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Confirmed: Microsoft Will Announce Acquisition of Skype Tomorrow Morning

Kara Swisher in News on May 9, 2011 at 8:14 pm PT

The Wall Street Journal reported earlier tonight that Microsoft–in what would be its most aggressive acquisition in the digital space–was zeroing in on buying Skype for $8.5 billion all in. Sources told BoomTown tonight that the deal for the online telephony and video communications giant is actually done and will be announced early tomorrow morning.

Seesmic Raises $4 Million in Funding From Salesforce.com

Kara Swisher in News on February 1, 2011 at 5:39 am PT

In an interesting social enterprise move, popular social networking collaboration tool Seesmic is taking a $4 million investment from Salesforce.com, as well as from Softbank. The San Francisco-based Seesmic has one of the top desktop and mobile applications for monitoring a consumer’s various feeds from Twitter, Facebook and more.

TripIt Travel Planner Bought by Concur for $82 Million-Plus

Liz Gannes in Social on January 13, 2011 at 11:02 am PT

Expense reporting company Concur today announced it would buy travel planning start-up TripIt in a deal worth as much as $120 million, including $82 million in cash, stock and restricted stock units up front.

Exclusive: Twitter Raises $200 Million at a $3.7 Billion Valuation; Adds McCue and Rosenblatt to Board

Kara Swisher in News on December 15, 2010 at 12:15 pm PT

Twitter has completed its latest round of funding–$200 million at a $3.7 billion valuation–with Kleiner Perkins as the lead investor. The San Francisco microblogging service is also adding two new board members: Flipboard’s Mike McCue and former DoubleClick head David Rosenblatt.

Apple Stocking Shelves in Mac App Store

John Paczkowski in News on November 4, 2010 at 10:11 am PT

When Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the company’s forthcoming Mac App Store at Apple’s Back to the Mac event last month, he said Apple would begin accepting submissions for it in early November. And last night the company did just that, broadcasting a formal announcement to registered Mac devs notifying them that the submission process has begun.

Exclusive: Facebook and Skype Readying Deep Integration Partnership

Kara Swisher in News on September 29, 2010 at 12:34 am PT

You didn’t think Facebook would integrate with Google Voice, did you? Actually, according to sources close to the situation, Facebook and Skype are poised to announce a significant and wide-ranging partnership that will include integration of SMS and Facebook Connect, as well as voice chat. The move by the pair–which have tested small cross-promotions before–is a natural one for the social networking giant, which is aiming to be the central communications and messaging platform for its users, across a range of media.

The Polyvore Team Talks About User-Generated Fashion Stylists and More!

Kara Swisher in News on July 30, 2010 at 7:07 am PT

Earlier this week, I headed down to Mountain View, Calif., to the downtown HQ of Polyvore–the unusually named start-up aimed at the inner stylist in everyone–to talk about the economics of fashion online. The odd name is a combination that roughly means the devouring of many or much–which at Polyvore translates into leopard prints, kitten heels or the rubber clothes of Lady Gaga. The registered site, with six million unique monthly visitors, allows users to “mix & match products from your favorite stores” into fashion “sets” on any topic, concept or–in BoomTown’s taste-challenged case–fleece and Pumas.