242 posts and columns on Skype

Hangouts On Air: The Google+ Version of Public-Access TV

in Social on May 7 at 12:46 pm PT

Google+. Hangouts. Party time. Excellent.
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Code Advisors Takes a $25 Million Investment From J.P. Morgan

in News on May 2 at 9:01 pm PT

Big and little investment banks join hands to take on Silicon Valley better.
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Silver Lake Grabs Large Minority Stake of WME to Push Digital Initiatives

in News on May 2 at 10:59 am PT

Hollywood meets Silicon Valley. Again.
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Exclusive: The Billion-Dollar Inside Story of How Demand Media Almost Went Private Last Week (And Then Didn’t)

in News on April 28 at 11:02 am PT

According to sources close to the situation, Demand Media was deep into discussions with a private equity firm to complete a deal that would have taken the online content company private for double its current value.
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Skype for Windows Phone No Longer a Beta, but Still Missing Some Key Features

in Mobile on April 22 at 1:29 pm PT

The Windows Phone version of Skype hits 1.0, but there are still some key limitations.
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Video Calling Start-Up Tango Gets $40M More

in Mobile on April 19 at 3:00 am PT

Eighteen months after it launched, Tango, the start-up competitor to Skype and Apple FaceTime, now has 45 million total users, with more than 10 percent of them active on a daily basis. Tango has been even more successful at attracting dollars; it just closed a Series C round from investors including Qualcomm Ventures and Access Industries, bringing the company to nearly $100 million raised.

More D10 Speakers: Ellison, Meeker, Myhrvold, Along With Pixar and Visa!

in D10 on April 9 at 2:49 pm PT

Speakers? We got your D10 speakers.
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What’s This? A Mac Virus? No, Actually It’s a Weakness in Java.

in News on April 6 at 1:57 pm PT

Chatter about a new Trojan affecting Macs fails to acknowledge where the real vulnerability lies: With Oracle’s Java and not Apple’s OS X itself.
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Notes From ArabNet

in Voices on April 2 at 9:39 am PT

If debates rage about the meaning of the past year in the Middle East, one would not sense much doubt among the regional entrepreneurs and early stage investors gathered in Beirut.

How Skype’s Co-Founder Hopes to Make Money Giving Away Mobile Broadband

in Mobile on March 22 at 5:00 am PT

With FreedomPop, Niklas Zennstrom is clearly looking to shake things up.
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Here Come the First D10 Speakers: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Entrepreneur Sean Parker, Zynga’s Mark Pincus and More on the Red Hot Seat

in D10, March 9, 2012 at 10:40 am PT

Skype for Windows Phone Hits Beta

Cisco Appeals Europe’s Approval of Microsoft’s $8.5 Billion Skype Acquisition

in News, February 15, 2012 at 9:30 am PT

On Valentine’s Day, Ol’ Fashioned Phone Calls Beat Video Chat for Long-Distance Love

in Social, February 14, 2012 at 7:10 am PT

Real Bonding With Family Around the TV Via Skype

in Personal Technology, January 25, 2012 at 6:03 pm PT

Greylock’s Reid Hoffman Invests in Swedish Social Gifting Company

in Commerce, January 18, 2012 at 4:31 am PT

Expedia President Scott Durchslag Resigns Suddenly

in Commerce, January 12, 2012 at 1:04 pm PT

Exclusive: Former Skype Exec Christopher Dean Joins Urban Airship to Oversee the Revenue Side

in Mobile, January 6, 2012 at 4:00 am PT

Cisco Kills Umi Videoconferencing Product

in News, January 4, 2012 at 5:49 am PT

A Banner Black Friday for Some Disappoints Groupon and Other Daily Deal Providers

in Commerce, January 4, 2012 at 2:00 am PT

Will Marc or Won’t He? Andreessen Mulling Yahoo Leadership Role in Bid.

in News, November 28, 2011 at 3:54 pm PT

Silver Lake Takes on the Big Fish

in News, November 18, 2011 at 3:24 pm PT

iPhone Battery Drain

in Mossberg’s Mailbox, November 9, 2011 at 6:00 pm PT

Exclusive: Silver Lake Finally Signs Yahoo NDA, as Talks Proceed With Bidders

in News, November 9, 2011 at 11:08 am PT

Yahoo Shares Melt as Rumors Collide (Plus, I Add Another Log to the Fire)

in News, October 31, 2011 at 5:13 pm PT