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The Motley Fool
January 31, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Madonna Meets Skype Warner's music label hooks up with eBay's hot chat service, but the move may make more sense than cents. Let's face it -- folks who may be too cheap to pay for conventional phone service are also likely to be too cheap to pay for high-end wireless phones with digital download capability.   |
InternetNews
January 30, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Warner Ringtones on Skype VoIP Warner Music Group today inked an agreement with Skype, making Madonna its first featured artist available for downloadable ringtones at its online store. |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2007
Mac Greer |
Fool Video: eBay's Skype Punt What does eBay's Skype write-off really mean for investors? What is eBay's Skype strategy? How does Skype compare to similar initiatives from competitors? These questions are answered in this video. |
The Motley Fool
April 15, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Get In on the Skype IPO eBay finally found a way to unload its popular voice and video chat platform. It will take Skype public as a stand-alone company in the first half of next year. |
The Motley Fool
May 16, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
eBay's Talk Is Cheap The auction site's Skype VoIP service is allowing its users to make free stateside calls to landline and mobile phones. That's good news for eBay -- and bad news for telcos in general, and Vonage in particular. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
September 29, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Skype 1.4 Rolls Out the Door While Skype execs were negotiating a blockbuster sale, its developers were hard at work. What's new? |
The Motley Fool
October 17, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Skype Victoriously, MySpace Friends eBay's Skype connects with the world's most popular social network. What will it mean to investors? |
InternetNews
April 14, 2009
Christopher Saunders |
eBay Plans Skype IPO Online auction giant eBay is planning to take plans its Skype Internet telephony unit public, with an Initial Public Offer planned for the first half of 2010. |
Entrepreneur
January 2006
Mike Hogan |
Skype's the Limit With better quality and features, Skype takes VoIP for your business calls to a new level. |
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
You're Selling the Wrong Verb, eBay Media outlets are speculating that eBay's online voice chat subsidiary Skype may be sold off, based on comments that CEO John Donahoe made during last week's conference call. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Skype Scraper eBay's online voice-chat subsidiary is back after a two-day outage. Consumers seem willing to forgive and forget. For Skype's sake, let's hope that it doesn't have to apologize too much more in the future. |
InternetNews
July 31, 2009 |
EBay's Skype IPO Bungled? The e-commerce giant is trying to resolve a key licensing issue with the founders of Skype. |
InternetNews
October 12, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Skype Co-Founder Admits Expectations Were Too High A week after eBay wrote off $1.4 billion from its purchase, Skype's co-founder and former CEO said early revenue targets were overly ambitious. |
The Motley Fool
January 3, 2006
Nathan Parmelee |
Skype's Advantage Cannot Be Free Skype is a great service, and eBay's auction business is fantastic. But the marriage of the two still seems bizarre, and months later, there still doesn't seem to be a clear path for how they fit together to deliver a return on investment for eBay shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
April 23, 2008
Tim Beyers |
Skype Has Bigger Fish to Fry eBay's Skype is introducing a $9.95-per-month global plan that will allow users to call out to any mobile or landline phone in 34 countries. |
The Motley Fool
April 12, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Skype Swallows Sonorit eBay gears up for a potential challenge to its Skype service with a brainy acquisition. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Warner's Digital Groove Digital gains help soften the weakness at Warner Music Group. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
October 29, 2007
Bruce Meyerson |
Skype Goes Mobile Skype's new cell phone will deliver mobile access to its service. The beleaguered carrier hopes to jump-start revenues overseas. |
InternetNews
October 3, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Skype Sticks With GIPS Skype extends and expands its contract with Global IP Sound as it eyes the mobile market. |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2010
Tim Beyers |
You Blew It, eBay Look where Skype is now. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
eBay's Skype Dream In a long-awaited move, the online auctioneer integrates Skype into its site. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2005
Dave Mock |
eBay Today, eBell Tomorrow? eBay's purchase of Skype sets the standard for the role of next-generation communications. Traditional telecom companies are a dying breed, and eBay isn't buying into one of them. |
InternetNews
September 23, 2009 |
Skype Works to Up Its Enterprise Appeal The VoIP service opens a few new doors into the workplace, thanks to its SIP capabilities for IP-PBX systems. |
