Facebook to 'team up with Skype for video chat'

Facebook is reportedly planning this week to team up with Skype to launch a video chat function for its millions of users.

Microsoft takes a gamble on Skype

Microsoft's acquisition of Skype, its biggest, is an $8.5-billion gamble to try to catch up with Apple and Google.

Dot Bomb 2.0?

When does a market go from being a "growth sector" to a bubble? As with falling in love, it's hard to put an exact date on the event.

Skype's owners set to make $5-billion

Skype's owners, led by private equity firm Silver Lake, are set to earn more than three times their investment on the sale of Skype to Microsoft.

Microsoft reportedly mulling Skype buy

US software giant Microsoft is near to clinching a deal to buy internet telephony pioneer Skype for $7-billion to $8-billion, media reports say.

Skype school brings knowledge to Indian village

Once a week, Santosh Kumar uses Skype to teach maths to children in Chamanpura, a poor village in the struggling state of Bihar.

Skype could be designated illegal in China

The popular Internet service Skype could be dealt a major setback in one of the world's largest markets as the Chinese government cracks down.

Chatroulette: Risqué chat service or pornographic site?

Webcam service developed to allow strangers to chat online has become fast track to carnal gratification for some people.

Skype trade secrets were stolen to help eBay sale, founders claim

The founders of Skype have alleged its trade secrets were stolen to help facilitate its sale by eBay, in a move which could scupper the $2bn deal.

US online giant eBay to sell Skype, claims report

US online auction giant eBay will announce on Tuesday a plan to sell its web communication service Skype to an investment group.

Skype under threat from eBay licence row

Millions of people who use Skype could be forced to find other ways to make phone calls after eBay said it did not own the underlying technology.

'A pot of gold at the end of the rainbow'

Online video-delivery service Joost, now boasting more than 3 000 hours of content, has finally gone live at the beginning of this month and, to date, two million users have downloaded content. Kate Bulkley asks Mike Volpi if Joost can get the technology, the business and the content right.

Internet telephony pioneers stumble

In spite of its global popularity, internet telephony (voice-over-internet protocol, or VoIP), which is almost free for users, has not become a gold mine for its pioneers such as Skype and Vonage. Popular online auction firm eBay, which bought Skype two years ago for $2,6-billion, affirmed that message in a costly way on Monday.

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