Skype Technologies’ strategy of welcoming third-party vendors is spawning numerous extensions to its popular Internet telephony service, which is beginning to branch into videoconferencing, data ...

The reinstatement of the A.I. start-up’s chief executive also means business interests have gained ground over those worried about the technology’s future. By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard ...

Skype users are being urged to upgrade to the latest version of the popular Internet telephony client, thanks to a number of critical flaws in the software that were disclosed Tuesday by Skype’s maker ...

May 3 (UPI) --Skype debuted in 2003 and was an early disruptor in online communications, but Microsoft says it's time to close Skype and focus on its Teams video conferencing platform. "With teams, ...

Private equity firm Silver Lake, owners of Avaya and a host of other high-tech companies, is the lead investor along with Index Ventures, an original Skype investor; and Netscape co-founder Marc ...

Online auction giant eBay Inc. announced a deal yesterday to become one of the world's largest telecommunications companies, buying Internet phone-service leader Skype Technologies SA. Although ...

(Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. is signaling the end of the line for Skype, the iconic internet calling and chat service it bought almost 14 years ago. Once a byword for digital calls that bypassed long ...

Bloomberg reported the moves Monday, citing three people said to be familiar with the matter as saying that Skype Technologies SA is making the cuts to reduce the value of those executives' payouts.

Online auction site eBay has agreed to acquire Internet telephony company Skype Technologies for $2.6 billion, the companies announced Monday. The deal will help eBay move into new business areas ...

In a move to carve out a chunk of China’s nascent market for Internet telephone services, Skype Technologies has expanded its partnership with Beijing-based Tom Online by creating a joint venture that ...

San Jose-based eBay Inc. has unloaded Skype Technologies — the world leader in Internet telephony that in recent years morphed into a white elephant for the online payments giant — ahead of schedule ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Online auctioneer eBay Inc. agreed Monday to pay at least $2.6 billion for Internet-telephony company Skype Technologies SA, a deal that confounds many analysts not just for the ...