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eBay reaches deal to sell Skype

Written on 7 Sep, 2009 at 1:11 in COMMUNICATION, COMPANIES, FEATURED, WEB TECHNOLOGY | viewed 272 times | 1 Comment
eBay reaches deal to sell Skype

Online auction site eBay has agreed to sell the majority of internet phone company Skype for about $2bn (£1.2bn). Skype is to be majority-owned by a group of private investors, including Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen and private equity firms. EBay will keep... (Continue reading)

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West Africa Net service restored

Written on 18 Aug, 2009 at 14:21 in COMMUNICATION, FEATURED | viewed 167 times | 0 Comments
West Africa Net service restored

A cable fault that caused a major blackout of internet services across West Africa has been repaired. The damage was discovered 25km (15 miles) off the coast of Benin on a branch of the SAT-3 cable, which connects Europe to South... (Continue reading)

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Microsoft and Nokia form alliance

Written on 17 Aug, 2009 at 17:15 in COMMUNICATION, FEATURED, TECHNOLOGY | viewed 235 times | 0 Comments
Microsoft and Nokia form alliance

Microsoft and Nokia have announced an alliance to bring the software giant’s services to smartphones made by the world’s biggest mobile phone firm. The deal means that the latest versions of Microsoft’s range of products, such as Word and Excel, will... (Continue reading)

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Google gives away 4,000 phones

Written on 27 May, 2009 at 17:33 in COMMUNICATION, FEATURED, WEB TECHNOLOGY | viewed 166 times | 0 Comments
Google gives away 4,000 phones

In an “Oprah moment” at this morning’s Google I/O 2009 opening keynote, Google gave away a new, unlocked HTC Magic to all 4,000 attendees. This phone was previously unavailable in the US. As you might expect, this move drew the... (Continue reading)

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