The Motley Fool
June 6, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Skype's the Limit Given CEO Meg Whitman's vocal stance on proposed pay-to-play Internet legislation, and how it would impact Skype, eBay's latest catch may prove to be its biggest. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
December 13, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
EBay Vendors Demand to be Skyped So why aren't eBay and Skype fully integrated yet? |
InternetNews
September 1, 2009 |
eBay Sells Skype, Keeps Minority Stake The e-commerce giant finally unloads Internet phone unit Skype for $1.9 billion. |
InternetNews
January 28, 2009
Judy Mottl |
Hold the VoIP: Skype Sale Rumors Flying Comments from parent company on last week's earnings call have kept the buzz alive over whether eBay's selling Skype. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
No Business Like Bid Business eBay has a ho-hum quarter, but that's better than nothing. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Skype Spreads to Cell Phones eBay's Skype lands a sweet mobile deal with British wireless service provider 3 UK. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
March 15, 2005
Catherine Pickavet |
Cell Phone Perks Making Market Waves Ringtones and games are enjoying their place in the mobile market, reaping limited benefits for carriers. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2005
Tom Taulli |
From RadioShack: Skype Me! eBay promised synergy from its mega-deal to buy Skype, but now it looks mostly like a play for telecom. Shareholders need to wait until eBay can demonstrate how Skype fits with its larger agenda. |
The Motley Fool
November 20, 2009
Anders Bylund |
eBay Is $2 Billion Richer! eBay waves a tearful goodbye to Skype and pockets a cool $2 billion. Can you figure out why? |
InternetNews
February 14, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
Skype, Motorola Push VoIP The fruits of their partnership will include a variety of Bluetooth devices, as well as enable Skype Internet Telephony on certain Motorola devices. |
InternetNews
September 28, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Skype Grows Up With Devs in Mind Skype adds a Web service to let developers know it's more than just a place to make cheap phone calls. |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Terrible Timing, eBay! Could eBay have played the Skype acquisition any worse? |
The Motley Fool
March 21, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Skype Means Money Investors, did eBay pay too much for Skype? I don't think so. In a few years, we may look back at it as the new economy bargain of the decade. |
InternetNews
December 13, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Skype Offers Unlimited Calling Plan Cheap rates and discount products are on the table for SkypeOut subscribers. |
BusinessWeek
April 25, 2005
Tom Lowry |
Ringtones: Music To Music Moguls' Ears Ringtones are driving most of the mobile-music business today. |
InternetNews
August 8, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Skype Downplays Takeover Talk Responding to a report that News Corp. floated a $3 billion acquisition offer, a spokeswoman for the VoIP developer says the company is not for sale. |
InternetNews
October 17, 2007
Sean Gallagher |
Skype Gives MySpace Users A Voice Skype has hooked up with MySpace to provide click-and-talk voice services. But is too much, too soon? |
InternetNews
November 6, 2009 |
eBay, Skype Founders Settle Fight The ownership brawl over the VoIP player's peer-to-peer technology finally draws to an end - who's left standing? |
The Motley Fool
October 6, 2005
Jeff Hwang |
Dueling Fools: eBay Bull International business and payments will drive eBay's growth -- and don't forget Skype. How can you not like this stock? |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2007
Seth Jayson |
eBay's Partial Failure eBay hits shareholders with an impairment charge of $900 million for its Skype purchase, more than a third of the original cash and stock price. |
InternetNews
September 8, 2005
Tim Gray |
EBay to Buy Skype? The rumored buy would make it easier for eBay users to communicate with each other. |
The Motley Fool
July 26, 2010
Jordan DiPietro |
Death by a Thousand Cuts The music industry is slowly dying. More and more people are using streaming sites like Pandora, which means there will be fewer digital downloads. |
The Motley Fool
October 6, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Dueling Fools: eBay Bear Rebuttal With slower growth, a changing communications landscape, and smarter market-share-munching competitors, don't make the mistake of overpaying for eBay. |
InternetNews
August 20, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Skype's Back But For How Long? EBay's Voice over IP company Skype is blaming last week's two-day outage on "massive restart" of user computers across the globe. |
InternetNews
January 24, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Strong Q4 Right-Sizes eBay's Year Results surpassed expectations, but eBay's CEO sees room for improvement. |
The Motley Fool
September 26, 2005
David Meier |
Did eBay Overpay? The online auctioneer's bid for Skype might seem rich, but it just may pay in the long term. |
InternetNews
November 29, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Skype Takes Another EBay Exec Henry Gomez will spearhead Skype's North American VoIP expansion. |
