News on Skype Ltd.

VoIP Users Still Voice Frustrations at Quality, Service

2010-03-09T01:00:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Magicjack, Vonage, Skype users report problems</div><div><p>You've probably seen commercials on TV for Magicjack and wondered how a company could offer telephone service for as little as $19.95 a year. It's because it's not really telephone service in the traditional sense. </p><p>Like Vonage,...

Skype comes to Nokia smartphones, companies say

2010-03-03T10:17:09Z

<div><p>Mobile phone giant Nokia said on Wednesday that its smartphone users could begin making free calls after it teamed up with Internet phone pioneer Skype which permits free calls.</p><p>"Skype for Symbian will allow Nokia smartphone users worldwide to use Skype on the move, ove...

Skype gets into Nokia smartphones

2010-03-03T03:00:06Z

<div><p>HELSINKI (Reuters) - Internet telephony firm Skype took a second major leap into the wireless market in just a few weeks, unveiling software from top phone maker Nokia Oyj which could run on more than 200 million smartphones around the world.</p...

Microsoft LifeCam Lets You Star in Your Productions

2010-02-27T09:00:07Z

<div id="subtitle">- and we look at the Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000 keyboard/mouse, too.</div><div><p><p>Microsoft LifeCam Lets You Star in Your Productions </p> <p>by Jim Bray<br /> TechnoFile.com</p> <p>Budding TV stars – or just plain folks who want to Skype the ...

Skype strikes first major mobile deal

2010-02-22T09:15:51Z

<div><p>BARCELONA (Reuters) - Internet telephony firm Skype made its first major leap into cellphones on Tuesday, striking a deal with the largest U.S. mobile carrier Google, Apple lead Silicon Valley in taking initiative, loosening controls in wireless world</div><div><p>Silicon Valley is looking like a winner in the tug-of-war with wireless carriers over who will control the new world of Internet-connected phones.</p><p>The tension between the ...

Verizon to allow Skype calls over wireless network

2010-02-22T09:15:39Z

<div id="subtitle">Verizon Wireless to let some smart phone customers use Skype over its wireless network</div><div><p>Verizon Wireless will let customers use the Internet phone service Skype to make free calls on some phones, an application that wireless carriers have been slow to allow.</p&gt...

Mozilla leader worries about Internet limits

2010-02-22T15:19:00Z

<div id="subtitle">Mozilla leader worries that legal restrictions could limit Internet growth</div><div><p>The leader of the Mozilla Project, whose Firefox Web browser now has 350 million users, said Sunday that she is concerned that legal restrictions could limit Internet expansion.</p>&a...

EBay beats in quarter on PayPal, e-commerce growth

2010-02-22T17:28:15Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay Inc &lt;EBAY.O&gt; forecast 2010 results above expectations after posting double-digit revenue growth in PayPal and its main online marketplaces unit, sending shares up ...

Users spurn traditional calls for Skype

2010-02-22T18:10:47Z

<div><p>FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Users wanting to call home form abroad are increasingly turning to Skype's Internet telephony service to the detriment of international carriers, new data showed.</p><p>"Skype is now the largest provider of cross border communications in the worl...

Skype Settles Credit Expiration Class Action

2010-02-22T20:02:41Z

<div id="subtitle">Agreement brings end to company's policy</div><div><p> Skype, the popular website that lets consumers make online phone calls, has agreed to settle a class action that took issue with the company's policy of expiring credits that were older than 180 days. </p><p>While Skype is free for consumers who call each other over the internet, there i...

Panasonic, LG to bring Skype calls to TV

2010-02-23T00:33:44Z

<div><p>Web communications company Skype said Tuesday that new Internet-enabled, high-definition televisions from Panasonic of Japan and South Korea's LG will feature Skype voice and video calling.</p><p>The Skype-enabled ...

Skype to offer HD video calling on some new TVs

2010-02-23T00:55:22Z

<div id="subtitle">Skype to be included in some new Panasonic, LG HD televisions for voice, video calling</div><div><p>Skype's voice and video calling technology will be embedded in upcoming high-definition televisions with Internet capabilities.</p><p>Skype said Tuesday that its Internet ...

Skype to offer video service on LG, Panasonic TVs

2010-02-23T01:22:45Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Privately held Skype has forged deals with consumer electronics makers LG Electronics and Panasonic in a bid to move its Internet video service beyond the desktop computer to the living room TV.</...

EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion

2010-02-24T03:04:54Z

<div id="subtitle">EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion to investor group that includes co-founders</div><div><p>EBay has completed its sale of Skype for about $2 billion to an investor group that included the founders of the Internet phone service.</p><p>Last week, the online auction site settled a legal skirmish with co-founders eBay announced it had completed its sale of Skype to an investment group that includes the two founders of the Web communications company.</p><p>The previously announced sale of a 70 percent stake in Skype for some two billion dollars had been held up by lawsuits filed by Skype founders SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay Inc &lt;EBAY.O&gt; said on Thursday it had completed its sale of its Skype unit, as it had vowed to do before the end of the year.</p><p>A settlement reached earli...

EBay settles lawsuit filed by Skype founders

2010-02-24T09:03:29Z

<div id="subtitle">EBay settles suit with Skype founders that threatened to hamper sale to investor group</div><div><p>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.</p><p&...

EBay holiday outlook disappoints, shares down

2010-02-24T16:06:15Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay Inc &lt;EBAY.O&gt; forecast results for the fourth quarter at the low end of Wall Street estimates, disappointing investors who were hoping for a substantial turnaround ...

eBay net profit slides for fourth quarter in a row

2010-02-24T16:01:26Z

<div><p>Online auction giant eBay reported a slide in net profit for the fourth quarter in a row on Wednesday and a cautious outlook for the holiday season.</p><p>EBay, which also owns online payments company PayPal and Web communications firm Skype, said net profit declined 29 percent t...