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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 September 13, 2005 W.D. Crotty	eBay's Killer App? Until now, nobody's found a surefire formula for making VoIP a regular part of the Internet experience. Will eBay and Skype provide the necessary synergy to make it go? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 1, 2009 Anders Bylund	Terrible Timing, eBay! Could eBay have played the Skype acquisition any worse?
InternetNews September 15, 2005 Tim Gray	eBay's Big Buy Leaves 'em Guessing Before the ink could dry on Internet auction giant eBay's $2.6 billion deal to acquire VoIP titan Skype this week, industry analysts were delivering mixed reviews on the move.
The Motley Fool December 7, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Yahoo! Answers the Call The Internet giant prepares to launch a VoIP product through its instant-messenger service. Whether this move will bring in additional revenue for Yahoo! and help its messenger service gain more users remains to be seen.
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InternetNews August 25, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Report: Vonage Preps For IPO A public offering would illustrate the rapid ascension of VoIP from niche to mainstream. The IPO would give Vonage a war chest to battle an increasing number of competitors.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Buy It Now, Sell It Later at eBay This week has already seen eBay return social bookmarking site StumbleUpon to its founders and reportedly acquire a significant stake in South Korea's Gmarket. There are also rumors regarding Skype.
The Motley Fool June 19, 2006 Seth Jayson	From Woo Hoo to Boo Hoo Verizon is doing its part to turn the woo hoo into boo hoo by serving Vonage with a patent infringement lawsuit over its VoIP technology. Wall Street has punished Vonage shares mercilessly.
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 May 24, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Vonage IPO Hits Market Turbulence Vonage hopes to raise $531M to help fund expansion and pay off debts.
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 December 28, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Second-Nature VoIP What's Next in Tech: Look for VoIP to mirror traditional phone service on the back of expanding wireless networks.
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.
The Motley Fool June 12, 2007 Tom Taulli	Dueling Fools: Vonage Bull Rebuttal It's definitely a true contrarian play and is not for conservative investors, but for those who like to take a flier, Vonage does have lots of potential.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2004 Dave Mock	Vonage Sues AT&T The fledgling VOIP service provider cries foul and points the finger at AT&T for trademark infringement.
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.
InternetNews December 13, 2006 Nicholas Carlson	EBay Vendors Demand to be Skyped So why aren't eBay and Skype fully integrated yet?
The Motley Fool February 17, 2010 Tim Beyers	You Blew It, eBay Look where Skype is now.
The Motley Fool December 2, 2005 Rick Munarriz	Will Skype Kill Vonage? eBay's new baby may make the VoIP movement a little nervous. Skype is viral. The more it spreads, the more powerful it becomes. Investors, take note.
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 May 13, 2005 Colin C. Haley	VoIP's To-Do List The industry will miss its date with destiny if it doesn't fix E911 and other problems.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Microsoft Makes the Call With Microsoft's interest apparent, it's clear VoIP is going increasingly mainstream.
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 June 2, 2006 Erin Joyce	Vonage's Post IPO Nightmare Vonage is learning what not to do in an IPO.
The Motley Fool December 24, 2007 Dave Mock	Vonage Settles AT&T Score Vonage and AT&T finalize a deal in their patent infringement case.
InternetNews April 6, 2006 Tim Scannell	Report: Users Pulling Plug on Landlines Traditional telephony may be dialing a wrong number as users flock to VoIP and other Internet-based services.
The Motley Fool March 23, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Yahoo! Calling Yahoo! launches a telephony service to dial up revenues. In the end, this is just more trouble for the traditional phone industry, and even more reason to worry about Vonage's upcoming IPO.
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.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2006 Chuck Saletta	Dueling Fools: Yahoo! Bear Rebuttal Diworsification, overvalued network effects, and too thinly sliced advertising revenue make for a scary investment.
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.
PHONE+ February 19, 2010 Richard Martin	Verizon-Skype Deal To Open Up Networks The deal between Skype and Verizon Wireless marks a turning point for the mobile and wireless industry
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 12, 2005 Erin Joyce	eBay to Acquire Skype For $2.6 Billion Online auction giant eBay is expanding its communications services with a $2.6 billion cash and stock deal to acquire Voice over IP darling Skype Technologies.
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.
InternetNews April 11, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Skype Buys VoIP Startup Skype beefed up its VoIP talent pool today, acquiring Sonorit Holding and its U.S. subsidiary startup Camino Networks for $27 million in stock.
The Motley Fool December 29, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Battle of the Verbs at eBay Yes, eBay is still a very necessary cog in the e-commerce engine, but its flexibility to inch rates higher is going to be tested now that there are so many free outlets springing up for the entrepreneurially minded. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 31, 2006 Tim Beyers	Can VoIP Save You a Bundle? By now, you've probably heard of VoIP. It's arguably the cheapest way to call anyone anywhere, thanks to the vast infrastructure of the Internet. But is it for you or your business?
InternetNews October 6, 2009	AT&T Blinks; Opens 3G Network to VoIP iPhone users can now have their Skype. Will Google Voice soon follow?
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 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 6, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Dueling Fools: eBay Bear The on-line auction's stock has shed nearly a third of its value since peaking in December. It's making desperate acquisitions. The last four quarters have seen stateside marketplace growth fall short of the 30% mark.
The Motley Fool April 30, 2007 Dave Mock	Avoid the VoIP Value Trap Not all disruptive innovations make good investments. As flashy and fancy as it sounds, VoIP offers no new killer applications or buzzworthy innovations. It's the same thing you've always used -- just cheaper.
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.
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