Now that they got what they wanted – a renewed stake and board representation in the Skype that will be spun off eBay soon – the Scandinavian duo Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis can divert more of their attention again to the latest Internet venture they’re putting their weight behind: Rdio. The yet-to-launch digital music startup was first talked about publicly a couple of weeks ago in a New York Times article but we haven’t heard any further information about the startup.
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Ebay cede il 65% di Skype: è ufficiale
Dal blog italiano di Skype I rumor della Rete, questa volta, sono andati a segno. E proprio il presidente di Skype, Josh Silverman, nel suo post, ufficializza l’acquisizione di Skype da parte di una cordata di investitori. Ecco cosa dice: ” Oggi per Skype ha inizio un nuovo capitolo. Ci scorporiamo da eBay per diventare … Leggi tutto
Secondo il NYT Ebay pronta a vendere Skype
EBay plans to announce on Tuesday a deal to sell its Skype Internet calling division to a group of private investors, according to two people briefed on the company’s plans.
The investment group is likely to include Andreessen Horowitz, a new venture capital firm headed by the Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, these people said. One of the people added that Index Ventures, a London-based venture capital firm that was an early investor in Skype, and the private equity firm Silver Lake Partners were also involved. A price was not disclosed, but eBay has said it wants around $2 billion for Skype, which is on track to take in more than $600 million in revenue this year.
Alan Marks, an eBay spokesman, would not comment on the matter. Mr. Andreessen is on eBay’s board of directors.
Skype per Iphone è ufficiale
Via Cnet Months after teasing us at CES with an announcement of Skype’s native VoIP client for the iPhone, the free Skype for iPhone will finally be available to download from the iTunes App Store sometime on Tuesday. We got a chance to sit down with the application’s principal engineer before the announcement was made … Leggi tutto
Quando il boss diventa innovativo: Skype
Via Repubblica “Di quei due chili ne parliamo poi, su Skype”. Eccola qui la frase simbolo dell’ultima emergenza della giustizia italiana. È stata intercettata due mesi fa dagli uomini della Guardia di finanza di Milano. Al telefono un trafficante di cocaina invita il complice a continuare quella comunicazione usando il software che permette di parlare … Leggi tutto