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Werblog on Skype/Ebay

September 17, 2005

Kevin Werbach has offered some additional thoughts on the Skype / EBay deal. He’s focused on the synergies between the companies, and the direction that this might go. He writes: Don’t get hung up on the fact that eBay is an "auction company" and Skype is a "VOIP company." Think about eBay as a radically efficient virtual [...]

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Death of the Small Business IP PBX?

September 13, 2005

Last post before bed.  Over lunch today I turned to my business partner Howard, and asked "Why would a small business ever buy an IP PBX if they could reach their customers with Skype?  Within a year or two, all you will need is a Skype-In number, and a basic Skype-enabled CRM to do business [...]

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Roundup: Skype / EBay part deux

September 13, 2005

As a continuation of last nights marathon roundup of Skype / EBay stories, here are a few I missed.  Richard Stastny pointed out that some of the best posts of yesterday came from James Enck over on EuroTelco blog.  He’s right! Niklas and Meg 4-ever: James’ final thoughts.Chastened?: Why didn’t the telco have the foresight [...]

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More EBay / Skype Predictions

September 12, 2005

David Gibbons, who writes a blog called Poductivity, left a short comment here this afternoon inviting comment on this post.  Well worth reading, especially for the use cases: Instead of just buying your ipod on eBay, you will now also browse ebay for cheap support for your ipod when it breaks. If you find a [...]

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Positive Feedback on Skype Acquisition

September 12, 2005

From Gizmodo: EBay Buys Skype, Leaves Positive Feedback, Gets Blue Star.  …millions of weird ashtray collectors can call each other immediately when they see a rare, near mint snoopy acrylic for sale in Illinois. It will also allow these selfsame weird ashtray collectors to stalk each other, thereby turning eBay into the world’s largest flea [...]

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The Skype Webcast

September 12, 2005

Been sitting and listening to the Skype Webcast.  I’d recommend downloading the slides before beginning because the synchronization with the slides on the call is off.   Some of what struck me: Skype’s growth, which everyone acknowledges has been phenomenal, is simply astounding.  At 26 months, Skype has over 50 million users.  Compared to EBay and [...]

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Skype Founders Speak

September 12, 2005

Blog posting on the Skype Developer Blog from Niklas and Januus

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Meg Whitman on EBay / Skype

September 12, 2005

Meg Whitman has a nice post explaining what this means for EBay users, and encouraging them all to get Skype accounts.  She says: Working together, eBay, PayPal and Skype will redefine online trade and community. I hope you’ll join us in this exciting new chapter in eBay’s history. Over on Ebay’s Investor Site there is [...]

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Andy on Skype / EBay

September 12, 2005

Andy Abramson has similar analysis as my last posting (plus a big Neener-neener!!!! to Om Malik ) here. 

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Mark Evans on EBay / Skype

September 12, 2005

Mark Evans writes: Here’s my initial take on why eBay made the deal. Part of it has to be defensive. It has become increasingly obvious the Web will be dominated by a handful of large companies (eBay, Google, Amazon, AOL, Microsoft and Yahoo and News Corp. if it keeps making acquisitions). The key consideration is [...]

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