5Vote!
Software - Infotech (Free subscription) | yesterday
E-commerce giant eBay has settled its long-running legal feud with the founders of Skype, clearing the way for a $2-billion sale of the internet telephony pioneer, the company announced.
5Vote!
Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
SAN FRANCISCO - E-commerce giant eBay has settled its long-running legal feud with the founders of Skype, clearing the way for a $2-billion sale of the internet telephony pioneer, the company announced Friday. Under the terms of the settlement, Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis will get a 14 percent stake in the consortium buying [...]
10Vote!
paidContent:UK (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
As expected , eBay ( NSDQ: EBAY ) announced a deal today between the Skype investor group and Joltid, the owner of the code that runs Skype. Joltid and Skype cofounders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis will get 14 percent of the new Skype in exchange for granting Skype ownership of the software previously licensed from Joltid and ending all litigation pending against the investor group and eBay...
5Vote!
Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Minn.'s 'DWI chair' sells for more than $10,000 DULUTH, Minn. — Operating a motorized recliner while drunk apparently drives up the chair's value. Police in northern Minnesota listed the "DWI chair" on eBay after the owner was arrested for driving it into a parked car last year. It sold Thursday for $10,099.99. Proctor police Chief Walter Wobig [...]
7Vote!
BBC News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Online auction site eBay settles a lawsuit with the founders of Skype, ending uncertainty over the future of the internet phone company.
5Vote!
TameBay (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Some experienced eBay users have access to a program called Enhanced Member Reporting (EMR) The program enables participants to mass report offending listings to eBay customer support without the tedious cut and past of item numbers, clicking... Read more
5Vote!
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The founders of internet phone service Skype have agreed to settle a potentially damaging lawsuit in return for taking a 14pc stake in the business once owner eBay sells a majority stake to a private equityled consortium.
5Vote!
Silicon.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
eBay has announced today that the sale of its controlling stake in VoIP service Skype will go ahead, following the settlement of litigation over the proposed transaction. The settlement restructures the deal with an investor group led by Silver Lake and puts an end to a dispute with software maker Joltid over the licensing of software that underlies Skype's internet telephony service. In addition,...
5Vote!
TameBay (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The Telegraph reports that one lucky buyer got more than he hoped for when he purchased a tin on eBay for just $5. Morale Park from Henham in Essex bought the tin because he liked the look of it, but inside found a fragile film which he believes to... Read more
3Vote!
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas based independent developer Brice Milliorn today announced the decision to sell JBMJBM, LLC. This is a well established company whose sole purpose is creating consumer applications for the iPhone platform. JBMJBM has seen an explosive growth in just under a year, and offers a stable of high quality, well developed applications that are mixed in scope...
3Vote!
DealBook (Free subscription) | yesterday
EBay has formally settled the litigation around its sale of Skype, settling a dispute with the online calling service's founders.
5Vote!
TameBay (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Skype, eBay, Joltid, Joost, Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis have settled their differences and come to an agreement to secure the future of Skype and the underlying technology. Previously it was claimed that Skype was infringing IP rights on... Read more
3Vote!
DV Hardware (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yahoo News reports eBay's PayPal service will likely soon become the company's biggest revenue source. But soon, eBay's biggest business will likely be PayPal, the online payments service that has been growing steadily even as the economy has stumbled. EBay has spent much of the past two years trying to improve its faltering marketplace business, hoping to increase buyers' trust and clean up the look...
3Vote!
Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday
EBay Inc. has settled a legal skirmish with the founders of Skype that threatened to complicate eBay's plans to sell most of the Internet phone service to a group of investors for $2 billion.
3Vote!
MAMMA-Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wes Sims is selling some gear on eBay . If you are one of the participants in the bidding war for Wes Sims' weigh in worn European cut briefs, please email me. I would like very much to arrange an interview with you. Tip of the hat to LV Jr at LoHud for the original story . Don't forget to enter for your chance to win a copy of Phil Davis' new DVD "On Top of the World" . Email your name,...