Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Microsoft buys Skype for 8.5 billion$

The Wall Street Journal reported earlier tonight that Microsoft was in talks to purchase VoIP company Skype for between $7 billion and $8 billion. Kara Swisher just recently confirmed the acquisition in her BoomTown column, starting that the deal is worth an estimated $8.5 billion.

They will be porting it to Xbox live and for their WP7 platform.


Source: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=21584
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3 comments:

  1. RumikoMay 10, 2011 at 12:26 PM

    Sounds promising! I just hope the good old Skype stays kind of the same!

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  2. AnonymousMay 10, 2011 at 12:51 PM

    Can't wait to see it on XBL

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  3. Trick2DoubleMay 11, 2011 at 10:07 AM

    This is some big news! wonder what's gonna happen to skype now.

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