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"

Published on September 8th, 2005 under


Last 20 posts tagged "ebay"

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…

Published on March 14th, 2008 under ,

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…

Published on January 24th, 2008 under , ,

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…

Published on January 13th, 2008 under , , ,

JAJAH buttons removed from eBay listings

Source: solokay.blogspot.com

Not long ago JAJAH introduced new widgets to help eBay listers to use them on their listings pages. The simple idea of inserting the widget is allow JAJAH users to talk directly to the seller…

Published on October 10th, 2007 under ,

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…

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…

Published on September 13th, 2006 under , , , , ,

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…

Published on August 28th, 2006 under ,

Google’s eBay VoIP Deal

Source: solokay.blogspot.com

It was the talk of the telecom industry. Early last year, someone noticed that Google had posted a job ad for an expert who could, among other things, negotiate contracts for "dark fiber&quot…

Published on August 20th, 2006 under , , ,

Streamcast Adds EBay to Skype Suit

Source: saunderslog.com

Streamcast filed an updated complaint Monday morning, in their ongoing suit against Skype and 21 other companies.  Andy Abramson first reported on this last March, and I wrote a summary of…

Published on May 24th, 2006 under , ,

Resumebay.net

Source: saunderslog.com

Billing itself as an open standards job search site, Resumebay is the latest brain child of Randy Morin.  Job search is a big market.  Good luck Randy…

Published on May 1st, 2006 under

eBay named Henry Gomez to head Skype North America

Source: solokay.blogspot.com

A major change has been anounced in Skype. Skype new owner eBay has named Henry Gomez to head Skype North America.Before his appointment he has been the senior vice president of corporate communications…

Published on November 29th, 2005 under , ,

eBay/Skype , Things to come!

Source: solokay.blogspot.com

A lot of us has been wondering what will come out of the skype/eBay deal. To skype users we want to know what will change in skype by virtue of this deal. Will it be an improvement or otherwise?,…

Published on November 20th, 2005 under , ,

Werblog on Skype/Ebay

Source: saunderslog.com

Kevin Werbach has offered some additional thoughts on the Skype / EBay deal. He’s focused on the synergies between the companies, and the direction that this might go. He writes:
Don’t…

Published on September 17th, 2005 under , , ,

Werblog on Skype/Ebay

Source: saunderslog.com

Kevin Werbach has offered some additiona. thoughts o. the Skype / EBay deal. He’s focused on the synergies between the companies, and the direction that this might go. He writes:…

Published on September 17th, 2005 under , , ,

Roundup: Skype / EBay part deux

Source: saunderslog.com

As a continuation of last nights marathon roundup of Skype / EBay stories, here are a few I missed. 
Richard Stastny pointed out that some of the best posts of yesterday came from James Enck…

Published on September 13th, 2005 under , , , ,

Roundup: Skype / EBay Stories

Source: saunderslog.com

It’s been a crazy day, and I am just now filtering through what Bloglines caught on the Skype / EBay story.  In alphabetical order, here are the most insightful posts I found in my inbox…

Published on September 12th, 2005 under , , ,

More EBay / Skype Predictions

Source: saunderslog.com

David Gibbons, who writes a blog called Poductivity, left a short comment here this afternoon inviting comment on this post.  Well worth reading, especially for the use cases:
Instead of just…

Published on September 12th, 2005 under , ,

Meg Whitman on EBay / Skype

Source: saunderslog.com

Meg Whitman has a nice post explaining what this means for EBay users, and encouraging them all to get Skype accounts.  She says:
Working together, eBay, PayPal and Skype will redefine onlin…

Published on September 12th, 2005 under , ,

Andy on Skype / EBay

Source: saunderslog.com

Andy Abramson ha. similar analysi. as my last postin. (plus a big Neener-neener!!!! to Om Malik :)) here. …

Published on September 12th, 2005 under , ,

Andy on Skype / EBay

Source: saunderslog.com

Andy Abramson has similar analysis as my last posting (plus a big Neener-neener!!!! to Om Malik :)) here. …

Published on September 12th, 2005 under , ,
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