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WSJ: Microsoft to buy Skype for $7bn. Rest of world: for rea...

Just days after reports that Google and Facebook were interested in partnering with, and possibly buying VoIP company Skype, comes a claim from the Wall Street Journal that Microsoft is planning to buy the company for $7 billion, in a dea [...]

Posted On : May, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

World's first Skype booth installed

The world's first Skype booth has been installed in Tallinn Airport in Estonia's capital - where the Internet calling service was first established in 2003 and where most of the company's development team remains based. [...]

Posted On : Apr, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

World’s first Skype booth lands at Estonian Airport

The world’s first Skype phone booth has landed at Estonia’s largest airport, proving that video conferencing doesn’t have to kill-off business travel. The new “Skype station” – which was recently unvei [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Worldwide Skype outage highlights dependence on VoIP by some

For some, it was like having their phone service cut for the better part of the day. Companies and individuals who rely on Skype lost their long distance and video chat access for much of the day, Wednesday.The popular VoIP program depen [...]

Posted On : Dec, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Skype helps family visit face-to-face from across the world

Pauline and Wulf Krause's smiles widened and their eyes got brighter when their daughter, Karla, appeared on their computer screen. Karla has been more than 6,000 miles from home in Tianjin, China, since September, teaching English t [...]