, to its smartphone. The improvements will attract new users, but might not do much to poach Android or iPhone users. The first and possibly most significant advance is the browser. Internet Explorer 9 is fully integrated. It is not a mobile version of the browser and [...]
Tue May, 2011 by Derek Mehraban
Microsoft buys Skype. In the deal Microsoft will hand over $8.5 billion in exchange for the internet phone and conference calling system Skype has built up. There had been speculation about a Skype sale, and most everyone but Miscrosoft was rumored to be a front-runner. The FaceBook-Skype deal seemed to be a good deal for [...]
Thu May, 2011 by Derek Mehraban
Reports have Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg in talks with Skype. Speculation is for Facebook to purchase Skype. Skype had been sold to Ebay and then something happened and the deal fell through, so Skype is clearly interested in selling. Even if Facebook does not purchase Skype then the talks will probably yield some joint venture [...]
Mon Mar, 2011 by Derek Mehraban
Skype has experimented with advertising previously, but that flirtation was very limited. The advertising was simply to convert businesses with numbers into ads for those very phone numbers. The new advertising model will be the normal internet variety. Except Skype will specialize in large display advertising. Image from: Skype Skype boasts having almost 150 million [...]
Mon Oct, 2010 by Derek Mehraban
Skype is trying to expand its service to build more corporate conduits through its partnership with Anaya at the same time it is partnering with Facebook to create an easy interface between Facebook login and Skype functionality (using Facebook connect). This move follows Google’s integration of voice calling into its Gmail product. Google and Facebook [...]