Who will Microsoft buy next: LinkedIn, Citrix, BlueKai or the maker of Angry Birds? Microsoft made a big bet earlier this month when it gobbled up Skype for $8.5 billion, a move that got… Read More
Sign of the apocalypse: Skype, LinkedIn and other changes in the ‘geosocial universe’ There have been some shifts in the “geosocial universe” in recent days, with LinkedIn going public and Microsoft gobbling up… Read More
Excerpt: BBC host grills Bill Gates on Microsoft’s prospects Well, on a program called “Hard Talk,” it only makes sense that host Stephen Sackur didn’t accept Bill Gates’ standard… Read More
Bill Gates a ‘strong proponent’ of Microsoft’s Skype deal There was no boardroom brawl in Redmond over Microsoft’s proposed $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype, at least not between Bill… Read More
‘Google creeps me out,’ and other comments of the week Our stories this past week about Western Washington University’s proposal to cut its computer science department sparked one of the… Read More
Steve Ballmer’s words of wisdom for USC grads: ‘Skype On!’ … and some other stuff [Follow-up: Full text: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s advice to USC grads] It’s often the delivery that makes for a good… Read More
Confirmed: Qik will become part of Microsoft, too Hey, for $8.5 billion, you’d expect a little extra as part of a deal, and it turns out that Microsoft’s… Read More
Poll: Is Microsoft’s Skype acquisition a smart move? Microsoft’s $8.5 billion buyout of Skype marks the largest acquisition in the company’s history. But is it really a smart… Read More
Microsoft banking on Skype brand, user base to justify gigantic deal Microsoft’s $8.5 billion agreement to acquire Skype, the largest deal in the Redmond company’s history, will create the smallest major… Read More
Skype and Kinect could be Microsoft’s new killer combo Update: It’s official: Microsoft adds new ‘Skype Division’ in $8.5 billion deal Microsoft’s blockbuster agreement to acquire Skype is all… Read More
Microsoft buying Skype? Yep, it would make a lot of sense The Wall Street Journal just added some major fuel to the rumors about Microsoft and Skype, reporting that the Redmond… Read More
Skype + Microsoft? Why a deal could make sense … for Skype Microsoft’s name emerged this weekend as a potential suitor of Skype, following a report last week that Facebook and Google… Read More
