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• Google acquires Gizmo5 to take on Skype. Deal valued at US$ 30 Million.

  
  Wireless Federation — Authority: 415
  Google has been on the prowl acquiring some strategic companies in what could be termed as the next frontier. After acquring Admob, Techcrunch has reported that it is to acquire VOIP Start-up Gizmo5 for about USD 30 Million.The deal comes after Skype successfully negotiated a deal with its former owners Niklas ...
  4 days ago

• Social Networking Watch: Skype Founders Settle With eBay

  
  New Web 2.0 Magazine — Authority: 453
  TECH CRUNCH - Nov 6 - eBay has reached a settlement with the founders of Skype, clearing the way for the sale to a consortium formed by private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan...
  5 days ago

• Writers Brawl After Nerds Stop Brawling [Hackfights]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 872
  Youd think tech bloggers would learn from the peacemaking founders of Skype, who just dropped lawsuits holding back the $2.8 billion sale of their former company. Instead the writers are calling one...
  1 week ago

• Writers Brawl After Nerds Stop Brawling

  
  Gawker: valleywag — Authority: 654
  Youd think tech bloggers would learn from the peacemaking founders of Skype, who just dropped lawsuits holding back the $2.8 billion sale of their former company. Instead the writers are calling one another inaccurate, spineless "toddlers." Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom are dropping suits ...
  1 week ago

• Lessons From the War Over Skype

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 911
  The legal skirmish over eBays sale of Skype has been resolved. What has it taught us?
  1 week ago

• Lessons From the War Over Skype

  
  Bits — Authority: 779
  The dust has settled, the ink on the deal has dried, and one of the biggest sideshows in Silicon Valley this year appears to be over. The litigation between eBay, the buyers of Skype and its original founders has been dropped, and the deal, which values Skype at $2.7 billion, should close sometime soon.Which means ...
  1 week ago

• Skype Litigation Settled; Sale by eBay to Investors to Proceed

  
  Digital Media Wire - connecting people & knowledge — Authority: 578
  San Jose,Calif. - Skype parent companyeBay (NASD: EBAY) announced on Friday that litigation between an investor group looking toacquire Skype and the creators of the Internet telephone service has beensettled, and that its sale of a majority stake in Skype will now proceed. As aresult of the settlement, the ...
  1 week ago

• eBay settles Skype lawsuits and lose another $137m

  
  TameBay — Authority: 138
  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 technology at the heart of it’s software which it didn’t own but was ...
  1 week ago

• Silly Skype Soap Opera Finally Canceled

  
  Digital Daily — Authority: 685
  The fight for Skype has ended. After weeks of nasty legal sparring , the Internet telephony service’s founders agreed to join the investor group purchasing it from EBay (EBAY) and dropped the lawsuit that had threatened to bollocks the deal. “Skype will be well positioned to move forward under new owners with ...
  1 week ago

• Skype soap opera ends as founders set to regain stake ahead of $2B sale

  
  BloggingBuyouts — Authority: 405
  Filed under: Deals , Silver Lake Partners , Private equity This post was written by DailyFinance contributor Sam Gustin. Memo to would-be Silicon Valley moguls: do not double-cross a pair of highly litigious billionaires. After weeks of back-and-forth legal jousting , the tech heavyweights fighting ...
  1 week ago

• Skype soap opera ends as founders set to regain stake ahead of $2B sale

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 794
  Filed under: Company News , People Memo to would-be Silicon Valley moguls: do not double-cross a pair of highly litigious billionaires. After weeks of back and forth legal jousting , the tech heavyweights fighting over Skype are set to announce a deal in which the founders of the popular Web-calling service ...
  1 week ago

• Skype Founders Fight Their Way Into the New Skype

  
  GigaOM — Authority: 798
  The great Skype legal mess is about to come to an end, thanks to a settlement between  eBay — and private investors led by Silver Lake Partners — and Skype co-founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis. As part of the deal, the two Skype founders will get 10 percent of the company in exchange for allowing it to ...
  1 week ago

• Report: Skype Creators, eBay, Investors Near Settlement

  
  Digital Media Wire - connecting people & knowledge — Authority: 578
  San Francisco - Litigation between the inventors and formerowners of Internet phone service Skype, current owner eBay (NASD: EBAY) , and an investorgroup looking to acquire Skype from eBay, could be nearing a settlement, The NewYork Times reported, citing several people who have been briefed on thesituation. Niklas ...
  1 week ago

• An end in sight for Skype fight?

  
  TameBay — Authority: 138
  The New York Times is reporting that an end may be in sight for the long-running litigation surrounding Skype’s technology. The proposed settlement would see Skype’s creators, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, take a significant share in the company. Index Ventures, the London-based VC company currently part of ...
  1 week ago

• Founders close in on deal over Skype dispute

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 163
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• End of Fight Over Skype May Be Near

  
  DealBook — Authority: 776
  The bitter battle over the future of the Internet calling service Skype, which is owned by eBay, appears to be nearing an end.
  1 week ago

• Skype, Founders Settlement in the Works?

  
  GigaOM — Authority: 798
  The ongoing legal scuffle between Skype , a division of eBay, and its founders, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom may soon see a resolution, according to someone familiar with the situation. The various parties are in discussions to resolve the various issues. The talks are described to be at sensitive stage and can ...
  1 week ago

• Sometimes I want to SIP Hemlock

  
  IMHO Conferences & Consulting — Authority: 127
  A friend writes about I an’s article Nice article. Still not convinced that P2P is really necessary other than punching holes through access routers, but … Things we know? Like Rohan (and Cullen, IIRC) screaming in Niklaus’s face at the VON in London because he refused to drop everything and go with SIP? ...
  1 week ago

• Le Web 09 -Get ready for Real-time web, European-style

  
  Ric Ferraro's Blog — Authority: 106
  PARIS- LeWeb09, the leading event in Europe for tech start-ups focussed on both web and (increasingly) mobile, is just round the corner, with Loic and Geraldine LeMeur preparing a packed agenda for the 2-day event. Last year, Paulo Coelho, Dave Morin (Facebook) and Marissa Mayer (Google) presented their ideas about ...
  4 weeks ago

• Skype Creators Seek Injunction Against Former Joost CEO Volpi

  
  Digital Media Wire - connecting people & knowledge — Authority: 578
  Wilmington,Del. - The creators ofpeer-to-peer services Kazaa, Skype and Joost have asked a federal court for aninjunction against former Joost CEO Mike Volpi and Index Ventures, where he isnow a partner, to prevent them from using trade secrets in their bid to acquireSkype from eBay. Developers Niklas Zennstrom and ...
  4 weeks ago

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