Or not. Give Jemima Kiss at the Guardian credit for knowing how to toss some linkbait out there. Rumor has it Google is negotiation to buy eBay's mistake.
Some further thoughts on my ongoing Skypephone experience.
Skype, the internet phone service, is all about disruption.
Voice over Internet Protocol provider Skype is developing its own software platform to launch a cell phone built with 3 Mobile, a wireless provider in Europe, Asia and Australia.
The $1.43 billion charge eBay disclosed earlier this month had its predicted effect on their third quarter bottom line. Take that away, and eBay fared well.
Social networking site MySpace and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) provider Skype will offer MySpace members free Internet phone calls starting in November.
Niklas Zennstrom, co-founder of Skype, admitted to conference attendees in Hungary that eBay put far too much value on the VoIP company during negotiations.
When online phone networking company Jajah enthusiastically announced their Jajah Buttons for eBay earlier this week, they didn't anticipate eBay's angry response.
Many of you may have heard that Matthew Aslett is over at The 451 Group now.
Niklas Zennstrom has left his role as CEO of Skype, the VoIP firm eBay purchased in September 2005, and eBay will eat a substantial charge to push him out the door.
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