Microsoft buys Skype for 8.5bn USD; targets Google leading position in advertising

Tuesday, May 10th 2011 - 21:11 UTC

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Microsoft Corporation agreed to buy Skype Technologies SA for 8.5 billion US dollars in cash to gain the world’s most popular Internet calling service and its 663 million customers. Read full article

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Martin_Fierro
Shit... there goes Skype, should've been bought by Mac.
May 10th, 2011 - 10:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ptolemy
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Yep, bought by anyone except Microsoft.
May 10th, 2011 - 10:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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