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paidContent:UK (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
You’ve got to hand it to Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. They braved not one but at least two high-risk court actions to wrestle back the phone app they created seven years ago - and it’s they who emerge as winners from riday’s settlement . The entrepreneurs - one Swedish, one Danish - have not only secured themselves a 14 percent place back at the Skype table; they have also...
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TechRadar (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Anyone concerned that the rumbling battle over Skype between its builders, current owners and potential buyers would lead to the threatened service shutdown can rest easy now that the feud has been settled. Founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have agreed to drop their legal action against current owner eBay in return for a 14 per cent stake in Skype in a deal with an investment group that has...
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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.
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AfterDawn.com (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom have ended their lawsuit this week while agreeing to transfer ownership of their remaining part of the service, allowing for the VoIP service to finally be sold to an investor consortium. In exchange for dropping the legal roadblocks, the co-founders will have a 14 percent stake in the new Skype. The rest of the investors will have a 56 percent stake,...
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Startup Meme (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
If you had one successful startup under your belt that has been fought for hard by a giant then you have every reason to jump and try new things. Skype founders, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström are putting their years of experience to push another startup: Rdio . Rdio is a digital music startup waiting for its launch and has quite a team to make it successful enough; including Carter Adamson...
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Nafcom's Crap Blog! (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
That's a very nice deomstration of Skyping within Google Wave Also available now: emailing from google wave with Emaily. Source: SkypeJournal - read Phil Wolff's comments about it. . Technorati Tags: Google Wave , Skype ---- Wanna discuss this post? Then do it in my forum ! :) ----
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GigaOM (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Nimbuzz, a Netherlands based VoIP & Messaging start-up is introducing a premium calling service called NimbuzzOut. This premium calling service is available via an upgrade of their mobile client, which is currently available from the iPhone’s iTunes Apps Store, the Ovi store and Getjar. So far Nimbuzz has offered a meta-client that works on [...]
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SeekingAlpha Telecom Stocks (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Sam Diaz submits: The on-going legal drama that has left a dark cloud over online voice and video communications company Skype has finally been settled . In the end, the co-founders get a 14 percent ownership of a new Skype, eBay ( EBAY ) maintains a 30 percent stake in the new company and consortium of private investors score the remaining 56 percent. More importantly, though, the new company will...
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Skype Numerology (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
I got a strange warning message this morning after starting my computer: According to the Skype Forum, this isn't a worm or other intrusion but a Skype feature related to Firefox or Explorer, see Skypenames.exe: what is that? . It could explain why my Firefox experienced some serious slowdowns the last weeks. But anyway, nothing to be really worried about. But, why is it called a " useful tip...
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Computer Nerds Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
chill writes "Skype's co-founders, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, have agreed to transfer ownership of the remaining Skype technology that eBay didn't own, paving the way for eBay to complete its sale of a majority stake in Skype to an investor consortium. In exchange, Friis and Zennstrom will join the investor consortium and obtain a 14 percent stake in Skype. The other consortium partners,...
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TechCrunch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Now that they got what they wanted - a renewed stake and board representation in the Skype that will be spun off eBay soon - the Scandinavian duo Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis can divert more of their attention again to the latest Internet venture they're putting their weight behind: Rdio . The yet-to-launch digital music startup was first talked about publicly a couple of weeks ago when the...
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
A legal dispute that had threatened the spin-off of Skype from online auction group Ebay was resolved yesterday, capping an effort by the two European entrepreneurs...
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
A legal dispute that threatened the spin-off of Skype was resolved yesterday as its founders settled a lawsuit and secured a 14 per cent stake. The action against Ebay...
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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 [...]
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marmite (Free subscription) | yesterday
New homemade phone for Skype - made from the inside bit of an old nokia with a mic/earpiece headset :D
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