New Delhi: Microsoft has finally made available the full version of Skype app for Windows Phone platform. Using the Skype app for Windows Phone, users can engage in voice calls, video calls and texting with their contacts. This is in line with what Peter Wissing, director for Windows Phone at Microsoft, promised earlier this year. The Skype app v1.0 seeks permission from the user to access the device's phonebook and...
02:12 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Melbourne: The Australian military has been rocked by a sex scandal after a 23-year-old soldier was arrested over the alleged rape of a civilian woman at a military college. The soldier has been arrested and charged with raping a 21-year-old woman at Canberra's Royal Military College, Duntroon on Friday. The incident comes just weeks after the military handed down wide-ranging reviews of Defence culture, including how to handle sexual abuse...
03:13 PM, Apr 07, 2012
Moscow: Software giant Microsoft has bought Internet communications company Skype for $8.5 billion in its largest ever acquisition deal, Microsoft said Friday. "Skype is a phenomenal product and brand that is loved by hundreds of millions of people around the world. We look forward to working with the Skype team to create new ways for people to stay connected to family, friends, clients and colleagues - anytime, anywhere," Microsoft CEO...
09:13 AM, Oct 15, 2011
New York: Skype is expanding even before it gets absorbed by Microsoft Corp. The online communications service said Monday that it plans to buy GroupMe, which provides group text messaging. Skype lets users make calls, conduct video chats and send instant messages over the Web. Its basic services are free, while users pay for services such as calling regular phones from a computer. The acquisition brings Skype into the quickly...
07:11 AM, Aug 23, 2011
As Google launches its social networking site, Facebook teams up with Skype to keep its competitive edge. ...
10:47 AM, Jul 09, 2011
Palo Alto: Facebook will add Skype video chat to its pages, aiming to spice up the appeal of the world's No. 1 Internet social networking service while fending off increased competition from Google. The agreement, announced by Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg at the company's Palo Alto, California, headquarters on Wednesday, deepens the company's cooperation with Microsoft Corp, which is in the process of buying Skype to build up its...
06:30 AM, Jul 07, 2011
Houston: Just as Google's next big thing 'Google Plus' is all set to launch, Facebook and Skype are about to strike a deal that would bring the video chatting service to the social networking site. With Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg promising an "awesome" new feature on July 6, Skype, which was recently purchased by Microsoft for a whopping $ 8.5 billion, could become a fixture on the world's largest social...
09:27 AM, Jul 05, 2011
London: Skype, which is being bought by Microsoft for $8.5 billion, introduced a new service on Thursday allowing users of Android phones to make free video calls to Skype contacts, including those on Apple iPhones. The company whose name became synonymous with Internet calling in the mid-2000s said its updated Android app would initially support video calling on selected HTC and Sony Ericsson Phones, with more to follow soon. "We...
07:55 PM, Jun 30, 2011
Washington: Microsoft has won US antitrust approval to buy the Internet phone service Skype, the Federal Trade Commission said in a website posting on Friday. Microsoft announced in May it was buying Skype for $8.5 billion, its biggest-ever acquisition, placing a rich bet on mobile and the Internet to try and best rivals such as Google Inc. The approval was announced in a listing of deal approvals that comes out...
09:54 AM, Jun 18, 2011
New York: In buying Skype, Microsoft is getting one of the rare companies that has turned its name into a verb, like Xerox or Google. "Let's Skype" is a phrase understandable, with slight translation, in much of the world. For most people, it means sitting in front of your computer to talk, often for free. Four out of ten times, there are cameras involved too, turning the session into a...
12:15 PM, May 11, 2011
Skype was valued anywhere between $2.5 and $6 billion for the last two years or so. ...
09:02 AM, May 11, 2011
Bangalore: Microsoft Corp agreed to buy Internet telephone company Skype for $8.5 billion in cash in its biggest deal ever, as the technology giant seeks to plug a hole in its mobile offerings. Buying loss-making Skype would have no immediate impact on Microsoft's finances, but would make clear its intention to compete with rivals such as Apple Inc and Google Inc. Reuters first reported about the deal earlier on Tuesday,...
05:44 PM, May 10, 2011
New Delhi: Microsoft Corp is close to buying web video conferencing service Skype Technologies for $ 8.5 billion including debt, a source familiar with the situation said, in a deal which would rank as the biggest for the software company. A deal is expected to be announced as early as Tuesday morning, the source said. The source declined to be named because the talks are not public. Microsoft and Skype...
09:53 AM, May 10, 2011
New York: As two Internet powerhouses slug it out to tie the knot with Skype, Facebook looks likely to be a more aggressive suitor than Google, and the world's largest social network may make for a better fit. Reuters reported Wednesday that Facebook and Google are separately weighing partnerships with Skype, the popular web video telephony service used by millions around the globe for communication. Talks with Facebook and Google...
07:23 AM, May 06, 2011
New York: Facebook and Google Inc are separately considering a tie-up with Skype after the web video conferencing service delayed its initial public offering, two sources with direct knowledge of the discussions told Reuters. Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has taken part in internal discussions about buying Skype, according to one of the sources. Another source said Facebook had reached out to the Luxembourg-based company about forming a joint venture....
12:38 PM, May 05, 2011
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