TechCrunch:
Skype CEO Josh Silverman can’t stop smiling in this video interview we recorded in Menlo Park this morning. And no wonder – despite serious legal and spinoff drama, Silverman has managed to close his multi-billion dollar spin (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Are you trying to find a gift for one of those crazies who's always going on about the superiority of vinyl, or who dresses like a character on Mad Men? Here are some ideas for the retrophile in your life. BTW, if you hate th (Read More)
Engadget:
Cernium's just announced something that should really please the 'I know the cat is putting my stuff on Ebay while I'm at church' crowd. The Archerfish Quattro is a full scale, no messing aroung video monitoring and recording (Read More)
NEWS.com.au | Europe:
ITALIAN dictator Benito Mussolini's blood and brain went on sale for €15,000 ($24,343) on online auction website eBay before the company pulled the ad posted by an anonymous seller. (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Black Friday is a week away, and thousands of markdowns are already announced. Our master list of Giz-friendly deals—a hefty read—includes similar items priced differently at different stores. Keep it refreshed, cuz we'll be (Read More)
TECH.BLORGE.com:
Skype has finally been sold off from beleaguered auction house eBay, though they will retain a 30 percent stake in the company.
Skype, a leader in the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) business, was purchased in Oct. (Read More)
USATODAY.com - Game on:
This story by Darren Rovell at CNBC on the rising cost of Brandon Jennings memorabilia sent me to eBay. Writes Rovell: Jennings has 13 of the top 20 cards on the “Basketball Hot List” in the upcoming issue of Beckett’s... (Read More)
paidContent.org:
The morning-after paperwork from eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) as control of Skype shifts to a private investment group led by Silver Lake Partners offers a look at the post-split financials for both companies—and the kind of detail on S (Read More)
Engadget:
You had to know someone out there would try and profit off Microsoft's recent mass bannination of modded Xbox 360 consoles from Xbox Live, and although the eBay scammers arguably got there first, we're awarding the style trop (Read More)
USATODAY.com - Technology Live:
Credit freeze halts 3-D upgrade for some theaters ... Dell remains upbeat despite sliding profits ... Microsoft says Windows 7 selling well ... How you can try out Google's new operating system .. (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
A Consumer Reports survey has lots of interesting findings about our Black Friday weekend shopping plans ... plus, in part 2 of an interview with eBay's Cat Schwartz, she has some suggestions regarding laptops and video games. (Read More)
pluGGd.in to Indian Startups and India Business:
So in the end, ebay, the online auction company sold Skype for $2.75 billion to investors group led by Silver Lake. At last the two architects of popular peer-to-peer calling service providers got something to cheer about a (Read More)
New York Times:
EBay said Thursday that it had completed its sale of its Skype to a consortium of investors as it had vowed to do before the end of the year. (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Like a love child of eBay and CouchSurfing.com or craigslist, AirBnB lets anyone that owns space fit for accommodating travelers – be it a couch in a small apartment or the master bedroom of a 19th-century castle – post that (Read More)
VentureBeat:
eBay said it has completed the sale of a 70-percent stake in Skype communications service for an amount that values the company at $2.75 billion.The buyer is an investor consortium led by Silver Lake Partners, the private equ (Read More)
paidContent.org:
eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) has closed its deal to sell VoIP service Skype for roughly $2.75 billion. The group of buyers—including Joltid Limited, Andreessen Horowitz and others—are payi (Read More)
TechCrunch:
eBay has just announced that it has completed the sale of Skype, valuing the company at $2.75 billion. The investor consortium who is the buying party and will control an approximately 70 percent stake is an investor group le (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- EBay Inc. said Thursday afternoon that it has completed its planned sale of Skype, its Internet telephony unit. The sale valued Skype at $2.75 billion, though eBay received approximately $1.9 b (Read More)
WSJ.com: Washington Wire - WSJ.com:
By Stu WooWhile former eBay Inc. CEO Meg Whitman is already running statewide radio ads a year ahead of the California governor’s election, the early favorite to win it all, Democratic former Gov. Jerry Brown, has played coy (Read More)