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Microsoft must simplify for speed
Steve Ballmer became chief executive of Microsoft in January 2000, a few months before a federal judge ordered the company to be broken up on antitrust grounds, because it was too powerful and was...
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Zennstrom: private investors take the profits
Does it matter that investors in the public markets are missing out on the big early gains in internet stocks? Niklas Zennstrom (of Skype fame) has done his own calculations and tells us that the...
View ArticleThe private secondary markets lose two of their brightest stars
Is the secondary market for private company stock – one of the main financial innovations of the last couple of years – just a flash in the pan? Two of the most watched companies, Skype and LinkedIn,...
View ArticleWith LinkedIn, the gates to Wall Street are now officially open
There’s no doubt about it: Wall Street is ready to pay up for growth. Even when compared to the heady price Microsoft has just agreed to pay for Skype, the LinkedIn deal looks rich. But this kind of...
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The lesson from Skype’s “option scandal”
During the 1990s, stock options became a part of Silicon Valley lore. They represented the right of even the most junior engineer to strike it rich and became a standard part of any pay package. But...
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Facebook’s “awesome” launch: Skype, iPad or music?
Facebook’s hint that it will be launching “something awesome” this coming week has prompted feverish speculation about what the social network will unveil, as it faces fresh competition from...
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Story of the week: Facebook moves ahead, looks to widen app platform
Google may be drawing strong reviews for its latest attempt at a social networking service, but Facebook is not standing still. Mark Zuckerberg declared that his company has reached 750m users and...
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Apple said to scrap UDIDs in iOS5
Tech news from around the web: Apple is to phase out access to the unique device identifier, or UDID, on devices such as iPhones and iPads in the next update to its iOS mobile software, according to...
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TelyHD, Biscotti bring TV calls for all
Talking to TVs was the talk of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this month, with voice and gestures being demonstrated as new ways of controlling internet-connected TVs that have become too smart in...
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The digital career switchover
©Pascal PerichWhen Josh Silverman received a call last year asking if he would like to work for American Express, he was surprised. The 43-year-old technology entrepreneur’s life had always revolved...
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Skype soap opera set to continue
You just know that this is not the end. It’s like one of those bad soap operas. There’s a big family wedding coming up and the distant European cousins aren’t invited. It leads to some vicious public...
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Skype brings video calls to the TV
Skype has announced some major advances for the consumer in video calling – with high-definition pictures enabled and integration with TV sets. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, it...
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Skype says HD Voice message is loud and clear
Mobile and fixed-line operators have shown little interest in improving the voice quality of phone calls, but the internet phone company Skype came out with a compelling reason for them to do so on...
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Reach for the Skype
Skype’s filing for an initial public offering on Monday comes as the communications service is reaching a new level of maturity. Skype is available on a growing number of devices as rivals such as...
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“Granny, did the supernodes just crash again?”
One hazard of new mass-market consumer technologies is that they make geeks of us all. So it is with Skype, which has just come up with an exhaustive account of its spectacular pre-Christmas crash. But...
View ArticleFurther reading: ‘Instant pop’ and Skype chief’s call to arms
Tech news from around the web: In an attempt to stem online piracy, Universal and Sony Music, two of Britain’s biggest record labels, are to make their new singles available for sale on the day they...
View ArticleMicrosoft in talks to buy Skype
Microsoft was in advanced discussions on Monday night about purchasing Skype, the internet telephone company, in what would be one of the US software company’s largest deals so far as it seeks to boost...
View ArticleSkype can be the “glue” in Microsoft’s multimedia strategy
For Microsoft Skype could form the glue between its PC, mobile and gaming businesses that it has hitherto lacked. Read more
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Ballmer and Bates on the Microsoft-Skype deal
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer and Skype boss Tony Bates gave a press conference at 8am local time in San Francisco to discuss their $8.5bn deal, announced today. After live-blogging the...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Skype-high price
Online communications networks have always held a strong business allure. Long before Microsoft alighted on the idea of buying Skype, they were seen as useful tools for supporting and entrenching...
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