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May 29-31, 2012
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Tony Bates on Skype Becoming the Virtual Kitchen Table (Video)
Today at D10, Skype boss Tony Bates said that the integration of the two companies is going well, and that he’s busy coming up with ways to serve billions of monthly users. Here are the video highlights.
President, Skype Division
Microsoft
Born in the U.K., Bates taught himself code by reading programming manuals on his way to work as a network operator at the University of London. From there, he went on to write nine patents (in the area of Layer 2 and Layer 3 innovations), while working in telecommunications at Internet MCI and at Cisco. At Skype, he is in charge of strategy and mission for the Internet telephony giant.
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Former Yahoo Marketing Head Joins Skype as CMO
Elisa Steele, who worked at Yahoo under former CEO Carol Bartz, will report directly to Skype President Tony Bates and oversee Skype’s global brand for the Microsoft-owned unit.
Skype’s Tony Bates Talks About Talking Online: The Full D10 Interview
How’s life for the Internet telephony giant inside the Redmond borg?
Backstage With Aaron Sorkin, Reid Hoffman and Sean Parker: The KatieCam Highlight Reel
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Tony Bates on Skype Becoming the Virtual Kitchen Table (Video)
Today at D10, Skype boss Tony Bates said that the integration of the two companies is going well, and that he’s busy coming up with ways to serve billions of monthly users. Here are the video highlights.
Skype’s Tony Bates Says the Goal Is to Get Billions of Active Users
Skype President Tony Bates, the man behind Microsoft’s largest acquisition, said mobile phones and access to the living room will fuel the company’s growth.
Skype Boss Tony Bates on His Lovely New Life at Microsoft
Everything is great, Bates said. But, as Kara Swisher points out, of course he would say that.
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