Skype is finally free — eBay settles with Skype co-founders, clearing way for buyout

Skype is finally free — eBay settles with Skype co-founders, clearing way for buyout

EBay has settled with the founders of Skype, clearing up some nasty lawsuits that had stood in the way of a  Skype acquisition. Now the Internet phone company to be sold to a consortium of investors that includes Skype’s co-founders.

Private equity firm Silver Lake Partners… Continue Reading

Web 2.0 Summit: MadeIt, Nokia’s new phone, and Zennstrom’s disappearance

Web 2.0 Summit: MadeIt, Nokia’s new phone, and Zennstrom’s disappearance

Web 2.0 Summit, co-hosted by O’Reilly Media and CMP, kicks off this Wednesday at San Francisco’s Palace Hotel. A who’s who list of Web 2.0 digerati will converge for three days of deal making, partying and more deal making.

If you didn’t have the budget to… Continue Reading

Roundup: Jajah attacks Skype, Nokia-Navteq, YouTube’s Adsense, Yahoo’s lag

Roundup: Jajah attacks Skype, Nokia-Navteq, YouTube’s Adsense, Yahoo’s lag

Here’s the latest action:
–Jajah goes after Skype’s turf on eBay
–Nokia buys Navteq, what does Google do?
–YouTube intros Adsense
–Yahoo lags on universal search
–Viacom backs DRM
–Technorati’s new CEO
–Costs of a start-up

Jajah tries to exploit Skype dissatisfaction, releases button for eBay — Now that eBay has admitted the Skype… Continue Reading