Via Fark: Ebay Talks Fail
Source: saunderslog.com
And for the last word on the Ebay / Skype story, we head to Fark — "Ebay reportedly in talks to buy Skype. Talks fail when at the last second some jerk bids $3,000,000,000.50"
Last 20 posts tagged "ebay"
Did eBay Buy A Lemon?
Source: andyabramson.blogs.com
Perhaps the most interesting post of all the many posts about the Skype and eBay fiasco -that is rapidly turning into what could be an eye opening investigation by someone about the interlocking…
Skype™ for sale
Source: voip-tech.blogspot.com
Source: voip-tech.blogspot.com
In the 2005 eBay bought Skype™ for the "cheap" amount of about 4 billions dollars principally to make easy the interaction between its users of t…
Skype to Go IPO: eBay Plans to Spin Off Popular VoIP Biz
Source: www.voip-news.com
-news.comThere have been rumors around the net, but eBay plans to spin off Skype into a stand-alone. The company will go IPO in the first half of 2010, with timing dependent on market conditions…
eBay: What Ever Happened To Due Diligence?
Source: andyabramson.blogs.com
Tom Keating pulled some good facts together about what could be a major issue effecting Skype, one that could be seriously damaging to eBay and the management team at the time of the Skype acquisition…
Skype Helps eBay’s Numbers
Source: andyabramson.blogs.com
The quarterly earnings call for eBay yesterday wasn’t a pretty picture but at least on the surface Skype’s numbers were positive.
Chalk the revenues up to the Skype Unlimited plans…
Michael Robertson Chides Ebay
Source: andyabramson.blogs.com
In his weekly Michael’s Minute, my down the beach neighbor and friend Michael Robertson chides Skype for being implicit in the China snooping matter caused by Skype partner TOM.
The concept…
Skype Doomed?
Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com
That is what a commentator at The Register’s post about Josh Silverman, current CEO of eBay price comparison tentacle Shopping.com, will take Skype over on 24 March. Ebay is hoping Silverman…
Skype May Be The Next Item Up For Sale At eBay Using Buy It Now
Source: andyabramson.blogs.com
When eBay put started their search for a new CEO for Skype, one of the slow down messages was that eBay was pursuing strategic alternatives for the disruptive service. Skype certainly hasn’t…
Ebay CEO, Meg Whitman Steps Down
Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com
Meg Whitman is stepping down as chief executive of eBay after a decade. I was her idea that every CEO should step down after 10 years to seek new professional challenges and to avail opportunity…
Skype with High Quality Video
Source: saunderslog.com
Periodically a vendor sends me a pretty good toy to try out. The Logitech QuickCam Pro for Notebooks is one such item. The folks at Skype’s PR agency shipped it to me because they…
eBay Shows Stupidity With Skype Button Decision
Source: andyabramson.blogs.com
In what has to be a face saving move, eBay has finally allowed the deployment of the Skype me type button that was at one point at the crux of their strategy in acquiring Skype, reports Jim Courtney…
JAJAH Buttons on eBay – It Was Fun While It Lasted
Source: www.voip-news.com
Reports are coming out that eBay is no longer allowing its members to place JAJAH web buttons in their listings. The buttons made it easy for sellers and buyers to quickly initiate a call to…
Ebay and Jajah War Heating Up
Source: andyabramson.blogs.com
It looks like its strike and counterstrike in the battle between Jajah and eBay on the concept of Click to Call.
The funny thing is that this could be the kind of heat that eBay needs to begin…
Seeking Alpha Questions Ebay’s Growth
Source: andyabramson.blogs.com
A day or so ago I read a story about eBay adding a big credit facility that will let them go out and make acquisitions. Today I’m reading in Seeking Alpha how the company seems to be sputtering…
Skype Developers At eBay Dev Con
Source: andyabramson.blogs.com
In case you’re a developer and have an interest in Skype, here’s the schedule of speakers at eBay’s Dev Con in June:
Monday, June 11
1-1:50 PM
Skype: A global opportunity
Paul Amery, Director,…
eBay May Have Stumbled Onto Something Big
Source: andyabramson.blogs.com
With the widening audience of users that eBay, Skype and PayPal all have, and while those users may become more casual customers than rabid early adopters, the recent addition of StumbleUpon…
IHT’s Kevin discusses Skype and Ebay culture.
Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com
Kevin O’Brien at International Herald Tribune has written a lengthy but good article about Skype and Skype business at Ebay. "Waiting For Skype to Pay Off Ebay". He brings good and…
Published on November 16th, 2006
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Yahoo Won, eBay/Skype Nothing
Source: andyabramson.blogs.com
When the Skype Journal gives Yahoo the clear cut victory in who is working with Developers in a better way, the world needs to know.
This is about culture. eBay is a bank that’s preteneding…
Google talking to skype now! Googletalk that is!!
Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com
Google has a new dig, Googletalk and eBay that is. They have signed an agreement around text-based advertising and "click-to-call" advertising. Googletalk and skype will provide t…
Google / EBay: Where’s the Money in Click-to-Call?
Source: saunderslog.com
Google and EBay have just announced a Click to Call advertising partnership, and Andy Abramson thinks that Google got the better it.. I think he’s probably right.
I’ve built…
