30 percent equity investment in Skype and purchased senior debt securities with a face value of $50 million as part of a Skype debt financing. eBay's plan to sell Skype was first confirmed by the company in September when Skype president Josh Silverman announced...

eBay violated the founders' copyright by altering and sharing the peer-to-peer source code behind Skype. Zennstrom and Friis maintained ownership of that source code after selling Skype to eBay in 2005 but licensed it to eBay. NYT reports that Joltid, a company...

Skype for iPhone Finally Available in Canada. skype iphone canada voipover3g jailbreak. Skype iPhone now available north of the border.. Skype has been one of those applications for the iPhone that truly merges a communications software with a data-enabled...

eBay Announces Skype Sale. eBay Skype Sale Venture Capital. eBay has confirmed that it will sell Skype in a deal worth $2.75 Billion. . The deal was first reported today by the New York Times and later confirmed by Skype in a blog post about the company's...

Trojan Targeting Skype, VoIP Clients. Trojan Peskyspy Skype VoIP Source. The source code to a VoIP Trojan could become part of a larger, more devious package.. Symantec is reporting that the source code for a Trojan has been publicly released. Called Trojan.Peskyspy,...

Apple Rejects Google Voice, Approves Skype. Apple iPhone Google Skype App. Google Voice, GV Mobile, Voice Central, and other similar applications have been pulled from Apple's App Store.. The wishy-washy mad scientists controlling Apple's App approval team...

Skype: A threat of Russian Security. Skype Russian Security Threat. Russia is looking to clamp down on Skype and other VoIP services. Skype, the chat client we use here at Bestofmedia, is coming under fire over in Russia, as the country's most powerful business...

SOLO Skype Desktop Phone Review. solo skype. The SOLO is a self-contained desktop Skype phone for those who don't want to run a computer for Skype calling.. As an active Skype user, I’m constantly on the lookout for new Skype-related products that could...

Skype President Repsonds to TOM-Skype Privacy Controversy. Skype China Tom-Skype. Skype President, Josh Silverman has responded to yesterday’s reports that the company’s Chinese branch, TOM-Skype is monitoring user chats and in some cases, storing user...

Voice-to-Text Messaging Now On Skype. Skype Voice to Text. Skype announced this morning that SpinVox will now provide voicemail-to-text conversion for Skype. Skype announced this morning that SpinVox will now provide voicemail-to-text conversion for SkypeEbay's...